Secret Keith Richards Guitar Tuning Revealed | This is nowhere on the internet
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Today is a special video! I figured out the secret Keith Richards guitar tuning on “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, and I am sharing it with you for free. SHHHH Don't tell anyone! Lol This guitar part is genius, and I had to destroy a set of 12 string strings putting them on and off in certain combinations of strings in my studio for hours to figure this out. This is nowhere on the internet so please do hit the THUMBS UP button for the UA-cam Algorithm.
You heard it here first folks! Over the next ten years maybe sheet music books will change because of this secret Keith Richards guitar tuning.
So it would be tuned from the A string down GDGBEE then capo it on the 5th fret so it becomes CGCEAA. When he plays the fills on the lower strings it’s basically a 6th string, and it only sounds like a 12 string when he strums the high string(s)
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When you mentioned you hear fills , if i am not mistaken , which i believe i am not , Mick Taylor played acoustic on that as well an you know they did a bit of weaving
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Sorry, this can't be right. In every live performance of the song Kieth does not use a half-stringed 12 string guitar, but a capoed 6 string guitar, with (now) Mick, but originally Brian Jones playing the filler. The studio version is 2 guitars.
@@MarkLewis... How it's played live is not how it was recorded. But you're right this isn't correct. It's capo'd on the 8th fret tuned to open E. Not sure why you think there are two guitars relevant here to the intro. There is one guitar hard panned to the right speaker.
I've been playing and deciphering guitar parts for decades, since the late 1960s. I never dug into this song's acoustic part. But, I have to say, this does sound like the part moreso than any other I have heard. I have to commend you, Jon, for taking the time to really suss this out. I think you got it right because, having listened to the song since it was released, I can literally hear what you have figured out as being - for all practical purposes - the way it was actually done. Remember, Keith was experimenting a lot in the studio back then, so it comes as no surprise that he would do something akin to what you have done. Nice detective work!
ron dadoo's a happy lil fella.
It sounds right and Keith Richards is all about weird tunings
Same here, I just used open E and faked it around the camp fire. Non-musicians it was way over their heads and it didn't matter. I'm a bass player and started playing open tune by ear with no one to teach me anything but, I played the hell out of it. I jammed with a very accomplished guitar player and he said it was as though I were speaking a different language but, it fit in anyway..
@@HooksBill
Yeah, he's a regular Miss Mary Sunshine, ain't he. He musta whacked his pee-pee with a ruler or somethin'.
@@georgeboyer8158 seriously huh... He's got to take his time to write that to a guy who's been around since the 60s, who's being nothing but nice. Might have got it stuck in a pencil sharpener.
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👍🏼 awesome work! I've been playing it open G capo 5th fret (from Andy at shut up and play) but when you strummed your version, from the first strum it was clearly just what was really done on the recording. wow, dude, this is pretty explosive stuff.
Jon Maclennan, Mate, when you get well over 80 and been playing the rolling Stones from when they started, you will find a lot of us oldie guitar players know this. But this is good for you to share it with the younger generation,,,, Gib
@@stablegenius465 You are so correct, mate. I thought he was extremely good to pass on knowledge for free. And also yes about the age, does this good life last forever, I don't suppose so --- Go to youtube, Gib Williamson "Nessun Dorma on a PRS" and say Hi
Well it just goes to show, that as far as the internet is concerned, you can't always get what you want, but hey..you tried, spent some time, and got what you need! :D
Seriously tho, dood... Its SPOT ON!
Very well done, indeed, and thanks for sharing it (and that beautiful axe) with us! :)
7:58 2 reasons 1) you'd have to Double the High E, & 2) the fills are played on a larger string which makes them sound different
I clicked the link with a bit of an eye roll, but, man, I think you really did crack the case! Very cool. Well done!
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Jon,
Love the upbeat attitude and positive vibe you bring to these videos. Great insight and SO useful.
He says what it is in his book. Gimme Shelter is in open E, via tuning to open D and capo'd at the 2nd fret. The You Can't Always Get What You Want guitar is the same one as the Wild Horses guitar, Open G with ten strings on it (no low E's), but capo'd at the 4th fret.
You beat me to it......
I've read his literary offering three separate times, and went back for other portions more
Thank you for saving my time.
I got $100 says Keith wasn't even sober enough to remember anything most of the time
Wow Jon, that is a breakthrough in so many ways, also a good dedicated use for an old twelve string that can no longer take all of the tension of twelve.
Awesome! Depending on the set up you could also use a 6 string to do this doubling the e string by moving the b to the g puting an extra e in the b slot moving everything else up so, the g to the d the d to the A and the A to the E. Great idea! nice find, moving strings may affect intonation. Love these string reconfiguration tunings! Ty especially when it doesn't involve drop tuning
You did a great job. Good research and good ear. Congratulations. I've been working on Keith Richards' riffs lately. Learning to play the songs in the ''correct'' way. I thought the story ended with the open G tuning. I'm dazzled!! I'm loving Keith even more than before. What a mastermind!
Your attention to detail and commitment is fantastic...So appreciate what you do.!!
Good job!
Been looking for no nonsense knowledgeable vids.
That’s now, YOU.
Thanks!
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For years I've played it in "G" capo'd at the 5th on my 12... and you can pick individual notes off on at the DGBE strings to work that very distinct melody and strum pattern- especially when playing it live with a band or duo, but... this takes it to a whole new level and clearly- everybody who covers it, should present it to the audience just like this- while they wait for us to deconstruct our guitars live on stage- to make them understand the guitar player's psychosis! Great job!
And when recording "She's A Rainbow" it's my understanding that every 4th white key was removed from the piano along with the first and last grouping of three black keys. Then, all of the remaining keys to the left of middle-C were tuned down a half step, and all the ones to the right were tuned up a half step. And finally, the notes were played by two different people, with the left-hand parts played by someone naturally right-handed and the right-hand parts played by someone naturally left-handed, so that they could sit comfortably next to each other.
Well yeah... but that was pretty standard back then ! But I heard they played with their feet -
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It wasn't actually done that way.
@@1-2-tree-fort009 Nah, it was never done that way.
Sounds perfect and I'm sure there were overdubs etc. Man, that's a lot of work!
yep spot on !
Not sure why people would say Keef unlikely to have done this G6 is not an uncommon tuning for Dobro players and ripping off unwanted strings to get just the top string doubling because it gave him the chorus sound and kept the fill clean is very Keef in my mind. Nice work and it sound great
How we did it in the 70's was by using the "Nashville Tuning" to wit: standard 12 string with the low E,A,D,and G removed and replaced with duplicates of the octave up e,a,d,and g. All treble.....it's ethereal and heard on many country recordings of the 50's and 60's! Not as tricky or complicated as one might assume!
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A Double High Strung 12 String Guitar
@@tommytramp A Double High Strung 12 String
Well when I was starting out and did not have all twelve strings for my 12 string Gibson, I use to do things like that. So not having money for strings and a lack of knowledge cause'es one to get creative. I have to say that is a very good version and must have put a lot of work into that song, It does sound like the real thing and Thank you for sharing that work. I like . That's a thumps -up. I just happened to have my Tele set with 5 strings and tuned to G, sounds great, even on a 6 string. or should I say 5 strings. Lol
Way to go! Figuring that out is way above my pay grade!
Good job!
When I was your age, I could figure out shit like this...
I was never a Stones fan, but I've developed an appreciation for Keith and Charlie over the years.
I studied old acoustic Blues, folk, Celtic... much of which use strange tunings and capos... like you, I spent untold amounts of time figuring it out, then playing it.
Keith was a proponent of Nashville tuning. Maybe he was part way through stringing the 12 string guitar into that tuning when he stopped and found this little lick. But this is perfectly correct. Good work!
Hey Jon! Thanks for all the research you did to get this right , its good to see these young guys researching the old hands of rock, and look forward to seeing more of your vids.We need you younger guys to carry on the music, and from what ive seen, it looks like its in good hands!
Thank you!
Well done. I do believe that you have got it 100% correct.
Fuggin brilliant! Nicely done ol chap. Lesson please, mostly cause you sound so cool doin it not that I couldn't figure it out. You just gave us the key to the city!
A buddy of mine brought me a 12 string to restore, so for the hell of it, when I restrung it, I started with the six string set and just added the resonating string on the high E, like you mentioned. Tuned to open G, sounds great, capoed at 5, but you have to fret at seven on the high E strings if you leave the high Es tuned to E. The problem with leaving them tuned to E, rather than dropping them to D, is that when the chorus goes to the D chord (barred at 7), you have to fret the high Es at 10, otherwise you have a B note in your D chord that doesn't belong there. And fretting those Es at 10 doesn't sound right, nor is it what Keef does in videos of him playing it live (the best one is from the David Frost show, 1969). Other than that, nice work.
You could do on a 6 string guitar using 2 high E strings and tunning in G6 or open G. I guess. Anyway great vid .
That may be a more practical method but I think Jon nailed it. I heard it in the first strum.
@@robiandolo In fact that's how the original recording did it. So it's essentially a 5 String Guitar but the top String is Doubled. A 6 string 5 Course Guitar.
Good Job man. I thought it was open D (easier to tune to than E) with Capo at the 10th. lol But never could get the lower fills right. But you nailed it. I knew you did as soon as you strummed it once. You got my whole attention right then. That was it man! Great work. You got my thumbs up!
For Open C (two steps below open E) and the capo off I could get some epic Baritone tones.
You are a true detective. The hours you have spent deciphering this awesome tune for us is why I follow your channel. Thank you for demystifying the 'how to' play this song and so many other songs. You're the best. Oh, I love that F-412.
Amazing how keef could make such simple stuff so intricate. And he was so innovative as well he never wanted do whatever everyone else was doing
I've wondered about that since '69. Your analysis is correct, according to my ears. I've tried using a polyphonic pedal ( Mosaic) to get that sound, but it doesn't work too well. Good video!
Thanks Jon. That’s a nice piece of work. Well done.
Jon. You are incredible. Excellent detective work. Cheers.
Definitely it.... Great work.. your patience is inspiring..
Every time I think at last I am getting somewhere with my Guitar playing I come across a vid like this what puts me back not even on the first rung of the ladder but fallen off all together , ohh well back to the drawing board, I shall not give up, no prisoners no retreat, thanks for the reminder and ps the song is one of my favs would have liked to hear you play the whole thing.
Good work. It sounds right to me. I'll get out my F4 tomorrow and check it out.
you could use a 6 string with a treble E where the bass E usually is; which will only throw intonation out if you fret that string.
I think he was well known for not using the low E string anyway, so what it amounts to is that he started to put new strings on a 12-string and after doing the two high E's Mick said - ffs Keith, we're all ready to record here
Gold !
yes the first he does is to not put the low E in his guitar you can find his secrets and riff at reverb.com
as advertised! my new 6/12 has an interesting dynamic range compared to a standard-tuned 12 string. Doubt a 6 tuned to this pattern would chime unless you filed the nut to move the high e strings closer to get sympathetic vibes. Full lesson please and thank you!
Pretty cool. I play it in open E Nashville Tuning but I heard that the second acoustic is in Open G Capo on 5. Keeping the second high E is a cool idea. Sounds spot on. He was using mostly D and E tunings for Beggar's Banquet and Let it Bleed until he met Ry Cooder and according to Cooder Keith stood all his licks. Cooder was recording with the Stones because Brian was done. He called the Stones "reptilian". Great sound though. 51 years and people are still trying to figure it out. I'm sure he doesn't remember.
Sounds right to me! Any chance I could just take off the regular high E string and put another B string in it's place and then tune and capo accordingly to play it the same way?
Tune E-B-E-G#-C#-C# then capo 8th fret? You could also shift down the open tuning to D6 if there was too much tension on the neck and capo at 10th fret.
Listen, I watched this 3x, excellent! I’ll make a suggestion to play this if you don’t have a 12 string or you want to play it at a gig without too much time being used. So, on a 6 string tune the high E to D, then tune the A string down to G and the low E up to G. This gives you 2 bass strings. Then obviously capo on the 5th fret. Not as good as what you are doing here but you don’t need a separate guitar to do it.
i don't exactly remember if t'was a video or a magazine article that also explained uncle keith's stylee... thanky dude... good show lad...
Well done ! Bravo.
Yeah you nailed it. I always thought that high E was a background mandolin overdub.
Omg thank you so so so much this is my all Time favorite Song EVERRRR 😍😍😍
I’m impressed man!! Great job
Dude...exhaustive WELL DONE!
I have no idea how you worked all that out dude. As you said...and i know....it could only be the result of hours of trial and error. But i think you nailed it my man....absolute respect to ya.
Yeah that's it, but can you do this on a 6 string?
Seems doable but changing the gauge on the B string might be needed
G- 1.5 steps up from E
D- 3 Steps up from A
G- 2.5 steps up from D
B- 2 steps up from G
E- 2.5 steps up from B
E- same
Since you're playing with a capo and not barring it should work in theory, once I get home today I'll try this out and report back.
anyway this was great, definitely how its played on the record. I would love to find out how Gimme shelter, Wild horses are played as well if you could dive into those.
It does sound authentic. If nothing else it inspires me to think out of the box
Great vid! Can you do one on the guitar part of Jumpin Jack Flash? That's another thing that I could never find an accurate version of.
In the book Keith has written the description of the tech trick he uses to tune songs he plays using this brillant tuning.It's a fun, very informative and straight from the man. LIFE is the title and there are a couple good stories with it too. Worth every cent for entertainment value alone. Watching and listening to him live is the best it gets and I have seen many of the best. You get what you need, right ?
Love the dedication, great job.
not knocking your video but I never considered Richards that great of a guitar player regardless your effort to break down the mystery of the song is well respected
I noticed a few here are second guessing Your "find"...Jon....lol...YOU NAILED IT!!
IN MY HUMBLE OPINION...Great Job!😎
Sounded like keith to me , just need another acoustic to play along like Mick Taylor did , nailed it
Great Job!!!
Cool. A way to do it on a 6-string without restringing could involve a full capo at the 5th fret and then a partial capo at the 10th leaving the little E string uncovered.
Amazing. Sounds authentic. Excellent work!
...... alas I no longer have a 12 string (thanks to the anonymous guitar liberators) but I loved my old 1970s EKO, having the ability to double up any strings you wished for a particular sound is priceless.
Damn genius thanks a million for sharing your expertise!
You nailed it fella. sounds authentic to me.
Great job ! Yes I'm in for a full break down of the song : )
Great work. Sounds exactly like it to me. Thanks for making this
On 2.25 minutes...
you say...
there are no strings attached...
how do you play a guitar then? 😊😂
But I clicked the thumbs up. 👍
Well done. Been playing this song for years. Open G, Open E Capo'd. You nailed it!
Forgot to tell ya that Octave4Plus replaced the Unison B String with a .006 High B to broaden the range of the 12 String & get a larger sound.
Fascinating! Great work!
Good work dude, this is what I did for years but didn't have any theory training which made it so much harder. Younger musicians don't know the struggle thanks to UA-cam. Now that I have all these years of learning songs, styles and jandras UA-cam has exploited anything that I regarded as accomplishments.
You got it exactly! Good musical detective work!
Keith literally owns a 10 string guitar (a 12 string missing the 6th low E section) I'm not sure if he does the whole open G capo on 4th fret with it. But I think he did get it later in his life and maybe this song plus using his telecaster as a makeshift electric banjo gave him the idea to get that guitar custom made??? He has always been very innovative and experimental.
Man, that sounds really good. 2 thumbs up. Please, play the rest of the song.
Fred Garvin yeah a full lesson would be Koo!
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I completely agree with Fred Garvin. Jon that was genius and please play it all!
Here you go! ua-cam.com/video/fFPQJmeQwbI/v-deo.html
I appreciate the video. Your lesson is all about thinking beyond the standard. Nice to have a video to be a catalyst for a new guitar adventure.
never saw you before but this caught my eye as a stones fan-gonna subscribe
Brilliant !!! Thanks !! Really impressed!
Thanks very much for this, Jon.
Always good to know exactly how things were done, and you never know, Keith might not remember.
Now that is dedication! Great stuff. I think you nailed it, musical detective. Love your channel.
Awesome how you worked this out!
Outstanding
Nice! I feel like doing a custom guitar on my Variax with this setup, and not killing any strings :D
Great job Jon, how Keith came up with this is beyond imagining !
All I have to say I finally someone got it right. Thank you. Viva La Keef.
Awesome piece of figuring out !! sounds absolutely authentic !!
I've always used open g capo'd on the 6th, I think I've tried it with E too, can't remember off the top of my head, interesting stuff though 👍✌️
Amazing Jon!!! Great video!!! I'd like to see a full lesson video on this.
Bryan Easton yep a full lesson would be great
Here you go! ua-cam.com/video/fFPQJmeQwbI/v-deo.html
Wow. Truly amazing
Outstanding experimentation and perseverance Jon! To my ears it sounds like you nailed it.
Outstanding job!
Love your choice of guitar I used to have a 1964 Guild that was rebuilt buy a pretty good guitar Builder from Asbury Park guy named Phil petillo beautiful guitar Rosewood ebony and specially designed pyramid frets
Old rock n roller here, I think you've got it.
Great video!!! Hopefully you will gain subscribers!!! Great channel and teaching style!! When I grow up I wanna be like you... 😎
Excellent observation and discovery. Love it. God bless you brother.
thanks from Sweden,helped alot,,,,,,,,,,,
Excellent video. Transcription is the only way to become a great guitar player. Hendrix came up with his Sgt. Pepper cover in a weekend and led with it at the Saville theatre in London. Stevie Ray Vaughan spent 20 years transcribing and performing Little Wing and Voodoo Chile. Ear training is what seperates the men from the boys.
Amazing Kieth came up with that and yes I never could pick that up to be identical thanks for the unraveling
Keith picked it up from Gram Parsons didnt he?
@@richardabell175 Ryan Cooder. They got Ry Cooder in and let him play for a few weeks and recorded him playing a bunch of stuff. Then the next Stones Album Ry Cooder heard it and recognized a few tunes of his own. It's all chronicled. Search for it on Google. Ryan Cooder successfully sued them.
Nailed it! Gave me chills...great work.
You got it,that's the sound.Open E seems to me like original until today,great work!!!
Perfect. Well done.