I made Legendary Rock Licks work for average fingers (Mine!)
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I can't tell you how many hours I spent trying to learn that song and never really got it right. That was back in '73 or '74, when I was 13 or14 and had young nimble fingers. I'm a little jealous of the young folks learning guitar today having teachers like Mark. Keep it up Mark, we need guitar driven music to make a comeback.
Thanks Glen!
Jimi’s performance at Woodstock is legendary, however for me, the seminal moment of those three days was when Alvin said “ this is I’m going home… by helicopter” then tears into that searing intro! While the playing isn’t technically perfect, the performance is perfect. I’ve been a fan of Alvin since the first I saw that performance.
Same thing for me ... and then years later I heard Meantown Blues by Johnny Winter, which was kept out of the movie. Once again, just like with Alvin, I was totally blown away - in a different way.
@@MarkZabel agree, another great player who IMHO never got the true recognition he deserved. I could never figure out why he played the Fender 12 only strung with 6. Although when I play my acoustic 12 I find, at times, it to be quite vexing. IIRC Johnny played Meantown in open A.
When my friend first turned me on to Alvin in the early 70's I thought he wasted too many notes. I was (and still am) a huge fan of Clapton and the ABB at the time. I was all about the blues. Later I became a fan of Alvin and TYA as well as Johhny Winter, and could really appreciate the amazing technique of those 2 guys. Today my LP/CD collection is loaded with both of them. Thanks for showing us this legendary riff.
Same here, although I was young enough to be enamored with just "playing fast." It was much later did I re-discover Alvin and Johnny. Glad to highlight some of Alvin's play.
OMG. That one lick made me want to play a guitar after seeing Woodstock. My guitar teacher refused to teach me it.
LOL! Not sure it's worth it. Like Terry Kath's solo to 25 or 6 to 4. And to think they improvised this stuff. Clearly Alvin was super-fluent in such things. His stamina was incredible! Page could play at that speed, but only for a short while. Alvin could do it all night.
I'm generally not enamored of speed, but Alvin was ahead of his time.
Great video. I have small hands and some things are impossible for me to play so I just try to sound as close as possible in my own limited ability. 😊
Hey! If Angus Young and Danny Gatton could you can too!!
@CareySullivan-cu3fw Absolutely, do what *you* do best. Great way to develop your own style and moves.
Another great lesson.... looking forward to the Fretboard Workshop.
Thanks Dan! Me too!
Great lesson Mark dig the Alvin Lee examples you presented here & really like the 1st video you did with him too. Well played Mark! 💥🎸💥👋🖤🦋🖤 ( Killers chops im this video)
Thanks Kris!!
Thanks Mark. Your teaching is just first class. I really appreciate your generosity.
You are very welcome. Thanks for the kind comment!
On a side not, had to cut off my freak flag. Lost my sister, donated it to a place that makes wigs for kids with cancer. F$#@K cancer!! Back on it, thanks Mark
Glad you enjoyed the video. Hang in there brother. Indeed, F&^$K cancer!
Mr. Zabel, my fingers used to move like lightning. Now, half the time, they move like they were struck by lightning. (Autoimmune) I think there are ideas here that can help for those times! Thank you.
You're very welcome my friend!
How did Alvin prevent His 335 from feeding back at higher volume?
It’s semi hollow; all about where you stand in relation to the amps. I’ve seen Ted Nugent with his Byrdland which is fully hollow and harder to control playing at insane volume levels and he turns the guitar volume automatically and in a split second after each song.
I think he mostly controlled it with where and how he stood in relation to his amps (not facing speakers) and also working the volume knob when needed. Also, he usually played with a fairly clean tone.
Semi-hollow isn't so bad. Fully hollow - that's tough to control.
I haven't seen enough good footage from Alvin to see him work the volume knob, but watch how Gary Moore does it here: ua-cam.com/video/hVN9ckrREWY/v-deo.html
About 72, I bought a Gibson cherry 335, because of him
Great videos. Thank you
Thunderstruck is where I got my alternate picking tuned in.
Cool!
Great lesson Mark!!! Keep up the great work as usual!!
Thanks Paul!
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You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Thanks. I love how you justify that it’s okay not to play it exactly. Forget those snobs. It Rock and Roll
Thanks! And yes, don't let the snobs get to you, because it's their loss to not enjoy!
Alvin Lee made a living out of the same riff played 1,000 mph. But his lick was great and he was awesome.
He had a few up his sleeve. And yes, awesome!
And, he continued to be a great guitarist up until his death in 2013. A musician’s musician
Heartbreaker solo
Brilliant, thank you Mark. The wife just shouted through "Is that Mark you're listening to again?" "Yes" I replied, "Keep the door closed, I've just leaned Thunderstruck and I'm turning it up to eleven"....
Thanks and LOL! I'm not sure that's a *good* thing that I'm associated with making your wife upset. Ha!
@@MarkZabel Hahahaha...she likes you really....it's me she has a problem with😂😂
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Was that opening lick at 7 seconds speeded up ? ? ?
LOL, no.
The video looked kind of weird to me, so I thought I would ask the question.
Double Palmar Crease????
Hmmm, not sure.
I still think that Alvin Lee lick (in its entirety) is darn near impossible to play.
He could play like that for ages. Great stamina. Ahead of his time.
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2:00 No, people just NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE A PICK.
There are plenty of times when hammer-ons & pull-offs will work (like Skynard's "I Know a Little") but those are exceptions.
That has nothing to do with "average fingers.*
That's just a matter of PRACTICE.
The fast twitch muscles in people aren't necessarily equal. Practice only takes you so far. Legato is a perfectly acceptable way of execution. Joe Bonamassa claims he picks every note because he has a weak legato. Others pick once a month. In a perfect world, one should learn to do both. But most of us aren't gifted with that kind of dexterity.
The longer I play, the more cheats I find. Tab books in the 90s were so bad. Made it much harder than it should have been. Live, guitarists go for the most effective way to play, not the exact same as recorded, so we can too!! My ears can’t tell much of a difference anyhow. Works for me.
Yep, you're right. Cheats ... or just ways of making things work. I personally think we learn a lot from finding ways to simplify or even simply alter and adapt what someone else does to fit our own tastes and needs.
If you're from my era, many or even most people preferred to improvise live. (I did and still do.) Sure, if it's an iconic solo I'll definitely learn the first line, the last line and maybe a few in-between. But I would get bored silly to play the same thing night after night. So "fillers" like pattern play and stock licks happen in-between real melodic ideas. One needs a few things that are automatic and easy to execute. That means they have to fit one's own style and comfort.
Always gets me when I hear players say that someone is not playing something correctly, just because they may not be playing something the same exact way as someone else. If you listen to the greats Eddie, SRV, even Jimi. They never play something the same way another player does. Look at Little Wing, SRV played much more and lots different than Jimi. One needs to play a way that sounds good and they feel comfortable. Stop trying to be someone else. Make it your own...
Exactly so. But ... you and I are definitely in the minority these days. I remember in the 70s and early 80s, if you played something note-for-note instead of improvising and playing your own notes it was considered lame.
Hei bro Are you looking for a professional UA-cam thumbnail designer?
Always. So far everyone I've tried out got worse results - much lower CTR. They tended to focus on doodads and trendy things that just made it more fashionable. How would your approach differ? Feel free to email me (and reference this comment). Thanks!
Love Alvin’s Woodstock performance!It would help a lot being really jacked on meth to replicate it.
Lol! I wouldn't know! Not sure if/what he was on, but he replicated that performance over and over.
If you watch Glenn Tipton and KK Downing of Judas Priest in videos of the Painkiller tour, you'll see them chomping on chewing gum like men possessed. Now neither is a druggy; but, I often wondered if some cocaine for purely medicinal purposes wasn't employed. Some of these guys play at speeds almost incomprehensible.
Alvin smoked weed. he was a HUGE stoner.
Besides that, he ran on pure adrenaline.