A couple of viewers specifically asked me to do a tutorial on this amazing song. This is the main part of Death Cab For Cutie’s, “Brothers On A Hotel Bed.” I spent all afternoon watching doublsh0t’s tutorial (Give him credit for learning the song by ear). For my video, I slow it down a bit, and point out each key that I hit. I know the tempo is way off from the original song, but that was the least of my worries. Anyway, enjoy! 
Comments are appreciated.
How To Play “Brothers On A Hotel Bed” By Death Cab For Cutie
Mon, Apr 26, 2010
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7. August 2009 at 12:11 am
sounds beautiful<33
7. September 2009 at 7:56 am
so this was a stupid comment to try and answer a stupid comment?
18. September 2009 at 12:58 am
I learned how to play this about a year ago because of this tutorial, and it is fabulous. My cousins (who are actuallt taking piano lessons) couldn’t believe that I could play something like this when they were still playing Mary Had A Little Lamb and equally childish song.
26. September 2009 at 1:09 am
where did you get the sheet music?
4. December 2009 at 6:07 pm
You have the perfect voice for telling children bedtime stories. I could listen to it all day.
9. December 2009 at 4:32 am
im pretty sure that the first chord in the intro is played with middle C and not d#, if you’re trying to be percise that is. but very nice : ]
21. December 2009 at 7:30 pm
the way you teach it is confusing
29. December 2009 at 4:03 am
i could sit here all day and watch all your videos because your voice is just so calming….
i really wanna see what your face looks like
5. February 2010 at 10:52 pm
Oh YES
17. February 2010 at 6:25 am
simply, thank you.
19. February 2010 at 7:36 pm
you are too slow in explaining it so its harder to remember all the steps, but thanks at least for doing it
20. February 2010 at 7:27 pm
so its in D#… basically its G#, A#, Cm, D#, G# with the one odd chord before the voice starts being a B. The Brothers on a Hotel Bed part is like G#, Cm, A#. During the verse they mix in an A# sometimes instead of holding on G#.
If you play guitar put a capo on the 1st fret. For the “dee-doo” notes play the A#nF on the 6th fret of e n B strings instead of the A# lead-in chord, it has a nice ring
1. March 2010 at 6:27 am
i had some friends over a while ago and i started playing this on my keyboard and they said the only reason they clued in that it wasn’t the death cab recording was when the drums didn’t kick in. awesome tutorial!
3. March 2010 at 9:44 pm
this is such a well made video that i had no problem trancribing it to guitar. now i will post the guitar tab on ultimate guitar. i am so happy that i finally know the song
7. March 2010 at 12:27 pm
Thank you for this tutorial. You explained everything very clearly, and it was easy to learn. And plus, you have a soft and nice voice :————D ♥♥
Love: Y00SEI
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11. March 2010 at 1:50 am
i accidently gave it one star! sorry its acually a great tutorial! thank you!
29. March 2010 at 9:02 pm
Yea, not bad. Try and speed it up a bit in the future.
30. March 2010 at 2:31 pm
Just so you know, because of the key this piece is in (E flat major), it’s actually an A flat (not G sharp), E flat (not D sharp) and B flat (not A sharp)
30. March 2010 at 5:32 pm
good job thanks
1. April 2010 at 4:58 pm
What kind of machine is that?
5. April 2010 at 3:51 am
Your voice reminds me of Milli’s from Freaks and Geeks.
13. April 2010 at 3:42 pm
@faffelston That’s false. It is in G sharp.
13. April 2010 at 3:54 pm
@TheGreve Well then it’s still A-flat major (which is the same thing – in music theory it’s never called G sharp major)
13. April 2010 at 3:54 pm
My point was only that from a music theory point of view, these are flats, not sharps
13. April 2010 at 4:03 pm
@keenanrecks I thought it was too, but got a reply saying it was in Gsharp (as far as I’m aware that would be Ab major anyway from a music theory point of view)