all i can say is thank you so much for keeping the African music alive. you are really helping the young generation with the African style. Asante from Kenya with love
Still miss you Zou ......Its strange to see him alive on the screen and playin that guitar .Remember how Zou really wanted that guitar with its bend body ,fret and wood problems ..It was a wall decoration to be honest .He had to get it fixed to make it play and sound like he shows here .Zou came by my house regularly to see if i had some 6 string interesting to him.. He was allways looking for the one guitar really matching his playing and changed guitars often .The well known guitarplayers burden and lifetime search for the perfect guitar ..
thank you senior Diarra. Your son in Ghana. I am a soukous fanatic. great lessons,very grateful. Kindly upload some backing tracks to enable me follow please.
Love this rhythm and picking style. Zou Diarra was a legend. Master of multiple instruments, built them himself. So sad he's gone. I'd love to know what kind of guitar this semi-hollow is... perhaps it's Zoumana's own design?
It was as far as i remember an old eastern German guitar ,When he saw it hanging at my wall he imediately wanted it alldow it was in a bad shape . It looked nice but the frets were wrong ,the steel was good but the head was twisted. It cost him some but eventually this is what he made it sound like . Zou was allways fixing some sort of instruments or building a Cora and stuff like that in his little wooden shed behind the house .I think even that wooden shed he build himself .
You hit the open B, then 2nd fret on the G and 1st fret on the low E simultaneously, then a pull off from one to open on the high E, finish on the 3rd fret of B
I have been listening to African guitar music for years and have decided to have ago. Your lessons are excellent. Clear and nicely paced. Are there any backing tracks available to help me ? Many thanks. David from Scotland.
Hello from Texas in the United States. I am excited to find soukous guitar instruction on here! Thank you
all i can say is thank you so much for keeping the African music alive. you are really helping the young generation with the African style. Asante from Kenya with love
This guy is a good teacher. Great breakdown of each individual parts.
I swear you know a guitar player is West African when you just hear them play!!
Fantastic playing!! Much love from sunny Salt Lake City 🌃
"The F with a short melody" is where it gets ya
Thanks, gentleman....greetings from Latin America
Still miss you Zou ......Its strange to see him alive on the screen and playin that guitar .Remember how Zou really wanted that guitar with its bend body ,fret and wood problems ..It was a wall decoration to be honest .He had to get it fixed to make it play and sound like he shows here .Zou came by my house regularly to see if i had some 6 string interesting to him.. He was allways looking for the one guitar really matching his playing and changed guitars often .The well known guitarplayers burden and lifetime search for the perfect guitar ..
You could be my friend if you knew me!! Well done Mister! I love your tutorial, beautiful! Thank you for posting!!!
YESsss! ☺️ I miss this sound from Coconut Grove and Club Afrique back in the day.
Thank you for sharing your talent. God bless you brother.
Watching here from Vanuatu
Thank you ( I have been searching sooo long for Soukous Beginner Lessons)!!!
Thank you so much. This what I've been looking for.
Soukouss is not west African. It is a Bantu music from the two Congo wihich span an area in Central Africa that borders Southern and East Africa
thank you senior Diarra. Your son in Ghana. I am a soukous fanatic. great lessons,very grateful. Kindly upload some backing tracks to enable me follow please.
thanks for breaking this down. great lesson
Love this rhythm and picking style. Zou Diarra was a legend. Master of multiple instruments, built them himself. So sad he's gone. I'd love to know what kind of guitar this semi-hollow is... perhaps it's Zoumana's own design?
It was as far as i remember an old eastern German guitar ,When he saw it hanging at my wall he imediately wanted it alldow it was in a bad shape . It looked nice but the frets were wrong ,the steel was good but the head was twisted. It cost him some but eventually this is what he made it sound like . Zou was allways fixing some sort of instruments or building a Cora and stuff like that in his little wooden shed behind the house .I think even that wooden shed he build himself .
does anyone know what guitar is that? dudes playing is pretty great!
We need more videos bro on guitar lessons for beginners
lessons are available on truefire site but paid
RIP. Gone 2 soon
Oh..
So sad to hear it
what do you mean, the guitar player? Didn't even get the chance to thank him. I'm crazy about these African techniques.
thats awesome!!
I cannot figure the F picking pattern please help?
You hit the open B, then 2nd fret on the G and 1st fret on the low E simultaneously, then a pull off from one to open on the high E, finish on the 3rd fret of B
So amazing! What are those guitars/that sound called?
thank you! i apreciate this present! thanks! :)
Soukous is Central African
so this is all in standard tuning?
tres bien la vidéo.
pour les debutants comme moi, c'est mieux de montrer case par case les cordes qu'on doit jouer avant de passer à la partique
Thanks!
I have been listening to African guitar music for years and have decided to have ago. Your lessons are excellent. Clear and nicely paced. Are there any backing tracks available to help me ? Many thanks. David from Scotland.
Cool
Great! But the snare sounds a bit louder to listen the guitar.
Soo sad to know that he is no more great player indeed
Soukous is not west African music💀💀
Tell them 😂