ZZ Top , Jesus just left Chicago Open G tuning guitar lesson
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Godin guitar endorser Jay Stevens from www.iwannarock.ca shows you how to play the ZZ Top song , Jesus just left Chicago in open G guitar tuning.
This guitar lesson shows you the correct way to play the guitar part on this classic Billy Gibbons riff and also adds in the signature guitar riff that's normally in standard tuning.
that was awesome, i was playing along with the earplug in and my wife walked by and told me that I sounded good. that doesn't happen every day.
kenneth fisher-Wow, she told me the same thing! Ha ha, keep rockin’ brother and have a great day.
What would it be like to have a woman that plays too?
I admire people like Jay, who teach so confidently before a camera without interruption! In no time I can play this riff, and everyone reccognizes at once what I'm playing.
I do it a bit differently, I use Open E Tuning & put a capo on the 3rd Fret
could you please do a lesson on sharp dressed man in open G
Hey Mr. I Wanna Rock School of Music Thanks for the fantastic break down......... Peace
Very good lesson. I heard this song going into work today and remembered playing it many, many years ago around Boston. I totally forgot it was Open G tuning, and really rocked it with your video tonight, as you brought it all home with the tuning and nice breakdown. Thanks for your time and knowledge. I will be cutting loose with this again now (through headphones so the family can sleep, or very loud when I have the house to myself). It is a badass tune and you do it justice. Rock on brother.
Go back and watch Billy play this live. He's only changing the tuning of the A string down to a G. The other 5 strings are standard tuning. That's why you got sloppy in the Chorus. Oh... And Keith only uses 5 strings on his open G tuning. Leave the low E off.
I've found that when playing open G songs, it's useful to only tune the A-string down to G. Most rhythm parts don't utilize the high E-string and leaving it in standard tuning allows for lead playing using familiar patterns. As with this song, one can generally get away with not playing the low E-string. It's also very convenient since only the A-string has to be tuned.
Are you tuning your skinny E string down to D, or are you also leaving it on E?
I’m assuming you are saying leave the guitar alone except for the A string and then just only play the inside 4 strings. Is that what you are doing?
Thats how Billy did it live. there was no second guitar.
drop a down and let her rip. gibbons is the master of play a little but sounding like a lot.
@@mattnewby123 badass, thx so much for the insight.
@@brianmincher716 he used the bottom string, not so much the top. your pinky frets it at 3 for the walkdown part...
The big stretch on the turnaround is a problem that is easily solved. Tune to open E and capo up to open G, the Keith Richards fork moves over one string and the stretch disappears!! Take off the capo and learn Stray Cat Blues or Gimme Shelter.
FYI, and I think it's only your camera set-up but your guitar neck looks bowed...sure if it was as badly bowed as it appears you could not make it sound as well. Just a observation I noticed, happy rocking!
Just watched the ZZ Top Rockpalast video from 1980, and Gibbons is playing this song in standard tuning...
Great stuff, Jay. Hope you are well.
I've seen him 3 times. Live he Plays it in Stanard Tuning. Your Right about the LP
I was playing it wrong , thanks Jay great lesson and yes that is a stretch ! Now off to the Kieth Richards lessons.
Why have I never tried this before? The easiest songs are often the best! Thanks for the video.
Thanks for pointing out the open G tuning on that song-I'm a big Gibbons fan and should have known better. I saw ZZ Top last month with Jeff beck and then a week later I saw Billy was with the Kings of Chaos. He played this tune at both shows. As it happened, I was just learning "Can't You Hear Me Knockin", also in open G and one of my Strats was thusly tuned so I picked it up while having my morning coffee. My wife was like, "hey, that's cool!" I do the turn around lick starting on the 12th fret. Maybe not entirely correct, but it's passable and a heck of lot easier. Really a simple tune, but there's so much feel behind it. Thanks again!
Dan Ritthaler there's a few songs like this one that most people don't realize is in open G. I played this one for years in standard tuning and it sounded good. When I discovered it was in open G it just sounded right...like I was always missing something but never realized it.
I would give you a heads up..but there's 777 of them / the sign of good just like Jesus..keep on keeping on
Great lesson! Great guitar! What value of pot did you use for the p -90 and what pot for the HB?
When I tune it to G I leave the high E string alone so I don't have that stretch.
Well explained! 😊 thanks, Teach.
You have the coolest Godins. I have an LG and love it.
Could this part be played on the Bass...
Thanks Brother. Freaking amazing.
No way can I make that stretch 😒
Do you happen to know who made up that last turn around your playing?? it was The Great Robert Johnson who made it up and famous is why so many people play it, hard to learn but very famous. Thank you for your time.
Silver BeachBum wrong dumb ass
Great lesson! Can you please do Hot, Blue and Rightous? ZZ Top
I use open G but leave the high E at E. Then you can play the
Walk down with out stretching, and it's easier to solo on.
You're top 4 strings are in standard tuning.
You shouldn't do that.
Because.
Nice. Wish I had seen this 8 years ago.
....."Ride on" AC/DC?
I've always played this song in standard tuning and it looks easier to play in standard tuning.
I never realized this before, but AC/DC "borrowed" heavily from this for "Night Prowler"....maybe not intentionally, but subliminally....cool. Also, doesn't the descending chromatic lick begin with a triplet?
You can play this with one guitar if you drop the A down to G and leave the high E on E. It's a partial open G. That's how I've done it for years. That way you don't have the huge stretch on the descending part. Then you can play your lead solos too.
Ya buddy, that's the way it's done live.
+Mitch Wild Drew's tuning has the rest of the guitar in standard tuning. The turnaround would then be 3rd fret on the High E, and descending on the 4th string from the 3rd fret, to 2nd, to 1st fret
Finally someone who got that riff at 5:44 right! Hey Jay thanks my friend. Was Waitin for the Bus in Open G as well?
Thank you Jay I've been telling people for years Billy gibbons uses open g tuning they thought I was full of s***thank you for setting them straight
Now just add some Slide !
Jay on the barred notes you're playing, are you still strumming from the 5th string down? I know you are on the first open G part at the beginning. Thanks! Great job!
Very cool lesson! Love this tune. Sounds killer in open G. Looks like your using Black star amps. Explain your settings if u would.
Drop dat knowledge on us Brò !!! 😁👍
Coolest song ever. THank you for this instructional!
Holy smoke 1st to 5th stretch! 1st to 3rd, no lie, terrible hands😒
Nice Canadian Godin!
HI Jay...Love the videos. Any chance of doing ZZ Top Live - I Need You Tonight. cheers Andy (uk)
Nice
Great lesson, thanks, Jay! Just found this and have been struggling with the standard tuning. To my wife: sorry, Dear, I'll be busy with this for the rest of my weekend!
I dig your axe,,, Nice,,, :)
Open G is awesome! Lots of great, great stuff to play,, TY Brother,,, :)
i agree that it sounds good in open G but if you see them play it live he does not change guitars on stage just for that song so wrong is right and right is wrong if you know what I mean
This was the first ZZ Top song I ever heard then it segwayed to "Wait in for the Bus" I was hooked!
both his guitars have really warped necks.....joke
Thx. It's fun watching and practicing after your videos.
I learned about open G from trying to figure out an RL Burnside tune. He apparently called it 'Spanish' tuning, by the way. Works great for the blues, which is probably where Billy, Keef etc. picked it up.
You are right the old blues guys often called open G tuning "Spanish" because it was the tuning for a popular song of the time called Spanish Fandango. They often called open D "Vastapol "because it was the tuning of a popular song called Stevastapol
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Billy doesn't need 2 guitars live. Perhaps it was two tracks on the record. Not so much live.
+Randy Howe It was 2 guitars on the record. The clean rhythm parts are open G. The solos and fills are standard.
Live I've seen him drop his A string to G before starting this song, but for the last bunch of years he plays it in standard tuning. It makes all the solos easier and the turn around, but the chords don't have that ring to them like open G does. Billy G could play this in any tuning and still have a killer guitar tone though!
He plays one with his toes.
Gotta be an easier turn around that doesn’t require that huge stretch. Great lesson!
Great job man
Bravo! Grazie 👍
It is obvious that you are right about the studio version being in open G with 2 guitars. Billy loved overdubs in the studio. Good lesson.
Nice guitar. Love my LG. What is the model?
Thank you!
I do this song and open G also. But I leave the high e so the turnaround is easier.
try Drop G tuning.... It make it easier to use one guitar.. just mute the high e before the turnaround and solo. I also remove the E string (Keith Richard style) tuning (E) GDDBE
Awesome lesson I forgot how great this song sounds particular when you hit the G
I typically play this song live in standard, but it's just so right sounding playing that part in open G.
I keep 2 other guitars in 5 string Keith Richards tuning.
Great teacher
Thanks 🤙🤙
Great to see you on line Jay. Who the Fuck is Dave says thanks for the lesson. Always wanted to play that song and now I know how. Thanks Man!
Dave? Who the Fuck is Dave?
Still one of the funniest road stories!
Glad you liked the lesson.
Superb lesson, sir. I've always loved that song and never knew how they did it. Why isn't this ever mentioned in guitar lesson books?
Great lesson bud...luv open G..
What a great TEACHER you are! God given man.
at the crossroads fest he plays it in standard tuning he plays a partial G chord and uses his index and next finger to play a C with the partial G.
He shouldn't do that.
Because.
Thanks for the tasty lesson, Jay. You can't get enough of those ZZ Top riffs. I see you've got a Blackstar in the background, which might help explain the great tone on your instrument. I have a little HT-5R which is my go-to amp for home use (the direct out headphone jack keeps the neighbors happy).
HT5 is a great amp. I owned one for awhile, then moved up to the HT20. Now I'm using the ID series in this video.
Can you believe it's not tube?!!
Thanks
Great!!
i tried that gargantuan stretch....I've sprained my pinkie !!! Thanks Jay. Thanks a bunch.........
Paolo B I've broken that pinkie twice! I don't know if that helps me or hurts me with the stretch!
I love the way you play this! Thanks for the amazing lesson!
Sugar Jay....YOU ROCK, Buddy !
Nice video, but rather play it in standard tuning. Billy does it too when playing live.
I only do it live in open G if there's 2 guitars in the band. If it's just me, I play it in standard. Although you can't beat that open G ring!
He shouldn't do that.
Because.
Sounds like the same guitar tone as “say hello to heaven” by temple of the dog
Great lesson, sounds so cool in open G. Thanks : )
NO! You can easily do this song with one Guitar!!! Just lower your A string to a G and Wala! Really> Billy Gibbons! Classic Blues guitarist! Like he never messed around with alternate tunings! Looks like I am going to have to do a lesson so everyone knows the right way to play this song and BTW, I am just a newb! Iv'e been playing guitar since I was six and I am 59.
you can do it on one guitar. BFG plays it on one guitar live obviously. But on the album one guitar is in open G, and another in standard.
you can do it on one guitar. BFG plays it on one guitar live obviously. But on the album one guitar is in open G, and another in standard.
I just wanted to say try my suggestion just lower your A to a G! Because I can do this with one guitar and I can cover the whole song including the little riffs Billy does on the solos if you just listen it’s got to be in a standard tuning with a lowered A string.
I agree with you with it can be done with the guitar in standard and a guitar tuned to G but if you try my little trick I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Would you like me to teach you how he plays the roof on cheap sunglasses :-) what do I know I’ve only been playing for 50 years. By the way brother good tone!!!
Bottom line dropping you’re a string to a G in a live situation is nothing but a quick spin of the machine head and it allows you to play really cool. Forgive me I just love experimenting with guitar and getting way from standard tuning‘s and by the way thank you for promoting a G tuning. The guitar is so vast how could you expect someone like me who’s played for all these years not to want to experiment and I actually think he did La Grange similar. But of course that would lower it to a G when it’s in fact in A but Billy uses 7,s so maybe he tunes up to an F sharp and drops his B string to an A?
I’m just saying the back in the day those old Bluesmasters didn’t have any formal schooling that just tuned a guitar to where it sounded good to them and they could do what they wanted with it… Man that’s what it’s all about :-) Thank you for your response though. Thank you for your contribution.
could you play free(the band) on open G?
Sounds good J, open G, thats the puzzle.
Excellent!! Thanks!
awesome amp Blackstar ID \m/
Just keep learning how to play open g, these lessons are great
I do open G by lowering the A to G. It works most of the time unless you want to do open G slide work. Makes it simple to tune back up to std. Kinda like dropping the low E to D for drop D tuning. This way there is no need for a guitar tuned just for open G.
Technically there's no need for me to own a couple dozen guitars...but don't tell my wife that ;)
I've done that. Glad you mentioned it. I forgot.
sounds beautifull in any case dosn't it
nice, sounds great.
Formidabile. Ottimo video. Grazie!
Really enjoyed this. Thanks. Very clear.
Gavin Smith Thanks!
it worked for me .thanks.
Great lesson, thanks for sharing
great lesson - thank you man !
Jay Stevens rox my world
Sounds good but the song is played with ONE guitar live. Explain that !
I explain this a lot. Live is different than the recording.
Live he does it in standard tuning. It makes the soloing easier, but it loses that great open G chime.
I was just playing with this and with only one guitar in standard tuning except tune the A string down to G you can still get the open chime and play the solo too...I think its the best way when your the only guitar player. I wouldn't doubt Billy used this trick live at some point...gonna have to back and watch some live versions.
Oh now I read some comments and I see a lot of people already do this....nice!
Great tutorial video
Once in a blue moon one comes across a guitar tone that hooked 'em at first chord.. Do you mind telling us the signal chain mate?
And i'm guessing it's the exact chain you used on this vid? ruclips.net/video/pnho8neGfno/видео.html
@@rioace3953 those are 2 different signal chains. The Keith Richards lesson is thru Line 6 Pod
farm software. The ZZ top lesson is straight into a Blackstar id series amp with a touch
of slow chorus
wow, thank you @@iwannarockschool strange cuz i hate Line 6, No pedal at all??
@@rioace3953 I don't like Line 6 amps, but their software and effects are good.
I'm not using pedals in any videos.
@@iwannarockschool Thank you, Thank you :)
Great Job Thanks
Great lesson! Thanks.
" another lonely evenin'".....
I'm liking the open G
Thanks!! Great Job!!
Great lesson!