Besides the riffage, take note of how he plays the E mixolydian scale up the whole fretboard using the next note in the scale as the position root. When learning scales this is key to really learning your whole fretboard and also gets modes in your head. Best lesson in here.
Something about blues that always spoke to me as a kid. The rawness, unpretentiousness, dirty, authentic....it really moved me inside. Even as a white son of an Irish immigrant in the US. What a wonderful gift the US Delta gave the world.
Also the assumption that all those old time players sat on their porch counting out e mixolydian shapes and root notes to make sure they sounded proper authentic - as opposed to just whacking the guitar and seeing what worked. :)
@@cgavin1 Yes, they just did what sounded good to them, but what sounded good to them was determinded by the musical culture they grew up in. And they grew up within African American musical culture, which has roots in their contemporary American music, but also goes back to the msuical traditions of West-Africa. Mixolydian scales in blues come partially from that.
I absolutely love this guy! If you need inspirational motivation, Andy will provide it, effortlessly. Extremely knowledgeable in all kinds of styles and genre's. Enjoy this fine teacher/player!
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Awesome Lesson! Thanks so much! Why didn't I think of this??? Andy is a great teacher! I totally dug when he did the whole "Axis Bold As Love" DVD. He takes the the guess work(that we'd probably never guess) right out of it.
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This site came up randomly in my youtube feed and I don't know how I never knew about you. This is one of the finest, little guitar lessons on the whole damned internet. I love droning strings - whether it's Robert Smith, Johnny Marr or something more blues-based like this - so I LOVE this lesson. Really incredible. THANK YOU! Subscribed!
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oh my god you gave me a whole new view of open tuning! Usually if i find a song where i got to retune I say ugh too much trouble! Now I will at every opportunity!
@@dominickl4456 And did Page steal bits from Steven Stills guitar intro from "Woodstock"? It's all just notes played in a pattern at the end of the day.
Excellent….one of the keys I took from this was the “thematic development”. The other, which I feel really opened up the fretboard for me, well made it less confusing I guess, is the enharmonic relationship. If you are doing Blues in the Key of E, isn’t it great to know that E mixo is A Major or F#m…right away when you switch to the iv chord, now you can relate where you were and where you are…then when you go to B, well, you can outline B Major triads and also recognize that B Dorian is the same notes as E Mixolydian….to me, these are the key relationships in a blues format….in other words linking the A iv and B v to the E key center and its major modes through the enharmonics. It can get out of hand in a hurry for my handicapped brain 🤣
... Not to mention that a lot of those guys perhaps, did not know chords or have access to how to play them, in standard tuning, and so their style developed out of that. They called it, "Servastapool." Nice playing, Sir, and great sounds!
Very knowledgeable re: music theory, rock and blues history, plays at an extremely high skill level, a very articulate, informative instructor, and a stellar transcriber, but to be historically recognized you need to create your own sound or style, put your brand on some songs, and he didn’t really do that, but he’s probably more capable than 95 percent of the folks on all these “greatest” lists.
You ve got great taste..most bluesy stuff is very predictable/boring. But you bend the cool notes exactly extreme enough, what does the trick. THANKS A LOT,this couple of pointers will keep me busy for months..A cool little addition to my musical vocabulary.Very inspiring indeed.Greetings from the netherlands🏝🍹🖐👽🛸
Russian forces have launched a major assault on Ukraine, firing missiles on cities and military targets. The invasion by land, air and sea began after a pre-dawn TV address where Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine's military lay down its arms. Initial reports of casualties included Ukrainian civilians and soldiers, and Russian troops. Ukraine's leader said his country "won't give up its freedom". "Russia has embarked on a path of evil, but Ukraine is defending itself," President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted. Ukraine has declared martial law and severed all diplomatic relations with Russia. It says weapons will be given to anyone who wants them.
In 2018 is when i said and prayed that im going to get this guitar down i played 3 cords for years quit for years but 2018 did not even know what these instructers where saying not i can jusl lue down sone times and i can understand whars going on in my mind where to place a note i guess i am learning the langage call music and thanks to Katts like this gentalmen and youtube you still have to be cautious what vedios you watch .but this Gentalman and these vedios i will watch and learn any day..RocknRollFlat5
Wow! That Strat must be one made between Rory Gallagher's and Stevie Ray Vaughn's... The Stone Free inspired lick and a number of the rest sounded really cool. Thanks!
Andy, great blues instruction as usual. Can you recommend any blues instruction books / DVD's etc. devoted to playing drone blues licks in the key of E? Cheers from New Zealand
To those mentioning the "The Rover": Led Zepplin, repeatedly, hasn't give enough credit to the sources of their material. To cite them as the source of anything now is to risk cheating someone else (for example Jake Holmes in "Dazed and Confused"). Calling it "Delta Blues" is probably the best compromise that could be made to get around this problem. I'm impressed that Guitar World (and/or Aledort) approaches it this way, respectful of the culture that was the often uncreditted source of this music.
74dart man Agreed. But these new Mexican strats are damn good if you need one they're damn good for price. Set it up right and maybe new pickups. My Gibson lp STD sits in case while my Mexican strat never leaves my hands
Anti Depression Just to add to this.. I had a Gibson Les Paul Studio Deluxe, then got a Mex Strat a few months after that. Long story short I ended up selling that LP for another Mex Strat and then upgraded the pups in them. No regrets.
Perhaps you could expand the build up from playing clean, so folks wont be disapointed when they dont hit that electric dubro sound. If its a technique video maybe taking some of the mud out would help folk hear what your subtle movements are doing, that flavor that ultimate sound
This guy's tabs taught me so much. Words cannot express my gratitude.
Besides the riffage, take note of how he plays the E mixolydian scale up the whole fretboard using the next note in the scale as the position root. When learning scales this is key to really learning your whole fretboard and also gets modes in your head. Best lesson in here.
Andy's a great teacher and a great player. I have several of his style books and I always pick up something from his videos.
Something about blues that always spoke to me as a kid. The rawness, unpretentiousness, dirty, authentic....it really moved me inside. Even as a white son of an Irish immigrant in the US. What a wonderful gift the US Delta gave the world.
Also the assumption that all those old time players sat on their porch counting out e mixolydian shapes and root notes to make sure they sounded proper authentic - as opposed to just whacking the guitar and seeing what worked. :)
Slaves and former slaves
@@cgavin1 Yes, they just did what sounded good to them, but what sounded good to them was determinded by the musical culture they grew up in. And they grew up within African American musical culture, which has roots in their contemporary American music, but also goes back to the msuical traditions of West-Africa. Mixolydian scales in blues come partially from that.
Andy Aledort is the coolest person I've seen on UA-cam.
I absolutely love this guy! If you need inspirational motivation, Andy will provide it, effortlessly. Extremely knowledgeable in all kinds of styles and genre's. Enjoy this fine teacher/player!
Russian forces have launched a major assault on Ukraine, firing missiles on cities and military targets.
The invasion by land, air and sea began after a pre-dawn TV address where Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine's military lay down its arms.
Initial reports of casualties included Ukrainian civilians and soldiers, and Russian troops.
Ukraine's leader said his country "won't give up its freedom".
"Russia has embarked on a path of evil, but Ukraine is defending itself," President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted.
Ukraine has declared martial law and severed all diplomatic relations with Russia. It says weapons will be given to anyone who wants them.
I agree. I've learned some things from his videos.
Awesome Lesson! Thanks so much! Why didn't I think of this??? Andy is a great teacher! I totally dug when he did the whole "Axis Bold As Love" DVD. He takes the the guess work(that we'd probably never guess) right out of it.
Russian forces have launched a major assault on Ukraine, firing missiles on cities and military targets.
The invasion by land, air and sea began after a pre-dawn TV address where Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine's military lay down its arms.
Initial reports of casualties included Ukrainian civilians and soldiers, and Russian troops.
Ukraine's leader said his country "won't give up its freedom".
"Russia has embarked on a path of evil, but Ukraine is defending itself," President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted.
Ukraine has declared martial law and severed all diplomatic relations with Russia. It says weapons will be given to anyone who wants them.
Andy’s the REAL DEAL! Plus, I like his taste in Strats...that is one funky axe.
i love the gritty look of that guitar... great lesson!
Love your vids!
Many thanks for putting the time in pulling those together
I first got Andy's electric guitar dvd back in like 2006 when I bought a gutair world magizine. great to see he is still at it
Love the sound of your rig 🎶
I was given one of your videos and was able to learn sweep picking, thanks to you.
This site came up randomly in my youtube feed and I don't know how I never knew about you. This is one of the finest, little guitar lessons on the whole damned internet. I love droning strings - whether it's Robert Smith, Johnny Marr or something more blues-based like this - so I LOVE this lesson. Really incredible. THANK YOU! Subscribed!
Russian forces have launched a major assault on Ukraine, firing missiles on cities and military targets.
The invasion by land, air and sea began after a pre-dawn TV address where Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine's military lay down its arms.
Initial reports of casualties included Ukrainian civilians and soldiers, and Russian troops.
Ukraine's leader said his country "won't give up its freedom".
"Russia has embarked on a path of evil, but Ukraine is defending itself," President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted.
Ukraine has declared martial law and severed all diplomatic relations with Russia. It says weapons will be given to anyone who wants them.
Seriously man
You’ve got the majic to ya !!!!❤
oh my god you gave me a whole new view of open tuning! Usually if i find a song where i got to retune I say ugh too much trouble! Now I will at every opportunity!
Page started the song "The Rover" out with a similar lick. Very cool swampy thing going on there.
Lol it’s the exact same riff
@@dominickl4456 And did Page steal bits from Steven Stills guitar intro from "Woodstock"? It's all just notes played in a pattern at the end of the day.
Swampy what is this ...ppl cry that I'm what
At this point, I see an Andy Aledort video, I just click "like" immediately upon opening lol
WhY????? Why did it take me 40 years to find this??????? Thanks man
This guy is really immensely talented!
Great lesson...very cool stuff. That strat sounds killer man.
Wayyyyy coolest lesson ever! Thanks man, keep on truckin'
This is a great lesson . Thanks Andy.
Yeah I tried to read "Guitar World" for years (since the late 70's), and it might as well been written in Chinese. Thank God for the Internet.
That first lick reminds me of The Rover
yup
"Cause it is... nearly exact.
Indeed and the last one Helter Skelter..
I'm so glad you finally said The Rover, I could not place it for anything. Throw some phaser on that thing, and you got a sound
Heard it immediately
lol. Does he change the oil in his car with that strat?
😂😎
Always surprises people when he tells them it's only a year old
No but he makes a good living playing it!!
Perfect for me right now. Been really experimenting with droning and this'll level me right up.
Thanks!
In my opinion, Andy is the best guitar Teacher around!!!!!
Read his stuff in the 80s and 90s and he's not what my mind's eye pictured.
Andy, you’re the best.
That is a gorgeous start
Thats a beautiful Strat 😉
Looks like a dirty strat
James Addison
Thats just your opinion
I have put logs on my fire that look better than that.
James Addison
Yeah i bet you do
That is exactly why its a beautiful strat.
Excellent….one of the keys I took from this was the “thematic development”. The other, which I feel really opened up the fretboard for me, well made it less confusing I guess, is the enharmonic relationship. If you are doing Blues in the Key of E, isn’t it great to know that E mixo is A Major or F#m…right away when you switch to the iv chord, now you can relate where you were and where you are…then when you go to B, well, you can outline B Major triads and also recognize that B Dorian is the same notes as E Mixolydian….to me, these are the key relationships in a blues format….in other words linking the A iv and B v to the E key center and its major modes through the enharmonics. It can get out of hand in a hurry for my handicapped brain 🤣
I just went to Memphis and got my mind blown by Kid Memphis at Blues Hall...that's some guitar!
When I think about that sound, I recall John Hammond who made it sound like at least two guitars.
Man that guitar is awesome
That opening riff sounds like Led Zeppelin's "The Rover."
I think it is !!
It is
Brilliant, thanks Andy you're a Legend dude
... Not to mention that a lot of those guys perhaps, did not know chords or have access to how to play them, in standard tuning, and so their style developed out of that. They called it, "Servastapool." Nice playing, Sir, and great sounds!
I think a big part of why old bluesmen used open chord tunings is so many of their contemporaries would've been slide players.
True! I play in a few open tunings and there are several great reasons for using them however The Rover is standard tuning.
Andy should be a household name. Effortless.
CIRCLE OF TONE. Agreed. I remember my first time hearing him I thought he was the most talented guitarist I NEVER heard of
Pete Cockcroft - Solarflares Andys what ? Penis ?
@@bensinner6251 He's been touring with Dicky Betts for the last 8 years and is sr. Editor of guitar world magazine. What have you done superstar?
Very knowledgeable re: music theory, rock and blues history, plays at an extremely high skill level, a very articulate, informative instructor, and a stellar transcriber, but to be historically recognized you need to create your own sound or style, put your brand on some songs, and he didn’t really do that, but he’s probably more capable than 95 percent of the folks on all these “greatest” lists.
These are great videos and Andy has always been great but it would be helpful to have tabs for the people who these lessons are targeted for.
That first example is basically the lick from "The Rover".
Cool Andy I can definitely dig it!
good stuff. Licks start about 3:45
Just drooling over that guitar. Please tell us about it in a video.
Where i can find the tab for this lesson? i succeed to figure it out the riff at 3:46 but not the others riffs :(
Your playing is really, really great!
Unbelievable riff
You ve got great taste..most bluesy stuff is very predictable/boring. But you bend the cool notes exactly extreme enough, what does the trick. THANKS A LOT,this couple of pointers will keep me busy for months..A cool little addition to my musical vocabulary.Very inspiring indeed.Greetings from the netherlands🏝🍹🖐👽🛸
A little respect for the Camera Man....nice...Andy is,a long island Blues Master.Can I have the Silver Jubliee plz ":)
Andy, what is that TONE? Beautiful. All amp or some pedal in there? Thank you - always immediately inspired by your licks.
Russian forces have launched a major assault on Ukraine, firing missiles on cities and military targets.
The invasion by land, air and sea began after a pre-dawn TV address where Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine's military lay down its arms.
Initial reports of casualties included Ukrainian civilians and soldiers, and Russian troops.
Ukraine's leader said his country "won't give up its freedom".
"Russia has embarked on a path of evil, but Ukraine is defending itself," President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted.
Ukraine has declared martial law and severed all diplomatic relations with Russia. It says weapons will be given to anyone who wants them.
What is your amp and pedal combo etc? No one ever covers this.
Figure 9 was lifted directly from "The Rover" on Led Zeppelins Physical Graffiti album
That is some serious guitar work.
In 2018 is when i said and prayed that im going to get this guitar down i played 3 cords for years quit for years but 2018 did not even know what these instructers where saying not i can jusl lue down sone times and i can understand whars going on in my mind where to place a note i guess i am learning the langage call music and thanks to Katts like this gentalmen and youtube you still have to be cautious what vedios you watch .but this Gentalman and these vedios i will watch and learn any day..RocknRollFlat5
Hey that was interesting. Thanks for the tips and keep them coming.
All sounds great
Amazing. Thank you.
Awesome lesson and awesome sound
Very nice lesson!
Wow! That Strat must be one made between Rory Gallagher's and Stevie Ray Vaughn's...
The Stone Free inspired lick and a number of the rest sounded really cool. Thanks!
Paul Sim
skip to 2:30 for the actual lesson.
I'm a simple man. I see a strat like that i click
Rodrigo Alves dig I kno wat you mean bro...
Its all about how the guitar plays and sounds and stays in tune for ever. Who cares what it looks like. That's for posers
@@theavitaravitar1884 I think you're missing Rodrigo's point.
@@vincewhirlwind574 I'm agreeing with Rodrigo.
@@theavitaravitar1884 well you got a funny way of agreeing
Nice soul mate, plus your on the money
Pearls. Thankyou.
Great lesson. Thank you.
Andy, great blues instruction as usual. Can you recommend any blues instruction books / DVD's etc. devoted to playing drone blues licks in the key of E? Cheers from New Zealand
Gracias muy bueno como siempre
Rory would be proud of that Strat!
That tone !!!
Is there a video by this guy or a good one by anyone about "attitude"-making simple things sound cool?
Off the map!
Great player
What year is the strat
Gotta love this guy
Fuckin' great teacher!!!
To those mentioning the "The Rover": Led Zepplin, repeatedly, hasn't give enough credit to the sources of their material. To cite them as the source of anything now is to risk cheating someone else (for example Jake Holmes in "Dazed and Confused"). Calling it "Delta Blues" is probably the best compromise that could be made to get around this problem. I'm impressed that Guitar World (and/or Aledort) approaches it this way, respectful of the culture that was the often uncreditted source of this music.
And now we have Greta Van Fleet. They're riding a pony that got ridden 45 years ago.
Dream tone
just playing in F# minor, utilizing the myxolydian; correct?
ZOMBIEPREDATOR that sounds correct, ... the overall key is A major (which he does mention).
4:01 this sounds like Led Zeppelins The Rover
Very interesting.
Isn't this the guy that transcribes music to tabs for magazines and music books?
F’ing awesome
Crucial thanks!!
That was definitely Led Zeppelin on the first one
The Rover.
Content starts around 3:45.
Short attention span.
nice tone
Strat sounds awesome!
Thanks! Resembles Rory Gallagher's Strat
1:49 pause
That nasty tone!
Thank you
Thanks Andy.
Thanks for the cool lesson! I love the Strat...wondering how old is it. The look is awesome!
74dart man it's a 61 I'm almost certain I heard him say once
Anti Depression sure is cool. Would love to have one like that! Don't want a second mortgage though! Lol
74dart man Agreed. But these new Mexican strats are damn good if you need one they're damn good for price. Set it up right and maybe new pickups. My Gibson lp STD sits in case while my Mexican strat never leaves my hands
Anti Depression cool. I've seen good reviews on them and some pretty good prices on Craigslist too! Thanks!
Anti Depression Just to add to this.. I had a Gibson Les Paul Studio Deluxe, then got a Mex Strat a few months after that. Long story short I ended up selling that LP for another Mex Strat and then upgraded the pups in them. No regrets.
That's 'the rover' isn't it?
Best get to practicing that hybrid picking...
Thanks good lesson.
Perhaps you could expand the build up from playing clean, so folks wont be disapointed when they dont hit that electric dubro sound. If its a technique video maybe taking some of the mud out would help folk hear what your subtle movements are doing, that flavor that ultimate sound
Very awesome!
The last riff sounded kind-of Helter-Skelter-esque.
He stole it from U2, who stole it from Charlie Manson, who stole it from...
I have song books transcribed by Andy ...Hendrix .