Guitar lesson 🎸 "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash (w/ chords & tabs)

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
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    Learn how to play "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash! Chords, strumming pattern, tabs for the intro, and even how to strum with alternating bass notes. I'll show it all. Note, this song will need a capo on the 1st fret if you want to play along w/ the Cash album version. Otherwise, you can leave the capo behind and play it in the key of E. Best of luck, let me know what questions you have in the comments!
    Lesson timestamps:
    0:00 Playthrough
    0:44 Chords needed
    1:41 Verse structure w/ simple strum
    2:50 Intro riff
    3:40 Strumming w/ alternating bass notes
    5:43 Farewell
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Комментарии • 91

  • @songnotes
    @songnotes  5 лет назад +28

    Lesson timestamps:
    - 0:00 Playthrough
    - 0:44 Chords needed
    - 1:41 Verse structure w/ simple strum
    - 2:50 Intro riff
    - 3:40 Strumming w/ alternating bass notes
    - 5:43 Farewell

    • @earlstewart9832
      @earlstewart9832 4 года назад +1

      Another great presentation for basic to intermediate player. Always enjoyed.

  • @theharmonicaking3283
    @theharmonicaking3283 3 года назад +14

    WOW! FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO TEACH GUITAR...MOST OF THESE RUclips TEACHERS THINK YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY OR SOMETHING...IN ORDER TO LEARN A SONG OR A LICK FOR THAT MATTER YOU NEED TO MEMORIZE THE TABS OR THE LYRICS AND CORDS...YOU JUST CAN'T STORE THAT STUFF IN YOUR MIND WITHOUT SEEING IT WRITTEN OUT ..LIKE YOU SEE THE ABOVE..GREAT JOB...OF UNDERSTANDING HOW THE MIND WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE GUITAR...

  • @tonyalexander8588
    @tonyalexander8588 Год назад +4

    Best straight forward lesson of how to play a song on the guitar I've ever seen. You're a genuis. thank you

  • @Khaufnak.
    @Khaufnak. 7 лет назад +33

    You are my favourite teacher on RUclips. Thank you so much for all the lessons!

    • @songnotes
      @songnotes  5 лет назад +2

      Thanks Danny, so glad the lessons are appreciated! I'll do my best to keep up the hard work and live up to the compliment. All the best.

  • @richardwalker5303
    @richardwalker5303 4 года назад +8

    Yes I'm beginning to realize that this guy is a good teacher. Especially after checking out all the others

  • @angelrodriguez1009
    @angelrodriguez1009 3 года назад +6

    My guitar comes tomorrow I can’t wait to learn this

  • @jaygreen4764
    @jaygreen4764 3 года назад +8

    This is the easiest way I learned a guitar and I don’t play guitar and am not that good at it. Thanks dude I also love this song

  • @lucynakoacz8883
    @lucynakoacz8883 Год назад

    You are a super singer., and a super teacher.Think You DAVID.

  • @TonyRamos2024
    @TonyRamos2024 3 года назад +2

    Another good guitar lesson for beginners. Thanks David.

    • @damianb2374
      @damianb2374 2 года назад

      except for the bass notes! : D

  • @eddieconnor8864
    @eddieconnor8864 6 лет назад +2

    The best lessons on RUclips, am 73 laerning to play guitar your lessons are making it a lot easier for me. Eddie Liverpool UK.

    • @songnotes
      @songnotes  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks Eddie! I'm so glad you started playing. Best of luck, I hope the lessons continue to make things easier!

  • @EJStormful
    @EJStormful 4 года назад +1

    First time, I understood the how to. You are a genius. Thank you forever.

  • @ruthcasement5844
    @ruthcasement5844 3 года назад

    Sticking to your site had this licked in ten minutes just a 60 yrs beginner great teaching

  • @Weeeasy
    @Weeeasy 7 лет назад +2

    excellent lesson, love watching you teach

  • @LucMackowiak
    @LucMackowiak 2 года назад +1

    I love that song , Johnny cash 👍thanks for explaining so easy !

  • @maxsambucca2502
    @maxsambucca2502 4 года назад +1

    Great intro lesson and explanation, first time on your site...hope to see more lessons, thanks again!

  • @1964corpa
    @1964corpa 4 года назад

    so relax & clear, keep on rockin'

  • @chrisdrummond8893
    @chrisdrummond8893 4 года назад +7

    That doggone b7 keeps on giving me a hard time

  • @sohnnani7355
    @sohnnani7355 Год назад

    I just learned my first song and i sung it pretty well took me about 3 days. Thanks so much for the lessson..!!!!

  • @luqmankhan4914
    @luqmankhan4914 2 года назад

    The intro was enough for me to immediately hit subscribe. That was really easy to follow. Thank you for this.

  • @bentocaetano4134
    @bentocaetano4134 Год назад +1

    Thanks man this lesson is helping me a lot 🤠👏

  • @waydeblank2375
    @waydeblank2375 Год назад

    Dam good lesson on that song

  • @karimmakhlouf253
    @karimmakhlouf253 3 года назад

    this is a great song and a great lesson, David you're a great teacher

  • @TheRoadrunner1982
    @TheRoadrunner1982 Год назад

    Great! Thank you

  • @goforgod1945
    @goforgod1945 7 лет назад

    David you are A1. Brilliant.

  • @tonyosullivan9126
    @tonyosullivan9126 2 года назад

    Love it so easy to follow

  • @jerro94880
    @jerro94880 3 года назад

    Nice video man. Thanks!

  • @Wandalen2
    @Wandalen2 4 года назад

    Thanks mate, great lesson 👍

  • @elpibelol5005
    @elpibelol5005 3 года назад

    Best teacher

  • @ronnieparry8353
    @ronnieparry8353 3 года назад

    very good lesson thanks

  • @Yiyo186
    @Yiyo186 6 лет назад

    Gracias thank you are the teacher perfecto for my good job since malaga spain.
    Muchass graciassssss

  • @benediktmengelberg112
    @benediktmengelberg112 4 года назад

    Thanks heaps. I really love guitar. :)

  • @danijeltoman7052
    @danijeltoman7052 2 года назад

    Thank you so much!

  • @roncohen1328
    @roncohen1328 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the great lessons learning a lot from you...

    • @songnotes
      @songnotes  5 лет назад

      Thanks Ron! Glad to hear they're helpful. Hope the learning is still going well.

  • @florra1194
    @florra1194 3 года назад

    omg thank you so much 😭😭

  • @elizabethmagna6521
    @elizabethmagna6521 3 года назад +1

    Incrível, ensina muito bem, obrigada 👏👏💕

  • @SWFlowseeker
    @SWFlowseeker 6 лет назад

    Thank you!

  • @bolinobis
    @bolinobis 3 года назад

    Thanks dude

  • @fenderstratguy
    @fenderstratguy 2 года назад

    Excellent teaching style..... very good level of detail.
    Frustrating when a guitar teacher assumes you know everything and glosses over a key concept you absolutely need for playing a certain song correctly.
    Instead you even give alternate ways of doing the song.
    Don't know why I have always found that Johnny Cash alternating bass line to be so difficult.
    But I don't know a lot of amateurs who can do it just like he does.

  • @noedit9221
    @noedit9221 2 года назад

    I know this is an old video but thank you for teaching me this song

  • @anecdotes570
    @anecdotes570 2 года назад

    thanks bud'

  • @milospalko3925
    @milospalko3925 4 года назад

    Wau super Johnny Cash its the legend

  • @krookithaus
    @krookithaus 6 лет назад

    i like your teaching style

  • @isaacmireles3280
    @isaacmireles3280 6 лет назад

    Can you explain the strumming more for me? I don’t know if your strumming all 6 cords or certain ones during the strum pattern. Please help when you get a chance

  • @florida1948
    @florida1948 2 года назад

    I wish you could start marking the numbers of the fingers on the bottom of the chord drawing

  • @sebastiancorrales8773
    @sebastiancorrales8773 6 лет назад

    Good

  • @richardpleash9466
    @richardpleash9466 6 лет назад +1

    Love your work. Solo please!

    • @songnotes
      @songnotes  5 лет назад

      Thanks Richard, I'll definitely get to this solo one day! And will make a lesson for it for sure.

  • @wuzzwellb764
    @wuzzwellb764 3 года назад

    U fuckn rock dude thank u! 🤘

  • @avisaiko5354
    @avisaiko5354 3 года назад

    New subscriber coming

  • @sobiii15
    @sobiii15 7 лет назад

    Your guitar is a beauty! Which model is that? :)

  • @owensterry29
    @owensterry29 6 лет назад +1

    You should a tutorial on the song Delia's Gone by Johnny Cash.

    • @songnotes
      @songnotes  5 лет назад +1

      Checking it out now! Thanks for the suggestion.

  • @1974xaviers
    @1974xaviers 4 года назад

    Thanks for all your lessons 😊. Would like to know if you could do a video on how you do the recording.....and the equipment's used.

  • @Croche-dv7pe
    @Croche-dv7pe 2 года назад

    I’m having a really alternating base and the mute effect any tips?

  • @bellamusica8126
    @bellamusica8126 6 лет назад

    Hello je découvre vos vidéos... c'est génial et clair, merci+++ Vous jouez sur une Taylor diapason 645mm ou 584mm ? Sur la vidéo je me rends pas compte. Thanks for answer. It's very important for me to know that.

    • @songnotes
      @songnotes  5 лет назад +1

      Hi - sorry but I'm not sure if I understand correctly. But I'm guessing you're asking about tuning. I was in standard tuning for this lesson (key of E) - but, as I note, Johnny Cash plays it with a capo 1st fret (key of F). So, use the chords I show w/ capo 1st to play along with him. Otherwise you'll be a half step below his pitch.

  • @Condiablo71
    @Condiablo71 3 года назад

    What is the tune for the guitsr

  • @rush1764
    @rush1764 Год назад

    What guage pick are you using?

  • @chochshredz1199
    @chochshredz1199 6 лет назад +3

    need help - when u strum down down up down up, are you strumming the whole chord? like for example all 6 strings on the e you do the pattern, then when you switch to A the 5 strings? also when you switch chords you start on down down right? thanks!

    • @songnotes
      @songnotes  5 лет назад +3

      thanks for this question - sorry I missed it until now. For the "down down... up down up" part, you could strum the entire chord (all strings)... but honestly, what I wish I clarified in the video, is that for the first strum of each series, I'll typically only play the bass note (or the bassiest 2-3 notes) of the chord - and then strum the full chord (all necessary) strings. This creates a nice variety of sounds (single bass note + full chord), which helps fill things out a bit. I'll take note and explain this type of thing in more detail in future lessons in general. Thanks again!

  • @demetrimorales6187
    @demetrimorales6187 3 года назад

    What’s the strumming patter?

  • @romewest9028
    @romewest9028 3 года назад +3

    I was hoping he do the solo riff😅

  • @theanticrust42
    @theanticrust42 7 лет назад +2

    Great lesson! I'm really enjoying the song. The only thing that didn't quite click for me was the strum pattern. What you say in the video and what is shown on the strumming graphic don't seem to match? I'm really struggling with different strumming patterns so just "listening to it and figuring it out" doesn't work for me. Otherwise, great video! Thanks for your hard work.

    • @rogerpoindexter7764
      @rogerpoindexter7764 5 лет назад

      I too struggle with strum patterns sometimes. I have found that improvisation works well for me. Just to not think too much. It doesn't have to be spot on. I think that's how styles are created. Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

    • @songnotes
      @songnotes  5 лет назад

      Thanks for this comment, by the way. As I watched this video lesson just now (1-2 years after making this lesson), I felt similarly that I didn't cover it as well as I would have liked. Will take note for future video lessons!

  • @pixelatedparcel
    @pixelatedparcel 7 лет назад +1

    Wow! Excellent format. Great choice. You'll probably get a shitload of beginning guitarists to subscribe as the whole package is there for them. Suggestion? Add your cover at the very end and let us other guitarist know where it begins 'cause that's (progression and right hand stuff) usually all we're interested in if we haven't figured it out just by listening to the tune. ;D

    • @songnotes
      @songnotes  7 лет назад +1

      +pixelatedparcel thanks for the feedback! Definitely appreciated. This is definitely something I wonder about all the time (I've heard feedback saying this as well as the opposite). Again I appreciate letting me know what you think works best - will keep that in mind!

    • @pixelatedparcel
      @pixelatedparcel 7 лет назад

      Songnotes That or another dedicated channel...Thing is, when you reach a certain level you just want to cut to the chase and play the song with a buddy to get the feel and learn to sing as you play. It would just be more convenient to stick with the lesson instead of going to some other channel or spotify to get that. Great work, though. I can see your subscriptions exploding, once word gets out.

  • @guitarist4609
    @guitarist4609 3 года назад

    No chorus or does this song not have one?

  • @kulloqkleist2853
    @kulloqkleist2853 5 лет назад +2

    I can't do b7 and e7 because I have a weak pinky finger 😩👌

    • @gabrielc0rdeir0
      @gabrielc0rdeir0 5 лет назад +1

      Keep practicing bro, you can do it

    • @edfox1334
      @edfox1334 5 лет назад

      Gabriel Cordeiro I have partial use of pinky and can do b7 e7 , bar chords are out and other chords that stretch the pinky

  • @MechInvent
    @MechInvent 2 года назад

    Mine sounds so bad lol. Idk, I suck but I blame the $40 craigslist guitar

    • @PeanutTheSnail
      @PeanutTheSnail Год назад

      Lol I feel that, I have a Walmart guitar and wrong strings in the wrong places.

  • @sappyk.d.c3188
    @sappyk.d.c3188 4 года назад

    What's the tuning sir? 😄

  • @gonnareck4050
    @gonnareck4050 3 года назад

    Dababy

  • @cindyrehmel7564
    @cindyrehmel7564 2 года назад

    I don't understand what you mean with the strumming Slow down plz

  • @coopdawg7203
    @coopdawg7203 3 года назад

    The next thing that was recomended was what if we nuked the moon idk what the hell i was watching for that

  • @startrek4486
    @startrek4486 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thats the wrong key ??????

  • @Ninokapanen
    @Ninokapanen 2 года назад +1

    You really need to focus on the strumming you just have arrows showing the direction and not the actual strings

  • @colinfullford8630
    @colinfullford8630 3 года назад

    That "intro riff" is bullshit, all you do is play the "E chord" shape with your second finger on the top E string.