Year of the Cat by Al Stewart (Guitar Lesson with TAB)
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2017
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Year of the Cat is a single by Al Stewart released in 1976. The song is the title track of his 1976 album Year of the Cat, and was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London in January 1976 by engineer Alan Parsons. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1977, the same year that Hotel California was released. Although Stewart's highest charting single on that chart was "Time Passages", "Year of the Cat" has remained Stewart's signature recording, receiving regular airplay on both classic rock and folk rock stations.
The track is noted for its lengthy instrumental sections - over four minutes of the 6:40 album version is instrumental, including a long, melodic series of solos that encompasses cello, violin, piano, acoustic guitar, distorted electric guitar, synthesizer and saxophone. The transition from acoustic guitar to electric to saxophone was initiated by Tim Renwick. The acoustic lead is played by Peter White with Tim Renwick then taking the electric lead. Parsons had Phil Kenzie add the saxophone part of the song - and by doing so transformed the original folk concept into the jazz-influenced ballad that put Al Stewart onto the charts.
Here’s the TAB: www.dropbox.com/s/ify9lmbncmy...
Hey Mark...good job man
Excellent Lesson on this beautiful haunting song
Keep up the good work ..Love&Respect from one Guitar player to another ..Azam Khan/Hunted( UK )
Thanks Azam!
@Jad Juelz stop spamming .. I am not interested .
Good picking, year of the cat was best pop song ever in the 70s I remember when I heard it first performed was on the Merve Griffin show ever since then this song has never grown old & never will..
@Jerry D Thanks! I agree with your assessment. Year of the Cat always takes me to another place in a way that few songs do.
Love that acoustic
Thanks Dan!
I can't thank you enough for your video. This song is very nostalgic for me and the fact that I can do the accoustic solo ? Can't describe the feeling.
Thanks so much Nick! You really made my day. Year of the Cat has always been one of my absolute favorite pop/rock/folk songs.
@@MarkZabel my fingers are burning from running through it over and over again.
@@nickchristie8098 That happens to me all the time. Rest up a bit!
Mark, great song to cover. I am glad you chose this to give a lesson on. I have always loved this song. Thanks for doing this song.
You're welcome. One of my favorites too.
Mark, I have been followed you almost every song.you always clear and right on the spot.learn so much.you are my guitar GOD. thank you.
Ha ha! Well, thank you. I appreciate the kind comment. Please let me know what else you would like to hear!
Thanks Mark, excellent lesson. Year of The Cat is a great song , one of my favorites.
Mine too. Always loved the song. The way the instrumental parts "bleed" into each other is amazing!
Thanks for this great lesson, Mark! Year of the cat is one of my favorite songs from back in the day.
It *is* going back a bit, isn't it? I love the song too. Thanks for watching!
Really great video, Mark. Beautiful song too! Great instruction! Thanks.
David Heidemann Thanks Dave. As you know, this song made my top 100, well top 400 list. :) But I think it would have probably made my top 100!
Wow, this is such a lovely song, and you really play it well Mark! I love this song too!
Thanks Buddy. I'm glad you liked it.
Awesome, mate...great song and a great lesson.
Thank you! I agree, one of the best songs out there!
Sounds amazing !
Thanks Richard!
Very through teacher, would have really liked to have known you 60 years ago. An old beautiful classic
Wow, thank you!
Thanks for this. Spot on as far as I can tell.
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching!
As always Mark, great playing and teaching. Many thanks and Happy 2018!
Thank you. Happy 2018 to you as well!
This my favorite song, thanks for sharing.
My pleasure. One of my all-time favorites as well.
so, you are mi friend already
Awesome lesson, on an awesome song...... great line by line instruction
Thanks!
Great lesson Beautiful song
Thanks! It's one of my all-time favorites.
Nicely done!!! Great song and Great lesson.
Thanks! I try to do things that others might not remember as having really good guitar work. This one was easy, because I love the song so much!
i love this song too. I was playing most of it correctly, but thanks to your lesson I have the whole thing down now. Thanks
Great lesson!!!
Thanks!
Very nice Mark. Thank you.
Thanks for listening
Awesome dude!
Thanks Ben!
thanks... the best song
You're welcome ... and yes, top-tier song for sure. Thanks for watching!
Great job Mark.
Thank you!
Excellent thank you!
You're welcome Greg!
Thank you.I couldn’t figure out change of keys and chord progressions for the life of me
My pleasure.
Hi man, beautifull solo lesson. Very clear. Thank you very much. I suscribed your channel. Go on and wish the best for your life. Regards From Uruguay!
Thanks for the sub!
Mark,Great lesson. I remember this coming on the AM radio in my parents' Toyota Corolla (no seat belts, of course) while driving to my grandparents' house in the 70's. Funny how a great song evokes a memory. Take careTony
Glad you liked the lesson. Great little anecdote you have!
Hey Mark. Again thank you so much for this one. One of my favorite tunes from my youth, among others as Focus, Joe Walsh, Led Zeppelin, Pat Metheny, The Stones, Littel Feat, Tom Petty, Allman Brothers Band, The Jesus and Mary Chain, LLoyd Cole and The Commotions, Beatles David Bowie, Mott The Hoople and so on and on. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Norway .
Thanks so much Terje! I really like Focus (among many you mentioned) but they're virtually unknown in the USA other than Hocus Pocus. Greetings from NY, USA!
Hi Mark. Just listen to Janis and Focus II from Moving Waves and Sylvia from the album Focus 3. They had Jan Akkerman in the band and he is one of the best guitarists here in Europe. Listen to this with Thijs Van Leer the main writer in Focus and the superband Transatlantic playing Sylvia who was a big hit over here. ua-cam.com/video/WlFgt6GDqgE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=UnofficialFocustheBandVideoArchive
THANK YOU
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
awesome left of center choice! thats why I like coming to your page.
Thanks Thomas. Always loved this song ... and the guitar in it.
{ + Awesome, guitar lesson, Rock On. + }😎🎤🎸🎼🎧😆😃👍👍👍
Thanks Mark!
Great.
Thanks!!
SHOW!👏👏👏tudo nessa música é lindo demais, e vc toca muito bem!
Thanks!
@@MarkZabel 👏👏👏saudações aqui do Brasil
Thx mark, realy a great song and exellent explained
You're welcome. Thanks for the kind comment!
quality content
Thank you!
That was an awesome tutorial man.. thanks. I'm going to do the whole song soon. \m/-_\m/
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed watching it and found it helpful!
buen tutorial
Thanks!
Mark, if you could do a lesson of "Achilles last stand" the intro and rhythm would be awesome. Thanks so much
Okay. I'll put it on the to-do list. Thanks.
Year of the Cat was released in 1976.
Same year that The Eagles released Hotel California and Queen released A Day at the Races.
Yep.
OK, thanks.
Great lesson, can you do a video on My
Angel Baby solo by Toby Beau
Thanks and thank you for the suggestion!
nice tone on the classical, what make is it?
It's a Seagull. Quite inexpensive actually, and made and sourced in North America.
do some alan parsons project
10:30 That FMaj7 has got to go, my friend. 😉 It's either an Em/A, or just an Am7. It's also the prettiest part of the song, imo. The initially "strange" EMaj7 (which comes just before) sets up the yearning Am7 really nicely, and then you realize you're being escorted to that lovely D (or D7)! Gorgeous!
Am or Fmaj7 ... meh. Kind of similar. The G in the Am7 is nice to have I suppose, and I can take or leave the F. The function is to support the melody line from G# to C. The key note is the C. Em/A doesn't make sense to me, as you've got that B in there and no C. I'll accept the Am7 as a good change!
Yay! Yeah, the Em/A didn't make sense to me either (for this part of this song) when I saw it on one of those chord sites this morning. But I tried it in context and it was... better than I expected. But I'm still a sucker for that hurtin', achin' A minor though. Tugs at the heartstrings like no other. Cheers!
I was hoping you were going to teach the rhythm intro the piano part and the intro guitar along with the rest of the intro do you teach that and where
Hi Bill. Yes, it's the guitar solos here, as it says in the title. I don't have a video where I teach the piano riff, guitar intro riff, or the rest of the intro.
Que efectos usas en la guitarra electrica por favor?
Reverb and a little overdrive.
Pianobwas rick wakeman of "yes".
Hi Lionel. As far as I know, Rick Wakeman isn't listed on the album credits. Could you share a reference link for that?
@@MarkZabel sorry...morning has broken by cat Stevens...sorry! Brain short circuited.
Jajajaj cualquiera que sepa musica de principiante sabe seguir la melodía eso no le siŕe de nada.
LOL! Why watch the video then?? Just do it yourself!! LOL!
Dude you absolutely smashed it out of the park! Wtf
I love how the instruments come together, agreed it’s one of my favourites.
Just watched the start, I’ll listen closely. - from Australia
Wow, thanks!!