Don't Fear the Reaper, Part 1 (Guitar Lesson with TAB)
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2017
- More Cowbell!!
Don't Fear The Reaper is a song by the band Blue Öyster Cult from their 1976 album, Agents of Fortune. It was written and sung by the band's lead guitarist, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser. The song is built around Dharma's opening, repetitive guitar riff, while the lyrics deal with eternal love and the inevitability of death. Dharma wrote the song while picturing an early death for himself.
Here’s the TAB: www.dropbox.com/s/42ea2nj0hv0...
Released as an edited single, the song was Blue Öyster Cult's biggest chart success, reaching #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1976. Additionally, critical reception was mainly positive and, in 2004, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was listed at number 405 on the Rolling Stone list of the top 500 songs of all time.
But it really took off with the “More Cowbell” sketch on SNL, with Christopher Walken as the “famous producer” Bruce Dickinson and Will Ferrel as the fictional cowbell player Gene Frenkle.
Buck Dharma’s solo is outstanding!!
this played non-stop in my college dorm back in '76! Thanks for the memories and the chops!
My pleasure!
Kudos to Mark!!! The Best no doubt!!! He Cares! And unreal Player God Bless t!
Thanks!!
Thanks! Previous tip wasn’t sufficient. I’m really stoked to have made such progress today on Don’t Fear the Reaper courtesy of your lessons. Thanks for what you do. You’re a great instructor.
Wow, thank you so much. I really appreciate it brother!
Awesome!! I love a guitar player that plays by feel while looking into the camera. You broke it down perfectly the way only a great teacher can do and simplified the understanding of an extremely complex and intricate piece. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Wow, you really made my day. You're very welcome. Thanks for watching and for your kind comment!!
Kinda stumbled on this one... One of the greatest solos of all time! Evil incarnate! Thank you Mark! Always wanted to play it and now I will! THANK YOU MARK!
Glad you enjoyed John. I agree that this solo doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
Awesome Professor! You Killed It.
Thanks brother Mark!
Very nice job on this, best of several I've seen out here. Thank you!
Thanks Wade!
Way to go Mark. One of the great solos from back in the day.
Buck is 5 ft2 and all badass. Name another solo like this? Killer, thanks Mark
You're welcome. Thanks for watching! Buck rocks!
@@MarkZabel I've noticed, seems many great guitarists come from musical families that may not include guitars.
Wow, this is really perfect. Nice job!
Thanks so much!!!
Thanks for posting this..great work..
Thank you Linda!
Your videos are always great and some are extra special great such as this classic - wonderful riff and solo. I have tried tackling the solo in past but gave up. Your video was just the inspiration I needed (and your tab helped too!). Thanks ever so much!
Thanks Zane. I really appreciate the kind comment. These are the sorts of comments that keep me going! Thanks!!
Completely awesome! Thank you.
You bet. Glad you liked it. Thanks for the listen and the nice comment!
Played your video for my band. They loved it too!
Awesome! Thanks!
love all your videos my friend. always spot on!
Thanks David! I appreciate the kind comment.
Good work!!!!!
Appreciate it Mark!! Thanks!
My pleasure Brent. Thanks for listening! Please let me know what else you would like to see.
Nice one Mark and thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent! Excellent! I already had this lead down, (not as good as you), but that Harmonic sustain trick, I never considered that! That was the only thing that eluded me, was the long sustain. I had tried various tricks, pedal effects, and even feedback, but you nailed it! What a simple answer, and I missed it! Ha! You are a natural teacher, and player. Not many are both. Thank you!
Thanks so much Adrian! Much appreciated.
Yes!!! I almost forgot how awesome this solo is. I tried to learn it years ago, but it was too much for me at the time. I'll give it another go. Right away I can see you are playing the very first part different than I was taught before, and it's much better! It's so awesome to have access to lessons like these, because I have a chance at actually playing this solo and playing it right. Now I will import the song into Ableton Live where I can loop the solo and slow it down to any speed I want. That REALLY helps me.
The feedback trick is awesome!!! I never thought of doing that. There's one good reason to play through a real amp with real pedals. That might work good for Lynyrd Skynyrd's "That Smell" as well. I'll have to try it out. So funny when the dog started barking at the feedback!! LOL!
Glad it was helpful. Rock on!
before internet I was playing everything wrong and would go yrs without learning anything new and before electric tuners i was perpetually out of tune.
Freakin' awesome, good lord !
Thanks Michael!
you are so right. it’s the timing. lol. and slowing it down didn’t help. it actually made it harder. it’s funny because i can learn nearly every solo i try but this one has always been like so difficult. you played it perfectly though. thank you for the lesson.
Thank you Casey. Yes, this one is so difficult that way, and that's one of the reasons I think it's under-appreciated. Really appreciate the kind comment!!
ty so much for this lesson
My pleasure. Thank you for listening!
@@MarkZabel i have memorized entire solo now i just need to get it up the speed
@@sandrosarunic9486 That's a key. One thing that helps you get there faster is "singing" a solo first. If you can sing it, you can find the notes and you memorize it on the fretboard much faster.
But whatever .... you got it now ... that's what counts. Great!!
Excellent !! Sweet Ibanez Artist, too.
Thanks!!
Oof I'm doing this on an acoustic, and it's a bit tough lol. Thanks for the video Mark! Classic!
Ouch! Tough one to do on acoustic. Thanks and best of luck!
Great ear! All the notes are there...Good job as usual!
Thanks! This one was difficult ... the notes were okay, but the timing was a bear.
You do such a great job with this solo, Thank You!
Would you consider doing a lesson for Then Came the Last Days of May?
The live version on "On Your Feet or On Your Knees" is some of Buck Dharma's best work I think.
Hi and Thanks!! Sorry I missed your comment earlier. I'm not familiar with "Then Came the Last Days of May", but I'll give it a listen!
godlyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Excellent--it's a toughie! How about "Burnin' For You"--fills and solo, too. The solo is very cool and it goes fast!
Thanks! I'm happy to do "Burnin' For You", but I'll pass on the fills. I'll do the solo and the riffs. Just too many fills ... and improvised at that. I have no doubt that Buck Dharma largely improvised the solo too, but at least that's somewhat contained. The fills are all over the place in that song. Hope that's okay.
Love that ibanez.....
Pretty isn't it? !!!
how do i find your tabs? I love the lesson; also used your video for Baker Street. THANK!
Thanks Cindy. If I include tab, I always put a link in the description of the video. So for others you cal look there. Here's the link for this one: ua-cam.com/users/redirect?redir_token=c9834OwHga2dfEjzhw6GxS40Gax8MTU2NzA3NTU5NEAxNTY2OTg5MTk0&v=lKVaD7tcqxg&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fs%2F42ea2nj0hv0jh9b%2FDon%2527t%2520Fear%2520The%2520Reaper%2520Solo.pdf%3Fdl%3D0&event=video_description
Mark , with all respect you must not meddle with this stuff , you have a nice life , and i think you are playing with fire !
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No worries friend. Just a rock song to me, nothing more.
I've seen BOC maybe 40 times over the last 35 years and my favorite part of every show is the solo Buck does at the end of Reaper. Any chance you could tackle one of those? Like the one on Extra Terrestrial Live?
Wow! That's a lot of concerts!
I'll give it a listen. As a general rule I don't do live stuff on UA-cam, as it's usually improvised and not really meant to be reproduced, very long - often a minute or two or three, containing mistakes (which I think is actually cool, but not cool or fun to try to reproduce), and without any backing tracks that I can use without using the live track itself, which guarantees it's a good bet to be blocked for copyright. But I'll give it a listen and I'll do it if it makes sense. Do you have a link handy so I don't need to guess at what you're looking for? The times in the video of what you're looking for would be helpful too.
@@MarkZabel ua-cam.com/video/RjMEzBMiTJ4/v-deo.html
Thanks. The ending solo goes from about 4:08 all the way to the end, which is well over 2 minutes of improvising. Which part of it would you like me to do? Alternatively, I suppose I could just break down what he's basically doing on the solo. Sounds pretty straightforward.
@@MarkZabel Up to about 5:17? I realize there's some repetition in there and some of the licks could just be broken down. I'm just a huge fan of buck Dharma's style. My favorite solo of all-time is his solo on the Cult Classics version of Astronomy. Whatever you could help out with would be appreciated. I dig your work, man.
@@snowdog202 Thanks! I'll do a lick or two.
It’s not standard tuning ???
Yes it is.