Yellow Ledbetter Guitar Lesson - Pearl Jam - Famous Riffs
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In this "famous riff" lesson we will take a look at the beautiful Jimi Hendrix inspired intro to "Yellow Ledbetter" by Pearl Jam.
This style of using basic triad chord shapes with melodic embellishments was made famous by Hendrix and has been used to various degrees of effectiveness by countless guitarists since.
This intro riff to "Yellow Ledbetter" is certainly one of the better examples of how to use this stye of playing to create beautifully melodic guitar parts.
In this Yellow Ledbetter guitar lesson video I will show you how to play the entire intro note-for-note. Keep in mind also that these chords are the same for the verse as well. The only thing he will do is make little melodic alterations here or there.
Technically probably the only thing guitarists may have an issue with is the fact that you need to use your frethand thumb to hold the bass notes of the chords on the 6th string. That is how Hendrix did it and for good reason. Using your thumb on those notes frees up the other finger to perform those melodic embellishments I mentioned earlier. It is pretty much essential for you to play them this way if you want the riff to sound correct.
If you have never used your thumb like this before I suggest starting to learn. Take a quick look at how your hand is positioned while holding the neck. A quick way of enabling your thumb to play the notes on the 6th string more easily is to simply look at your hand in playing position. You should see the underside of your wrist facing you. Now simply bend your wrist upward towards your face.
This position will allow the thumb easier access to the 6th string as well as help with the first finger barres.
If you would like to learn the entire song simply make sure you help this video get 600 likes on UA-cam.
So I will see you guys back here for the complete song lesson soon, in the meantime I hope you enjoy playing this beautiful riff!
Carl...
i must say this guy is the real deal. no excessive advertising, no excessive conversations before getting to the point. he lets his work speak for itself and that makes him a great teacher. one must be inspired to play and this guy provides the inspiration so keep it up
Exactly and his lessons are soo much more accurate than others
Explains the 2mil subs
no doubt, if you want a no nonsense lesson hes your guy
I know this is a 7 year old video at this point in time but just discovered this channel and I’m attempting to teach myself guitar and these videos are so helpful!
Quarantined at home for 2 weeks. Time to finally try to learn this first note.
Best teacher on youtube and so accurate
Great lesson. Once you learn this, it will open up some great fill ins and melodies to build upon. Though not the hardest song to learn, there's a lot going on in this and the teacher does an excellent job demonstrating it in only one lesson. Once again, well done.
Damn!! You play this one as smooth as butter! Whenever I look up a tutorial and your video pops up, I know I’m getting the real deal; proper way to play! Thanks so much!
I'm getting this together! My singing though! 😂😂
the tone is spot on
I've been playing foe 14 years and never in my life have I played chords that have made me regret picking up my guitar so much in my life. My thumb is cramped and these pinky index bar P/Os are killer. Amazing lesson.
haha same, that thumb/pinky-stuff makes me crazy.
Great tutorial! It's crazy how someone can learn with the right teacher. Tried a couple other videos before this one and was not as easy to pick up. Thank you!
You are Badass Dude. You have just blown me away. And enhance my guitar playing.
Thanks Carl! Your tutorials are perfect. Expertise, feel and humility. You’ve helped me so much. You deserve nothing but success.
churr bro. love that u get str8 into the teaching with no mucking around, 3 camera angle are effective.
This riff is similar to Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix. Anyone has the same opinion?
Thats what it is based off of
The guitarists of Pearl Jam would probably agree with you,considering that he based this intro on Little Wing.lol
Yeah, that's what I thought when I first heard it. that's why it turns me off a bit. It reminds me of a cheapened version of little wing but couldn't license it so a song was made similar so as not to get sued.
Great ears but do you know, Tenacious D - Tribute is based on Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven and it is a direct tribute to it? Same chords/chord progression, same buildup, a tribute to the greatest song in the world?!
... who gives a damn. Juicy powerful song, so is Little Wing and a shitton of other songs that share chords, technique or quality of guitarist.
Do you know that a lot of Jimi Hendrix's greatest hits are just covers? Music is creativity but creativity does not imply originality or forbid covers/samples as long as you make something your own and perform your version instead of mechanically reproducing what you heard from others...
Anyways, completely uneccesary rant, I should not post when I am drunk! Cheers to Jimi, McCreedy & Gossard, all the other great and famous guitarists on the planet and even cheers to all the maybe even better "hobbyist" nerds who sometimes just lack the balls or opportunity to ever present their genius to the public. Music is love, love is music. I hate you all. Fuck UA-cam :D
Yes!!!! That is what I was thinking
That jimmy chord is killer. Idk if my hands are not big enough or too fat that my fingers mute out the rest and i get dead notes😔 so im just barring the whole thing trying to avoid the A string.
I learn better from your videos than any others. I couldn't progress the way I have without these lessons. Thank you so much!
This is one of my favorite joints! The Movie "Big Fish" is a perfect setting for their music tambien. Perfect.
my hand is cramped af after this song
But do you feel Jimi in the room though?!
😂😂😂
Oh yeah. the thumb hurts for hours.......
love playing this song
Nice one here, thanks Carl! Really melodic and clean. I didn't know PJ played stuff like this. Thanks again!
Best instructional version of this song I've seen. Nice job
really great lesson man, i'm a huge pearl jam fan so this is awesome
Excellent tutorial , professonialy presented with clear easily understood language. One of the best I can remember viewing on web, and I'm 30yrs older than song. A winner from any angle. Papa Stasche " Watch Out " there's a new Sheriff in town.
a new fan
Who the sell is "Papa Stasche"???
Asking for a friend, BTW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! My band's gonna love covering this!
Holy shit can I over-complicate things. Reading the tab, I have come up with the most convoluted way of getting through the first section. Then I watch this guy and I feel like smacking myself. I suppose it would help greatly if I learned some theory first (could probably put things together much more quickly when looking at tab). Oh well - happy I found this!
your videos have helped so much. thanks carl!!
fantastic presentation! thank you!
Carl has been here forever probly the goat of UA-cam
Great tuition 😀 love this song now it's one off the bucket list 😉😎
thank you. Have been waiting for this one for a long time. cant wait for have the complete song tutorial.
the whole sooooooong please!! :D
great lesson carl love that tune
Thank you. Looking forward to the full tutorial.
Dude u r awesome I have learned a lot from you. Rock will never die. 🤘
Great lesson brother thank you! Needed to touch up on this one for a lesson myself. Great video.
Great job 👍🏻 thanks for this Carl !
This was the quintessential "I'm a good guitar player" lick in the 90s.... 😆
Finally found a good video for the intro thank you
Thanks to my best guitar teacher😀😀😀 👍👍👍🇮🇩
Wonderful tone, man!
Cool lesson, thx man brings back memories.
you pretty much taught me all I know about guitar
First advanced song :) so psyched
That's awesome Carl!
love it man, sounds so great!! I would also love to know how you have you reverb and tube screamer set up for it please :)
Was very helpful man thank you
If you take your thumb off at 3:28 it makes it so much easier to hold that shape. I’m pretty sure it’s only one note you need it there for
I suck at guitar and somehow you taught me this. Thank you
Sweet - thanks for sharing.
Carl Brown showing off at 2:55 I LOVE IT man
Great teacher.
I love your lessons! Please do the Jeremy solo next!
If you don't love this song or this lesson your life is...Well..You know...😁😁Thanks for an awesome tutorial! It's great to have this song in my bag! Gracias bro!
amazing
please do the whole song!!!
oh wow! thanks a bunch for this man 😊🙏🏻
Good teacher this lad
Carl, i have so much trouble with that f chord....my fingers keep hit the other strings....so frustrating
Just keep trying it took me a while but I finally got it
Please make the rest of the song! I would really like that.
Hi Carl, can I ask which exact guitar model is that? Love that strat sound!
Great teacher
Do it, do all the tutorial, you are like best teacher that i ever had
Because my hands aren't as dexterous (I had a severe injury to my left hand when I was young) I play this with the traditional bar chord; it doesn't need to be played in Jimmy's style -- although useful in other tunes to add some versatility, here it is just a stylistic choice and isn't necessary.
Hey Carl, If you would finish the lessons for the whole song, you'd make a LOT of folks happy!
thank you very much!
Yep awesome !
This dude is sick!
And remember, the lead in this song is ALWAYS played on a Stratocaster! 😎
best guitar lessons
This song is so fun to play
Thank you, Carl.
Whole song please!
Nice!
Thanks bunches
it feels impossible to have control over the movement of my pinky when i have my thumb on the bass string. it totally locks up and i cant do the hammer on pull off
same. I bar the whole fret with my index and it works fine
friday i was jamming round on my guitar and i came up with this little riff i really liked and i thought this could become a really good song.. 2 days later a friend told me this is yellow ledbetter by pearl jam. and it are really the same notes.. i'm so pissed... (awesome lessons by the way carl)
ik you wrote this 5 years ago, but this song is just 1 4 5 progression in E, so its not like they created the progression its been used everywhere.
Hey Carl, long time subscriber! Awesome vids. I do have one request...can you lay out some tabs while you're playing? That would be super helpful. Keep on keepin on! \m/
Subscribed. Cheers.
Hey Carl, great tune thanks ..some more thumb over lessons would be great..anything please
Question please on tone. Are you running through any pedals for this song or a clean tone pushing it slightly with amp? Sounds to me almost sounds like a TS slightly with some reverb, maybe compressor? Thank you very much.
Mr. Carl what's the effects your using on this song?
Hey wheres the tut? I really want to learn it note for note an u are a really good teacher!!! pls upload it fast :) :) cant wait!
4.6K likes full tutorial please. Great job on this.....so far
solo PLEASE!
This dude is so underrated love these videos
Ey man, great video. Can u please do black ?
what your fender stratocaster type you used in this video?
the whole song please..!!!!
honestly, fuck that thumb chord. There is always a muted fucking string and my hand hurts like hell.
Alright I've worked on it a ton and I've got it down for the most part. Look up "how to play thumb chords" on UA-cam and watch the won by JustinGuitar helpful shit there.
Haydhn thank you
Please do wild eyed crazy marry
Is there a video of the whole song yet?
Well, I almost got the first note but my guitar is out of tune. I see them out on the porch but they don't wave :(
Great! Is some compression useful?
19 more likes and we are there!
Do you have jumbo frets on that strat or something? I have a hard time getting notes to ring on the first chord.. particularly the high E and the G string.
Reminds me alot of little wing, but more of the SRV version
What strings are you using?
Hey guys, how did you get that glassy tone like Mike's? What gear did you use and settings? :-)
Alpha Rocker Daniel glassy!! Been searching for the right word for that tone and that's it... thanks' 😄
Hey Carl is it possible to do the Longest Wave by RHCP? I think it is a really awesome song.
What happens in the chorus
I cannot do the thumb chord at 7th fret my pointer will not barre the high e and b and still allow my other finger to fret without unwanted muting strings I can’t get it!!!! Ughhgh
Just keep trying trust me, I also struggled at first but I can pull it off now :) (i have average sized hands)
Let the thumb rest, don't overuse it and it will happen in time but keep practicing and it will come around.