Status Quo - Whatever You Want - Guitar Lesson Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- How to play Whatever You Want By Status Quo on guitar.
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00:00 Intro
02:10 Tuning
02:46 Intro Riff
06:46 Verse
11:15 Chorus
14:52 Outro
Note the tuning for this song is Drop D tuning
E 1
B 2
G 3
D 4
A 5
D 6
Believe it or not I am a big Status Quo fan. The songs where some of the earliest songs I ever learned and my first ever gig in a band was as rhythm guitar in a Quo tribute band.
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Whatever You Want by Status Quo. Written by Rick Parfitt and Andy Bown, it was released on the album of the same name in 1979 and has become one of the band's better-known works. It originally appeared on the band's 1979 album Whatever You Want and was later re-recorded for their 2003 album Riffs.
The song commences with a quiet introduction, containing a guitar playing notes from chords. Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi used chorus, fuzz and flanging effects on their guitars. This lasts for approximately 26 seconds, and fades out towards the end. After this, the guitar picks up once more with a D-minor riff, and 40 seconds into the piece, the familiar D-major riff of the song begins, accompanied by drums from the 56 second mark.
At 1 minute, 11 seconds, all audio pauses for approximately half a second; at this point, the lyrical portion commences. The music returns as soon as the first lyrics are heard. This pause creates a short-lived dramatic start to the song, which lasts for a total of four minutes.
The song is guitar-oriented, like most Status Quo songs. During recording up to three guitar 'layers' were used, though it can be played with two: rhythm guitar and solo guitar. The other instruments are a bass guitar, keyboards and drums. The lyrics are multi-vocal; for instance the 'Whatever you want' part is sung entirely with two voices.
The guitar low 'E' string is tuned to a D (the song is in the key of D). This is required to play the intro and also the low strumming after the intro. In this later part a flanger effect is used together with the ever-present overdrive/distortion effect.
Within the United Kingdom, the song reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979.
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one of the best guitar intro's in rock music - thanks mate - that was great !
Hi Blueforyou, i do agree its a great intro and buildup to the song. Glad you enjoyed the lesson. Do check my other Quo lessons!
One of the best tutorials I have come across, even for an Englishman 🙂
Hi Gowfer, thanks for the kind comments. Us English do have some uses!!
@@GuitarMates
Your very welcome. Even I can make a stab at it, though not for publication
Hey Geoff! thank you so much for this lesson..especially the intro of that song feels great to me..i can remember listen this from an audio-cassette in my childhood :-) greetz from germany!
Hi elkay your more than welcome, glad you like the lesson.
the original Quo where a great band.
My word.. You can certainly play that instrument my man.. Excellent lesson to one of the classics.
Hi Steve, glad you enjoyed the lesson. Thanks for the very kind comments.
That’s was a good lesson. Thanks for that I really enjoyed it. I’ve had an absolute riot playing along with the record!!!
Hi Russ, that's great to hear, glad you enjoyed the lesson and thanks for the kind comments.
Back again!! Thank you so much!!
Yes! This is one of my favourite songs. Thankyou for the lesson I can't wait to master it
Hi Ingrid, have fun and let me know how you get on.
I am still quite a beginner, but you have made this very do-able Thanks
Hi Andy, I really appreciate you saying that. Comments like yours make my work feel worth while. Thanks for that.
Nice one my brother from Warren 😎
Appreciated, thanks for the comment.
Nice tone!
With an undeniable pleasure some time ago I've subscribed your channel. Thank you so much for this great song lesson 👏! (BTW: R.I.P. Rick Parfitt 😥).
That's great and thanks for the kind supportive comments.
Been in heaven learning this thank you! 🎉
Hi Dale, glad you are enjoying learning the song. Thanks for taking the time to post comment. Always helps the channel grow.
Fantastic lesson really helped me with the break down of the intro Rick parfitt great guitarist r.i.p
Hi Glen glad you enjoyed the lesson, don't forget to checkout my other Quo lessons.
Hes dead :O ?
Very good, thank you !
Glad you liked it!
Brilliant lesson
Hi Toby, thanks for commenting glad you enjoyed the lesson. Do checkout my other SQ lessons.
Thank You very much
Hi, you are welcome. Glad you liked the lesson.
thank you for taking the time to teach and share, please do ROCK ME BABY, by ROBIN TROWER
You more than welcome. Just working now on Paper Plane, that should be out shortly. I will add Rock Me baby to the request list.
Ey up Geoff, just checking in to see that you are well, and staying safe buddy. Lancashire is still here buddy, and hopefully soon back to normal. Speak soon mate, Quo @ Quo Guitars. Great video by the way, love it........obviously lol
Hi, I am doing well how about yourself. Been years since I have been back home to Bolton. Glad you like the video.
Thanks for the lesson. Isn't the 'Verse' part here the part with no singing? The First two verses with vocals are straight 12 bars with D and A chords? Then repeats this after the chorus?
Can you teach “Dear mr fantasy” by traffic....intro and all
Thanks for showing how this is played. I wondered how do they play drop down tuning during their performance because they always seem to be using the same telecasters throughout?
I wonder how many Green telecaster Rossi had? I used to know a techie that worked for the band but never actually talked about that kind of stuff. It was more the crazy stuff they got up to.
3:50
Where do you get the cool open d tool and would it work on a fender?
That D-Tuna was a gift from a student. I believe you can get them from here www.dtuna.com/index.php. I believe they will work on a fender if it is a Floyd Rose. Maybe another Guitar Mate to answer this question to confirm?
Your fantastic I wish you was my next door neighbour you'd be great you could teach me All the Status Quo songs and Def Leppard songs lol 😊🙂
Hi Doug, You don't need to be a neighbor my day job is teaching guitar online, I always offer a free trial lesson. Email me if your interested gsinker@gmail.com
To people who came here for verse 1 8:00
What year is your Ernie Ball?
Hi Don, I think I got it in either 2012/13. I was working in a music store in Dubai at the time and it had been in the store for a few months before I decided to buy it.
This is more of a memory game for me I always forget how to play the beginning
Hi there, what would be the amp settings? I have a telecaster stile guitar with a vox 1
Hi Mark sorry for not replying sooner to your message concerning amp settings. This is always a hard question to answer. I always use a Eleven Rack for my sounds, and I am not familiar with the Vox 1 amp.
However these are the setting that I have for my Quo sound.
Over drive in a Tube screamer
Drive 10pm
Level 12 pm
Tone 1pm
I am using a Marshal 50 watt head settings
Presence 10
Bass 2
Mid 3
Treble 10
Gain volume 4
Master Volume
Graphic EQ
Boost the mid range back of the Hi range
Reverb is a small room level
I didn't use anything else because in those early days of Quo they didn't use hardly any effects.
Hope this helps you.
@@GuitarMates thanks for getting back I should have been clearer.
It's a Vox VX1 practice amp.
It's got a lot of amp for the money with lots of effects.
I've been told to cranck the power and gain up,but still can't get that parffit sound.And let's face it the music was better in the 70s on .
And they never had the gear then as now.
More Status quo please .👍
Style laddie, not stile. A stile is what you climb over on the route of a public footpath.
hi . are you using a chorus box at the beginning
Hi Richard, there is chorus but only slightly in the mix
Where i can see the riff tab ?
I tried accessing the website but doesn't work, can buy the tab somewhere?
Hi This is the link which takes to the premium channel which is like a Patrion channel. premium.skypeguitarlessonsonline.com/courses/classic-rock-songs-tablature access to all my tablature is only $1 per month joining as a Guitar Mate.
@@GuitarMates cheers this link works, going to check it out
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Brilliant stuff Geoff...hope it is Geoff and not Jeff mate
Glad you liked the lesson and your correct its Geoff
2:15
Hi. Great lesson, thanks. What effects are you using for the intro and distorted parts please?
Hi Meltdown 1 thanks for the kind comments, glad you enjoyed the lesson.
Regarding the effects. All my sounds come from my 11 rack. The opening sections is my clean settings which is a
Matchless DC-30 style sound
Then into a compressor
Delay is 435 ms 50% feedback 20% wet mix
The Reverb set at Large Plate
Then Chorus at a 0.13 ms rate, 16.2 ms depth, 50% mix
Main section I just add Distortion set at 9pm on the distortion and a slight increase in the volume.
Hope that helps
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Excellent. Many thanks. Yes, now subscribed. Looking forward to more lessons. All the best.
What about the solo?
I am still considering doing the solo, but will probably post to my Premium channel. Hope you enjoyed the main lesson though?
Could you please show the tabs.
Gonzalo del Real tabs can be found on my website skypeguitarlessonsonline.com/whatever-you-want-by-status-quo Hope you enjoy the lesson. Don’t forget to subscribe if you found it useful. I always appreciate the support.
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Gonzalo del Real great thanks for the sub
Amp settings?
Hi Manuel, When I recorded this video I was using my 11 Rack and a preset that I put together. However I no longer use that and can't recall the actual setting. I am doing another Quo song in the coming weeks so I will post my setting I will be using for that lesson.
@@GuitarMates thanks for information
I dont get the right sound…
Is the chorus not Dsus4? You need the G on top E no?
Not the way Rick played it. Cant say about Rossi as this lesson is focused on Rick. Not even sure where you would play the Dsus4 in the chorus. The chords are a D to F.
Trying to place the accent ! ?
Hi Gowfer, I am originally from Bolton.
Nah