How to play What Difference Does It Make? by The Smiths

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @jordantaylor4992
    @jordantaylor4992 2 года назад +15

    Love to see smiths on the channel again! "Heaven knows I’m miserable now” tutorial would amazing or "you just haven’t earned it yet baby” thanks mate

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +2

      Great suggestion! Thanks for watching, glad you liked this!

  • @phant0mdummy
    @phant0mdummy 2 года назад +14

    Every Marr riff is the definition of "Harder than it sounds".
    I can't tell you how many Smith's songs I sat down to learn, only to realize I'm trash or he's too good at writing catchy, complicated arpeggiated riffs.

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +4

      Hahaha I know this exact feeling. Even here with a riff based around a couple of power chords if you lose the bounce even for a second or duff one note it’s gone. Man is a genius.

    • @billybanter9573
      @billybanter9573 2 года назад

      A lot of it is overdubs.

    • @secohen73
      @secohen73 2 года назад

      You speak the truth, sir!

    • @phant0mdummy
      @phant0mdummy 2 года назад +1

      @@billybanter9573 That is a reductive, and probably incorrect assessment of his writing skills. That and the difficulty of keeping one of his bouncy arpeggio/string skipping rhythms going for 4 minutes of a song without screwing up somehow.

    • @billybanter9573
      @billybanter9573 2 года назад

      @@phant0mdummy Waht ! Have you actually recorded in a real studio?.

  • @sniffableandirresistble
    @sniffableandirresistble 2 года назад +9

    When I hear the smiths I hear sanity and good taste with an abundance of light humor truth and melancholy

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      That’s the power they hold. All that from an A5 capo 2! 🤣✨

    • @family-accountemail9111
      @family-accountemail9111 5 месяцев назад

      Can I get the Smiths with Morrissey edited out?

  • @neilward928
    @neilward928 10 месяцев назад

    I love the way the 7th fret of your guitar look like the eye of Horus with the wood grain. Amazing tutorial Mr Shed! Thanks

  • @dominicwhite2203
    @dominicwhite2203 Год назад

    Great lesson, thanks. Solid deadpan schtick too. Best lessons I’ve seen on the RUclips.

  • @davidmugglebee523
    @davidmugglebee523 2 года назад +5

    Thank you 🙏 Love the Smiths, agree that Johnny was a pioneer and genius, and yeah I’m here for your jokes too. I’ve been in drop D/C# tuning for a week blissfully enjoying No Q on my acoustic, but I look forward to learning my fave Smiths song. That opening riff has been all air guitar up til now. Makes all the difference. Thanks again!

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +1

      Awesome David! Thank you! Looks like I got you with a double whammy then. Two personal faves back to back. Will work on a hat trick. 😏

  • @matttheknife3652
    @matttheknife3652 2 года назад +2

    Awesome track mate - with awesome lesson and an awesome shirt! What’s not to love?! Thank You!

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +1

      It is a nice shirt. Charity shop steal that. Walked in, it was on the manakin. Tore it off, straight to the till. “Iya, just this please love.”

  • @SimonHoldaway
    @SimonHoldaway 6 месяцев назад

    Perfect! Funny, accurate and no fluff. Excellent lesson. Jonny Marr, genius with a bob haircut circa 1984

  • @scottlewin4707
    @scottlewin4707 11 месяцев назад

    I've been playing years and still appreciate learning new things.
    Great tutorial my friend 😎🎸
    Subscribed

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the sub! What helped you out with this vid?

  • @EJleon96
    @EJleon96 2 года назад

    Yes!!! He finally delivered😎 keep it coming with some more Smiths

  • @s.gerardot.7342
    @s.gerardot.7342 2 года назад

    Well done - I thoroughly enjoyed the lesson as well as your jokes!

  • @chrisjude8794
    @chrisjude8794 2 года назад +1

    Many thanks for this Sped. Great song and Jonny Marr a awesome guitarist . Will have to make some time for this one💯👍👍👍
    Brilliant tutorial as always
    Cheers mate

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +1

      You've got ten minutes. I expect it done by tea.

  • @adylp7818
    @adylp7818 2 года назад

    Great song, fab lesson. Cheers Sped!

  • @cohese
    @cohese 2 года назад +1

    such cool riffs and rhythm ! - been trying to figure this one out forever, and never gotten past the first part, and turns out there's some subtle stuff I was missing - so helpful, thanks so much, really appreciate it !!! - ( beautiful tone here as well as always ..., truth be told sometimes - not this time - I just watch your videos to listen to your playing )

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      My pleasure Joe! I’m a big fan of this song as well. Every section is fun to play. Really clever riff writing. 🙏🏻

  • @machinotaur
    @machinotaur 2 года назад

    Middle pickup, mad respect. I like what you did for the chorus section, that's my favorite way that I've heard to play it. Subscribed for more Smiths content!

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Thanks for the sub! Will pass on my regards to the middle position.

  • @bencobley4929
    @bencobley4929 Год назад

    Thanks, Finished it. Can't even remember why I wanted to learn it now.

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  Год назад +2

      Well Ben, you’ve learnt it now, what difference does it make?🤣

  • @eric46355
    @eric46355 2 года назад

    Thank you, great lesson!

  • @saulgoode5837
    @saulgoode5837 2 года назад

    Howdy from Texas! Really do enjoy your videos. Nice song choices and great lessons wrapped in an entertaining presentation. Keep it up.

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Heyyyy, thanks so much for that. Keeps me inspired! 🙌🏻✨

  • @DennisMC1974
    @DennisMC1974 2 года назад

    Nice Mate I Like your variety methods 👍

  • @topjimmy77
    @topjimmy77 2 года назад +1

    Great lesson as always & great song, time for me to learn it all & not just the main riff. Johnny Marr is amazing and still putting out great albums. I saw some footage of him playing at Hyde Park recently on stage with Pearl Jam playing Neil Young’s ‘Throw Your Hatred Down’ & he was playing in a way you never normally see him play - tearing through pentatonic leads & yes, he does that really well too.

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +1

      Only 3 main parts to this and they're relatively short! Whack those double stops in at the end and I bet you're done in the time it takes you to watch the video!

  • @PAHVID
    @PAHVID 2 года назад

    Nice! Can’t wait to work on some Smiths riffage this weekend.

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Nice one Phillip. Have fun with it!

  • @jthatcher962
    @jthatcher962 Год назад

    Great lesson! Hoping you might be willing to do a lesson for Nowhere Fast.

  • @lindsaymarshall1371
    @lindsaymarshall1371 2 года назад

    Hi, absolutely brilliant lesson!! 👏 this song really makes me think of how many more times by led zep. Thanks for the great lessons mate 👍

  • @dragui9932
    @dragui9932 2 года назад

    Thank you !

  • @julianandrews6025
    @julianandrews6025 2 года назад +1

    Nice one Sped. Love The Smiths and Mr Marr.(almost as much as your channel) Another excellent tutorial covering all parts and nuances. Liked the fact you broke down the outro too. Your magnanimity surpasses all the other RUclips channels for which we are all grateful..
    Any chance of doing a tutorial on Alive and kicking by Lari Basilio ,plz I know your a fan if you can fit it in to yr busy schedule, go on you know you want to🤞🤞🤞🤞

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +2

      Oh my, Lari is outstanding. I actually have the same amp as her too. Reminds me; I wanna order her new album on vinyl.

    • @julianandrews6025
      @julianandrews6025 2 года назад

      Is it called Your Love?💜💜💜Love what Ive heard of her so far, Fearless, sunny days Shes touring Europe but either played UK already or just playing Spain ,Italy etc. Shes doing a guitar show in Norway next March (around my birthday hint) I heard you mention her playing on a podcast turn' that ₩¥$# down' and spent a while looking for Barry Vasilio lol.
      Appreciate the recommendations even if I initially misheard you

  • @toms781
    @toms781 2 года назад

    What Difference Does It Make? Well I quite enjoyed this tutorial, so I would say a rather large difference. Any Johnny Marr lessons are very well appreciated.

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Haha, thank you! Glad you liked this one. To be honest, I should just teach everything I’ve ever learned all the way through. 😅

  • @terrypmusic
    @terrypmusic 2 года назад

    Nice one, keep it up!

  • @mongolmcphee7791
    @mongolmcphee7791 2 года назад

    What a song. Despite me being a die hard metal fan I love the Smiths and I think that's true of half the metalheads in the world.

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +1

      In my experience Metalheads usually have a deep appreciation of what into perfecting an instrument. Let’s just say a lot of metal isn’t simple right? 😂🙌🏻

  • @SophieBurrell
    @SophieBurrell 2 года назад

    The intro hahahaha. Nice shirt m8

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Alright m8, I've got a little blue tennis dress lined up for my next video don't you worry.

  • @malcolmhead2852
    @malcolmhead2852 2 года назад

    Hey Sped nice lesson as usual
    I play this both ways
    The way it is on the record and also without the capo
    Interestingly whenever I play this in a band setting for a knockabout jam with people who don’t know what it is, they go nuts for it!
    Like a lot of Smiths stuff it can be very rocky and funky

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Yeah a lot of people have already said to me they haven’t heard it.
      Yeah I’m aware he tuned up a tone for a lot. This Charming Man as well right? We’d all be entering string snapping territory there though… 🤣🤣🤣

  • @hrvojecacic6358
    @hrvojecacic6358 2 года назад

    Great choice! Great lesson! Maybe Girl afraid?

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Great suggestion! Glad you enjoyed this one!

  • @PPTips
    @PPTips 2 года назад

    Superb choice of song, thank you for another great lesson. Even though the opening riff seems simple, I'm struggling to get the transitions as smooth as you do!

    • @PPTips
      @PPTips 2 года назад

      Any chance of doing Love is The Law by The Seahorses please?

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +2

      It just takes practice Paul. I’ve taught that song in full on the channel.

    • @PPTips
      @PPTips 2 года назад

      @@SpedSpedding thanks I'll check it out

  • @gnawbabygnaw
    @gnawbabygnaw 2 года назад

    I say this with luv.
    All your playing sounds Sped up.
    Ever heard that before?
    Bet not. I’m a creative type.😎And thoroughly enjoy your stuffs Good sir! 🤙🤙

  • @mikeball188
    @mikeball188 2 года назад

    I've decided not to wait for that les Paul that you said you needed and get one my self. So there olde man!!!

  • @Mustaine1ify
    @Mustaine1ify 2 месяца назад

    1. On Speds play through it looked easy
    2. I know the song, heard it hundreds of times
    3. Here we go 👏🏻
    4. 🤨Not as easy as first thought 🤔

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 месяца назад

      It’s harder than it looks! Especially the picking matching his feel.

  • @afab7535
    @afab7535 Год назад

    Diane, is mums name. The cat brought a frog home. Cheers!!

  • @mustertherohirrim7315
    @mustertherohirrim7315 2 года назад

    I got piano sheet music for Oscillating Wildly..its pretty tricky... been on it 5 years.
    Marr wrote.

  • @JasonUmbrellabird
    @JasonUmbrellabird 8 месяцев назад

    A breakdown of James Honeyman Scott's guitar lines from The Pretenders would be good. I wore out their first album.

  • @freddysnightmare8391
    @freddysnightmare8391 2 года назад

    hey sped thanks

  • @michaelneas2732
    @michaelneas2732 2 года назад

    Just watched your escape to RYE....cool place, dig your channel

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Awesome! Thank you, that was a nice day out!

  • @eddiejr540
    @eddiejr540 2 года назад

    …All men have secrets and here is mine
    So let it be known
    For we have been through hell and high tide
    I think I can rely on you…
    I freakin love the Smiths…Sped you are the man😎

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +1

      Haha thanks Eddie! Stoked you liked this video. Might stick out the examples as a full cover midweek. 🤔

  • @darrelldunn4618
    @darrelldunn4618 2 года назад

    Extra Northern. I like that. Very True. Nice Pillow.

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      That Elephtant is in need of a solid arse squash later. 😂

  • @FloatBLT28
    @FloatBLT28 Год назад

    Liked it! Frances

  • @julianandrews6025
    @julianandrews6025 2 года назад

    Thankful for another excellent lesson (and not an existential debate lol)🤣

  • @mickt9110
    @mickt9110 9 месяцев назад

    Breath of fresh hair that were

  • @eddiejr540
    @eddiejr540 2 года назад

    Sped if you’re taking requests…headmaster ritual or hand in glove or anything smith’s really!!!

  • @mikeburtonphillipson5900
    @mikeburtonphillipson5900 2 года назад

    Not familiar with this at all but great lesson.. always good to expand and listen to new material.. new to me anyway 👍

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +1

      That’s awesome Mike. Great practice for the picking hand, string skipping precision and all. 💪🏻🤯

  • @WhereisJez
    @WhereisJez Год назад

    Nice vid 👍

  • @AnthonyBurrito1313
    @AnthonyBurrito1313 2 года назад

    Love it

  • @lesblack8996
    @lesblack8996 10 месяцев назад

    What type of guitar does Johnny Marr use on this track please?

    • @badowski99
      @badowski99 5 месяцев назад +1

      In an interview I think he said a '64 Casino

    • @lesblack8996
      @lesblack8996 5 месяцев назад

      @@badowski99 thanks

  • @stratman9449
    @stratman9449 2 года назад

    ok looked (and heard) them up...but have to admit...i took time out of guitar and music in general in the 80s....
    remember...i sold my precious "stuff" early 80s for house and family.....😪

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      You're back in business now right?

    • @stratman9449
      @stratman9449 2 года назад

      @@SpedSpedding i certainly am.....yesssss......and better than everrrr......😅

  • @darrenmilburn8952
    @darrenmilburn8952 Год назад

    Love your nonchalant style , any chance you can come and live with me feeding me guitar and beer ?

  • @tasosdiaforetico7377
    @tasosdiaforetico7377 2 года назад

    Rank was a classic album, I meet Johnny you know what he said? Nout as U do

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад +1

      Nout beats a pint in the Salford Arms lad.

  • @xx8562
    @xx8562 2 года назад

    blessed

  • @MatthewWorthing
    @MatthewWorthing Год назад

    ACE 👍

  • @AnthonyBurrito1313
    @AnthonyBurrito1313 2 года назад

    Nice

  • @omegalast800
    @omegalast800 2 года назад

    ....sounds FAB but far too complicated. Do you know any Quo songs?

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Nah, give it 18 minutes and you’ll get it. 🫡

  • @stratman9449
    @stratman9449 2 года назад

    Eyup Sped....haha...."and now for something completely different2 oh yeah...but hey it does sound quite cool....
    but i also have to admit, i don't know the "smiths"......hmmm

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Never heard of them? 😯

    • @stratman9449
      @stratman9449 2 года назад

      @@SpedSpedding i can vageley remember hearing the name, but couldn't say i have been "aware" of their music.....sooorry...!!

  •  Год назад

    No woman no cry

  • @chrisdenett7593
    @chrisdenett7593 2 месяца назад

    my cat brought in a poo from another cat

  • @betobraniff4610
    @betobraniff4610 2 года назад

    are you chris speeding son?

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding  2 года назад

      Check out the video of me and Chris to find out! Haha

  • @mfohr
    @mfohr 9 месяцев назад

    It would be a little easier to follow along with a clean guitar tone and without the camera switching angles so much.

  • @rexmasters1541
    @rexmasters1541 2 месяца назад

    WHAT A CLOWN SHOW!!!!

  • @radbradmusicartist
    @radbradmusicartist Месяц назад

    This could have taken up 5 minutes with how basic it is