I’m a very mediocre guitar player at best, never thought about trying to learn this song because I felt it would be difficult. It’s not super easy but it also not as hard as I thought it would be. Your way of teaching it is a big factor in me slowly, but correctly learning this song. Thank you so much
@grabersm Sorry but UA-cam has begun removing the audio from a lot of my song performances which I then have to take down. I don't know which ones they will do it to so I just can't spend the time on performance videos anymore not knowing whether UA-cam will allow them or not. It is too much work for nothing. It sucks, but I think I will just stick to teaching the tunes from now on.
Ali Americanos I gave myself carpal tunnel syndrome when I read SRV played 13s I went from 9’s to 13’s almost couldn’t play for a couple years had surgery lost a bunch of manual dexterity it sucked .. still really not right but wtf
@@rorygfan I feel you bro, I kinda play with heavy strings (For drop C/drop B tunnings), but damn, when you play on those lighter gauges, You just fly like a F16
I put in a request for this song awhile ago and was super excited to see that you did it. This song changed my life and was the whole reason I picked up the guitar. It took a long time but thanks to this lesson I've achieved my dream of being able to play this song. I can't thank you enough!
Okay, here we go! I’ve never played lead guitar before and you taught me “Lenny” and I’m pretty good at it only to get better with time/practice. 2022 is to learn Texas Flood Lesson. Wish me luck as I love this challenge…..
the key is F# since SRV version is played in e flat tuning on the 3rd fret. Its the G pentatonic scale but F# since the guitar is tuned down a half step.
Excellent tutorial, you had me shredding this in a fraction of the time I've spent on other sites learning simpler tunes! Thanks for posting this great lesson. :)
Great lesson!! Let's not forget, however, that Stevie is basing his intro on Fenton Robinson's guitar intro. Fenton played on the original Larry Davis album, credit where credit is due.
Don't forget to mention that the way you play this is to imitate rising waters (with the bends) and the water's waves with the double-stop slides. I've always thought that's the way he played it.
that phrase at around 11:55, I think its actually b string 8th fret twice, e string 6th fret once, bend e string 8th fret, play the bent string twice, bend back down, play 6th fret e string, play b string 8th fret.
Finn Gallagher Get a tube screamer! The ibanez ts808 would be a good call to get a srv like tone (he used it a lot), but basically the sound lies in your fingers ;)
always cracks me up when he describes how to get into e flat. If i'm at a level to play srv, not knowing what e flat means is like not knowing what your ass is
becraul If you are new to this style of playing and have a Stratocaster or Telecaster use 9-42 gauge strings. If playing a Gibson use 10-46. And practice, a lot.
I use 12s and I finally got the intro down after a month working on and off on it. no strings broken. I have strong hands so 9 and 10 feel like there is almost nothing to grab onto. I start on a guitar with 11-54 standard tuning with this video then move to a start with e flat and 12-54 strings. Even though I play with a thick pick as well, I rarely brake strings.
Brother, I hope you are well. I have watched your videos for years. Ive recently ended about a 8mos hiatus from playing guitar, (personal problems) and I picked up about were I left off on quite a few things that I feel you taught me. I owe you quite a few beers. One day we will meet. It will be glorious. There will be groupies, whiskey, stripper salt and ganja. We will jam into the next month. We will touch the past. P.S. I think youd be a better guitarist if you dropped a half step. You know how to harmonize, you have great bends, and youre knowledgeable of tone. Not that you're not a phenomenal and naturally gifted individual, but I think it would open your imagination and youd reach things that you hum as you're walking down the sidewalk. DROP IT DOWN!!!
Great tutorial, but it is extremely frustrating that you did this in standard tuning. I really appreciate you and I know this took a ton of work. I'm not hating, just expressing my frustration that may be used as constructive criticism. Thanks man!
Am in my mid 40's and a beginner ....at it a couple few yrs but just for fun....17 guitars and 5 amp or amp like deals , many dozens of lessons and tons of accessories later I'm loving it...
@GuitarLessons365Song Carl, you should consider start uploading videos on your own website then. That way, UA-cam won't have control over what you post. Many people started to abandon UA-cam after the same thing happened to them.
I'm making progress with this. I made it to 11 minutes of this video with the song on my strat. Despite all that, all I have to say is Fuck me, this is hard.
Ok. This half a fret lower was common back n the 60s when I was a kid because they made the guitars with high frets n thick strings so everybody always tuned their guitars a half a fret lower so they could press the stings down and or bend them because that’s the only way you could play most guitars. Has nothing to to do with SRV tuning his guitar down a half of fret with thicker strings to sound better. Now that their making guitars better with thinner strings. Theirs no reason to tune ur guitar down a half a fret. Get it. So no need to tune it down a half a fret with big thick strings. Common sense guys. Live n learn. Ur welcome
Thanks man this opened up the fret board for these SRV licks!! I'm working on a version of this using just 2 fingers and my thumb... Check it out on my page
If you're good enough to "figure it out yourself" why can't you make the genius move of figuring out the main scale used and key. That's the simple part homie.
Dont mind these they are for me
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I see what your doing here...thanks!
Thank you.
And we minded it lol. Btw good luck bro
nice one
this is a great lesson, i like how
he takes the time to demonstrate
each lick and the chords.
I spend so much money years ago on SRV dvd lessons and they don't get even close to the quality of this lesson. Great job and thank you!
I’m a very mediocre guitar player at best, never thought about trying to learn this song because I felt it would be difficult. It’s not super easy but it also not as hard as I thought it would be. Your way of teaching it is a big factor in me slowly, but correctly learning this song. Thank you so much
@grabersm Sorry but UA-cam has begun removing the audio from a lot of my song performances which I then have to take down. I don't know which ones they will do it to so I just can't spend the time on performance videos anymore not knowing whether UA-cam will allow them or not. It is too much work for nothing. It sucks, but I think I will just stick to teaching the tunes from now on.
This was not the right day to go up a string gauge...
yeah but you gotta get that stevie tone
Same man, just getting into Stevie’s playing, and I’ve put some twelves on (I normally play 10s) 😂
Jeez lol did you cut your nut for the jumpnin gauge?
Ali Americanos I gave myself carpal tunnel syndrome when I read SRV played 13s I went from 9’s to 13’s almost couldn’t play for a couple years had surgery lost a bunch of manual dexterity it sucked .. still really not right but wtf
@@rorygfan I feel you bro, I kinda play with heavy strings (For drop C/drop B tunnings), but damn, when you play on those lighter gauges, You just fly like a F16
I put in a request for this song awhile ago and was super excited to see that you did it. This song changed my life and was the whole reason I picked up the guitar. It took a long time but thanks to this lesson I've achieved my dream of being able to play this song. I can't thank you enough!
Awesome man. Hope we jam one day. I bet by now you're quite the guitarist. I hope you understand that and believe in yourself.
@@waydebaker33I hope we all meet and jam one day brothers
I’m dyin for you to do cold shot.... I just like the way you separate the sections 🔥🎸
Cold shot is actually pretty easy
Well nope...back to impressing my toddler by playing baby shark. To her i'm a rock star.
Don’t ever think you’re not good enough. It takes practice brother 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Okay, here we go! I’ve never played lead guitar before and you taught me “Lenny” and I’m pretty good at it only to get better with time/practice. 2022 is to learn Texas Flood Lesson. Wish me luck as I love this challenge…..
well shit now I got to tune a half step back up, I just need like 6 different guitars
HAHAHAHAHA Same bro
dats why they call it the blues
Carl is legit one of my guitar heroes! I've been watching his lessons for like 10 years now lol
Same
killer lesson. i got blisters on my blisters
*me :P
Always the best lessons on UA-cam
the key is F# since SRV version is played in e flat tuning on the 3rd fret. Its the G pentatonic scale but F# since the guitar is tuned down a half step.
DAMN, I JUST BROKE MY FIRST STRING!!
Best lesson, BTW! Thanks!
rip e string
Excellent tutorial, you had me shredding this in a fraction of the time I've spent on other sites learning simpler tunes! Thanks for posting this great lesson. :)
2:10. 3:35
This lesson is crazy good, transformed my phrasing. Well explained, thanks man.
My strings can't handle this right now. I'll be back.
haha. did you end up learning it?
Yes!
Great lesson!! Let's not forget, however, that Stevie is basing his intro on Fenton Robinson's guitar intro. Fenton played on the original Larry Davis album, credit where credit is due.
Don't forget to mention that the way you play this is to imitate rising waters (with the bends) and the water's waves with the double-stop slides. I've always thought that's the way he played it.
This is a great lesson! I just can't wrap my head around why one would decide to teach in standard when the song is a half step down
the kindest guitar teacher in youtube
09:45 it's always in the 8th fret, it's one of the things that caracterizes SRV
Why do it in standard tuning? great work tho-thx
I keep coming back. Great, thanks.
Man Stevie goes to town on cold shot , I think it’s crazy it’s not on here
Great lesson thanks ! the beginning you said 1st fret of E string and were doing 3rd fret...not picking just threw me a bit..at about 3:14
Thank you for doing this in standard tuning!
that phrase at around 11:55, I think its actually b string 8th fret twice, e string 6th fret once, bend e string 8th fret, play the bent string twice, bend back down, play 6th fret e string, play b string 8th fret.
I love your videos! thanks so much, they've been a big help :)
Great job!!!!
I like the way you explain the lesson by saying the string Letters.
EADGBE, instead of saying string #2 on fret 5, for example.
How do I get a beefier, fuller tone like SRV, I just have a strat and a tube amp. What pedal do I need? A quick answer would be awesome. Thanks!
Finn Gallagher Get a tube screamer! The ibanez ts808 would be a good call to get a srv like tone (he used it a lot), but basically the sound lies in your fingers ;)
ChickenBoneNowison Interesting. I'll demo one at the guitar shop tomorrow. Thanks!
Finn Gallagher ,13/58
SouthSide Lenny I don't follow. What does 13/58 mean?
Finn Gallagher string gauges....Vaughan used 13/58..heavy strings...its the only way to get that big sound
Great lesson! Carl, please, can you do a lesson for Life Without You?
always cracks me up when he describes how to get into e flat. If i'm at a level to play srv, not knowing what e flat means is like not knowing what your ass is
Dude you just gave me a purpose for tomorrow. Thxs
nice lesson, God bless..
Great lesson Carl :D, really helpful :). Could you do "Life Without You" as well please?
Sorry, what gauge are you using? Having trouble with bendings with 10".
becraul If you are new to this style of playing and have a Stratocaster or Telecaster use 9-42 gauge strings. If playing a Gibson use 10-46. And practice, a lot.
I use 12s and I finally got the intro down after a month working on and off on it. no strings broken. I have strong hands so 9 and 10 feel like there is almost nothing to grab onto. I start on a guitar with 11-54 standard tuning with this video then move to a start with e flat and 12-54 strings. Even though I play with a thick pick as well, I rarely brake strings.
Sounds like Albert King plus. Great teacher and lesson. Thanks
Is this down a half step? Because mine is down and doesn’t sound right
Most of SRV is half step down
I am playing this song with 13s and it is extremely painful. But at least I am not going to brake my strings.
Great Lesson! Broken down nicely. Many Thanks.
Thank you so much. Everything is nice and clear.
Are you using everything Ax pickups?
You guys are so helpful
outstanding video man!!
Thank you
Brother, I hope you are well. I have watched your videos for years. Ive recently ended about a 8mos hiatus from playing guitar, (personal problems) and I picked up about were I left off on quite a few things that I feel you taught me. I owe you quite a few beers. One day we will meet. It will be glorious. There will be groupies, whiskey, stripper salt and ganja. We will jam into the next month. We will touch the past.
P.S. I think youd be a better guitarist if you dropped a half step. You know how to harmonize, you have great bends, and youre knowledgeable of tone. Not that you're not a phenomenal and naturally gifted individual, but I think it would open your imagination and youd reach things that you hum as you're walking down the sidewalk. DROP IT DOWN!!!
i have broke 2 string on this one vid hahahah
+bruce mills Ok, I'll join you, on my 2nd broken string now, too ;-)
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a very cool lesson. Could you a lesson teaching Clapton's hideway version? cheers.
what key is this in in standard tuning?
great tutorial, please do the testify, life without you, so exited full tutorials, plese !! please!!
Hey - I love your lessons! Could you please do a lesson of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers w/ Eric Clapton's song Hideaway?
Brilliant lesson. Thanks so much.
Again a good lesson. Except you really should play the tunes all the way through once in a while. It surprises me that you would not do that.
What DiMarzio pickups are these ?
*Slash* made this song perfectly 0:00
What pickups are on your start?
strat
id bet Dimarzios, noone else has that look
thanks so much for posting this
Great tutorial, but it is extremely frustrating that you did this in standard tuning. I really appreciate you and I know this took a ton of work. I'm not hating, just expressing my frustration that may be used as constructive criticism. Thanks man!
Very good lesson thank you !!!
Excellent
in witch scale is the song? is a Gm por a Dm?
It's in G
My finger are dead
UA-cam sucks I've attempted many times to listen to one song But somehow it shuts down why is that
+kicknadeadcat you're*
Why is this tuned to standard
thanks for the standard tunning! =]
well done...
aw man love the lesson. wish i could play guitar
Just do it! if I can start playing at over 50, you can do it. Buy a guitar and go to Carl's website and do his beginner lessons.
yes, do it! I started in my late 30's and did not even know what a chord was.
Am in my mid 40's and a beginner ....at it a couple few yrs but just for fun....17 guitars and 5 amp or amp like deals , many dozens of lessons and tons of accessories later I'm loving it...
lol a beginner with 17 guitars and 5 amps ???!!!!! lmao I've been playing since I was little and can barley get a second amp😂
thanks guys lol ^.^ you give me hope.
Great stuff. Thanks!
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This video is so cool!!!!
here body you can use it as an exemple if you'd like...and thanks for the cours by the way
Classic albert king licks boosted by srv
@GuitarLessons365Song Carl, you should consider start uploading videos on your own website then. That way, UA-cam won't have control over what you post. Many people started to abandon UA-cam after the same thing happened to them.
Thank you for the lesson man! someone could tell me which chord he plays at 3:04??
+guccioFTW i believe its a d# 7th chord hope that helps
G6 chord
You guys over thinking! 😂😂 that’s just a Em triad on the 3 lower strings.
fuckng killer lesson... thx carl
So stoked im actually getting this.... p.s i love u carl 😉
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7:33
During the intro Stevie did a sweep across the strings before he went into the first part idk that's just how I heard it
I'm making progress with this. I made it to 11 minutes of this video with the song on my strat. Despite all that, all I have to say is Fuck me, this is hard.
Anybody know what type of pickups those are?
seymour duncan - Hot Rails
theyre demarzios tho
3:17 that’s not 1st of the E string.
you know what,, my 1st string broke twice during this lesson
That's Freddie King's song Hideaway...
Ok. This half a fret lower was common back n the 60s when I was a kid because they made the guitars with high frets n thick strings so everybody always tuned their guitars a half a fret lower so they could press the stings down and or bend them because that’s the only way you could play most guitars. Has nothing to to do with SRV tuning his guitar down a half of fret with thicker strings to sound better. Now that their making guitars better with thinner strings. Theirs no reason to tune ur guitar down a half a fret. Get it. So no need to tune it down a half a fret with big thick strings. Common sense guys. Live n learn. Ur welcome
“That’s with your first finger so it’s kinda painful”
aghhh, I'm in eb. and having an issue following
just play everything the same as he does but 1 fret up. Open strings will be on the 1st fret.
@grabersm can you learn how to tune down a half step for us, that would be very helpful
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Is Then Best " 365 " 👍☝👍
half step down good sir
bb box
6:00
Thanks man this opened up the fret board for these SRV licks!! I'm working on a version of this using just 2 fingers and my thumb... Check it out on my page
That is extremely impressive
If you're good enough to "figure it out yourself" why can't you make the genius move of figuring out the main scale used and key. That's the simple part homie.
This cool but kind of robotic. Tell me the scales and keys it's in and I'll figure it out for myself.
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numerize em