FM By Steely Dan Guitar Lesson Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2017
- How To Play FM By Steely Dan Guitar Lesson.
This lesson covers all the sections of the song.
It is the title theme to the 1978 film FM. It made the US Top Forty that year when released as a single, a success relative to the film it was from, which failed at the box office and has remained obscure since then.
I selected this song in memory of Walter Becker who passed away on the 3rd September 2017. In the majority of Steely Dan songs the lead guitar was recorded by such notable figures like Larry Carlton, Denny Dias, and Skunk Baster. For this track the guitar parts we recorded and performed by Walter Becker.
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You did great , Walter would have been proud, great explanation to a fantastic song, they are and always be the best,
Hi John, thank you very much for the kind compliment, I only wish it was true. Happy you enjoyed the lesson.
Thank you for giving attention to perhaps Walter Becker’s best (and not well known) studio guitar performances. I was surprised when I first learned he was playing this haunting solo. I always related it to Gilmore, especially his solo on “Another Brick In the Wall,” which was recorded later. I can’t play for shit but my ears are pretty good.
It is also one of my all time favorite solos
Wow, mesmerizing. You're such a good player!
Great style to your lesson. Chord graph super-imposed and notes identified by string name and number. Simple and easy.Just listened to this in the car and then I find your video, Awesome! Thank you!
Hi Mike glad you liked the lesson, I also have a lesson on Josie, and am slowly working through Home At last.
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Incredible attention to detail! Fabulous lesson!
Hi Timothy, glad you enjoyed the lesson. Thanks for the kind comments.
Incredibly helpful! Thanks so much for posting!
George Patterson hi George glad you found the lesson useful thanks the kind comments. If you haven’t done so already why don’t you consider subscribing to this channel
Great lesson. Thank You very much Geoff.
Always interested me
Because this really shows what a great guitarist Wally was
So many think that solo and everything was done by skunk or graydon or Carlton but Wally did the whole thing
Hi Trucker, great to hear from you. He was a great guitarist as clearly demonstrated on this track. Quite probably my fav track by SD. Thanks for the comments.
Thanks. It's fun learning new chords from you Jeff, even for an old geezer like me
Hi Mark, your welcome, glad you enjoyed the lesson.
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Outstanding! One of the best online lessons...
Thanks for the comments. I really enjoyed filming this lesson. We be working on Home At Last very soon.
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Nice playing spot on! I like the chord diagram. Thanks, this is a special band.
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Thank you, I learned many lines, easily, you the catayst.
Thanks for putting this out here. I knew I was in the right place when I saw a "vintage" guitarist playing a Music Man. I have a first gen Steve Morse Signature Model. 😁👍 I've loved this song since it came out. I saw FM the movie in the theater when I was a kid. I just went to look if it was available on anything I have, and can you believe it's not available? Period? WTFO. I'm about to go into an old man rant! Anyway, you've inspired me to pick up my guitar after years, I'm sorry to admit. I have arthritis and it's painful to just try to make a fist and bumping into things at the wrong angle can be excruciating. 😢 Last time I yried was pretty discouraging, but I want to see if I can't retain something, and noodling away over the jam part sounds fun and doable. Thanks again! 😁👍
LedChickenFPV been called a few thinks on UA-cam but vintage is a new one 😀
Glad you liked the lesson, and it’s great to hear that it’s encouraged you to pick up the guitar again.
Sorry to hear about the arthritis.
You enjoy soloing over the track it’s a great song to play over.
Time I did some more Steely Dan.
Thanks for the post, I appreciate hearing from you.
@@GuitarMates I really hope I didn't offend you with the vintage comment. I sometimes pretend I'm funny, and it was actually meant more as a compliment than anything negative. Someone once told me that anything 25 years old or more is an antique. I guess that makes me antique squared, plus almost a decade.😐 It's good to see some people out here on UA-cam producing content who aren't teenagers or just barely into their twenties. Speaking of which, are you familiar with Rick Beato? He 's a retired producer with some really interesting content. To me at least, you're obviously way above and beyond anything I'll ever achieve in musical knowledge and ability, as much as I'm able to judge from watching the one video (so far, I plan to look deeper), but Rick has blown my mind a number of times by finally causing several things I'd never understood to make sense. If you like t9 dissect songs to understand them better, which it seems you do and can do yourself, Rick does an amazing job of that, has a ton of videos, and to top it off, he'll play the part he's talking about on whatever instrument perfectly. And I think there's been one guitar lick out of a solo that he kind of declined to try, and I may even be remembering that wrong. Anyway, I hope it's not bad manners to sing another content producer 's praises on someone's UA-cam channel, I just thought you might find Rick 's stuff of interest and I'd tell you about him in case you aren't already aware of him.
Oh, and I'm happy to say this time I had a much better experience than the last time I tried to play. Things started to come back a bit, and my hands weren't fighting me nearly as much this time, so thanks again for the inspiration. I😁👍
LedChickenFPV no you certainly didn’t offend me at all. I am a Brit and we have a very good sense of humor so never worry about any comments towards me.
Yes a am aware of Rick and watch his videos, very envious of the number of subscribers he has.
Hope you continue to enjoy my channel.
Don’t forget I am first and foremost at teacher so if you ever want to take a few online lessons drop me a line on gsinker@gmail.com.
If you want to see something covered in the channel let me know.
I am very happy that I have inspired you to play again.
Always wanted to learn this. Great Job Thanks!
Thanks for the comment hope you enjoy learning this great song. Why not subscribe to my channel so you wont miss any of the new lesson video that i post every week.
Consider me subscribed. Any chance you could do Daddy Don't Live In That NYC No More?
Hi Thanks for the Sub glad you enjoyed the lesson. That is a really great song by Steely Dan. What a good suggestion. Let me see what I can do.
Great. Really well played. I remember the FM soundtrack had this song, but it wasn't on any Steely Dan album, ( maybe later Best Ofs ? ) .
Hi David, as you said it wasn't on any studio album apart from the movie soundtrack. From my understanding the track had more success than the movie. It is available now on the best of albums and I believe it was on the live album if memory serves me. Thanks for comments.
BTW David, How is your UA-cam journey going?
@@GuitarMates Going good , thanks you. I'm sitting about 357 videos , a lot of Rick Derringer / Danny Johnson , , Pat Thrall, Bill Nelson , Lizzy etc. For Steely Dan I've put up Kid Charlemagne, Chain Lightning , Night By Night and Bad Sneakers. I'm enjoying your stuff a lot. Thank you.
Great lesson, thanks!
MarkH457 hi Mark thanks for the comment glad you like. Have checked out my other Steely Dan lesson Josie available on my channel?
Sure did, learned the intro last night. :)
The “sweep” is distorted slide guitar panned hard from right to left, which causes the sweep effect.
Hi Max, didn't know that. I might have been listening to the live version and thats how they created the sound on stage.
Jeff, immensely enjoyable video; it's a kick to see/hear how you deconstruct a classic S-D track. To your invitation for input on other Steely Dan tunes to create a tutorial on, how about "Home At Last"? Have seen several on-line attempts; don't know that any one has got all the chords entirely right, nor the signature riff that undergirds the tune. Another song where Mr. Becker performed most if not all of the guitar parts.
johnmaer glad you enjoyed the lesson and I appreciate your comments.
Always a huge influence to me as I was growing up.
Home at last is a great track. And does deserve a lesson. Let me have a look at it and see if I can give it the attention it deserves.
Found my teacher. If you play an EBMM, I listen. 😉
Hmm, I'm about to learn guitar from FM. Em pentatonic you say? So pretty much THE key for standard guitar tuning. Check.
It looks like I'm about to have a fun evening. Hold my beer, willya? *fires up Tubemeister 18, acquired yesterday*
Geoff, Great job on a piece that so few musicians seem to want to take on. That original guitar solo by Walt (and it was Walt..was it?) was an epic and maybe a one off as he never really re-created it in the live performances. If a guitar could cry then that's what the original solo sounded like. And if only it went on a bit longer. Imagine if Dave Gilmour took it on, he of the weeping guitar style.
I'm even trying to learn that solo now. So I'm enjoying this particular video of yours.
FM just might be my favourite SD track... I mean you've got the fantastic base line, the strings, great piano chords and the most underarated epic guitar solo.
It might have been their biggest hit had they released it as a single.
Thanks again Dee.
Hi Dee, I am very happy that you enjoyed my lesson and thank you for the kind remarks. FM is an outstanding track by SD. Whenever I listen to the outro all i want to do is solo over the top of it. Its such an inspiring piece of music.
You might be interested in my new Patreon site that i have launched this week. What I am doing is posting a backing track for members so they can record themselves playing over the track either in video or just audio format. They can ten upload and I will review and discuss ideas on how they can possibly improve or add to the solo. Other members of the group can also give helpful comments and advice. Of course there will be no trolling allowed only construct criticism is allowed. I feel that for a few cents a day its a great environment for people to experiment and learn without the feeling of embarrassment or insecurity that most people suffer when they first start to learn to improvise.
Here is the link www.patreon.com/GeoffSinker please let me know your thoughts and once again thanks for watching my lesson.
Geoff, Thanks for that. Sorry about the delay to reply. It's easy to forget where I've been online leaving a comment here and there. Yes Patreon sounds like a good idea. Did I subscribe to you? Oh I just did now.
Yes you certainly are an inspiration with all your talent. I guess some of us take longer to pick things up. And yet they say that Elton John was self taught on the piano.
But I absolutely love FM and I must have everything by Steely Dan. I think I've had my all time favourite 'Gaucho' on every format. Am tempted to now get it once again on vinyl (something to play on my home made Console/Radiogram. There's a picture of it on my youtube page).
Interestingly I bought a light Spanish acoustic guitar to practice on. My electric one is a bit heavier and then you've got to set up the amp. I wonder if you think it can be easier starting out with an acoustic instead of electric. Dee.
Dee John thanks for the reply and the kind words. Regarding guitars its easier to play the electric as it requires a lighter touch and much easier to learn bar chords. I suppose the deciding factor is what type of music do you enjoy playing.
I am just finishing some backing tracks for my Patreon site. The site is live but I am just organizing some shot lesson fir the full launch. I am probably going to offer a free 30 minute Skype lesson for the first 5 people how sign up to the site at the $10 per month level.
Thanks fir the sub, more songs already in the works.
Thanks Geoff.
Excellent lesson. Love The Dan, everything they did. Your Tabs and guitar pro file, and backing track page isn't loading.
Ah, it's OK. I wfound it by going to your website direct! Cheers.
Try now, Glad you enjoyed the lesson.
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Hi What happens at this time?
Here at the western world
Sting's been hitting the weight room. Good for him
Sting doesn't need to hit the weight room. He is probably in better shape already than 99% of men his age, you Stable Genius.
@@acm1350 I was merely complimenting our tutor here. He's got the Sting look, but with more muscle. Obviously Sting is, and always has been in great shape.
You learned from Elliott Randall?
I wish, no my teacher was part of the Gary Katz team that would work through the song in the studio as session musician's until it was time to record the songs then Carlton, Randall and the top guns would appear.
@@GuitarMates Okay. I know that Elliott moved to the UK. I saw him and Skunk here in South Australia playing Steely Dan songs. What a night! They advertised a band called “My Old School” playing for one night only. The ad didn’t mention their names. At the venue, every musician in the state was there wondering who was going to perform.
@@MaxPower-js1sk That must have been a great night. I did something about the band My Old School. Didn't know they was touring outside of the USA though.
@@GuitarMates That was in 1985. A lot of American musicians came here because they could play at small venues without being mobbed. It was quite a thrill to see two of my favourite players in such an out of the way place as this.
@@MaxPower-js1sk Well I know it won't be anywhere at there level but I do hope you enjoyed the lesson. Must get round to doing some more Steely Dan Lessons.
Man, you need to play with more feeling. It’s like you are afraid to play with more power... but the sound is great tho
Guitar is not in tune
You talk to damm much , play the damm song
Learn the song by yourself then, dude.