How To Play Beautiful Girls By Van Halen - Guitar Lesson
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2024
- In this video I demonstrate how to play the song Beautiful Girls by Van Halen. I cover all the main parts including the guitar solo. This is a classic song with the trademark Van Halen swing, and was featured on the bands 2nd album titled Van Halen II. It was released in 1979 and to this day has a timeless rock n roll feel and vibe to it. This is a wonderful example of how Van Halen had a rock n roil swing to their music, and also a prime example of Eddie's brown sound. I hope you enjoy the video. Please subscribe!
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I’ve been trying to nail the swing of this riff for years. Ed’s rhythm is undefeated!
I honestly think that having the stack blower your hair back and Alex VanHalen locking down the beat would help immensely. Yes, Edward was a gift, but just saying, as I thump along at low volume
@@dr.buzzvonjellar8862 Alex Van Halen is the best metronome you could ask for! I practice unplugged 95% of the time 🤟🏻
@@dr.buzzvonjellar8862 lol, me too.
I kind of got used to his shuffle rhythm. Once you get it in your head it becomes natural. It works for other music as well. It spices things up.
The standard tuning is always a great help for most of us. Great song! Thanks Marty!
Agree. Plus, a lot of Ed's stuff was tuned 1/4 step down, which isn't useful for anything else.
I have trouble recognizing the notes with alternate tunings. It throws me off.
Love that song, played it for a couple of my young friends who don't like anything but their music, and they loved it. I honestly don't see how you couldn't do anything but love that song. Eddie will never die, all those awesome licks will keep him living forever. Awesome video brutha, think I'm gonna knock off work early and go home and get started on this one, shouldn't take too long to get it down thanks to this KICK ASS tutorial.
KEEP'EM COME'N
🤘😎🤘
I'm glad he pointed out the incredible swing Eddie had in his playing. It's one of the biggest aspects of his highly underappreciated rhythm playing that gets missed buy most players.
Another cool lesson (literally)! This song has what I think is EVH's best tone ever recorded. Such great honk and growl, without being overly bright.
Even tho I’ve been playing guitar for over 25yrs and love VH, I never learned any of his stuff. It’s always felt a little intimidating tbh. But once you watch someone break it down and start getting a feel for his style, a lot of the song structures and guitar arrangement are really simple. Not to be confused with stupid. He’s rhythm stuff is right up there with Hendrix. They both came up with really clever ways of combining rhythm and melody to outline the chords, and tie the progression together.
I appreciate you teaching it in E. Love it in Eb, and it should be performed that way, but while you’re just learning it I think it might deter ppl having to drop down. A lot of times you’re working on multiple things at once. It’s a drag to tune down for the one song. You can do that later once you’ve got it under your fingers. Good shit man. Thanks
You're welcome man! It's true EVH is intimidating to learn because he just had a feel that made what he was playing sound so different. It was the feel and approach more than the actual notes. The more I e studied it, it's so obvious how many Page, Clapton and Bill Gibbons licks he was inspired. He just had his own style and was the coolest guy ever in guitar. 😎🎸🎵
Don't be intimidated. You'll notice that Ed used a lot of the same note shapes, and techniques throughout his music. One you get into it it gets easier, and things aren't as complicated as they seem. It's just challenging enough to make practice meaningful. Once you learn one of his song's, you can work on the nuances. It's kind of fun.
🤘 Rippin' it. Thanks for showing us how, Marty.
"Horn parts on the guitar!" I love it. And the reference to Swing--very accurate but it is almost never described in those terms. Forgive my peculiar enthusiasm; I played trombone in high school and my Mom liked Jazz. My brothers and I, despite all other influences, love Van Halen. Anyway, good video.
I’ve been missing a tiny bit of this intro that you just solved for me. Sounds so much better now! Thanks Marty…. Another awesome lesson
Glad to help! Thanks for watching man! 😎🍺🎸
Another fantastic VH lesson from you Marty, this song is real fun to play.
Fantastic as always!!
Marty, I love your honesty and transparency and how you describe you’re trying your best to interpret and play what you hear. Everybody hears it and plays it slightly different and we’re all enjoying your lessons (and the handwritten notes)!
Thanks for the inspiration on this frozen Saturday morning. Gonna be fun now!
Priceless!
very good lesson....i've been playing it incorrectly all these years! wow. thank you so much
Marty first time seeing your lesson that was freaking awesome did a excellent job on it just how ya tab it out an explained
Glad you liked it! Thanks so much! 😎🍺🎵
“I ain’t lyin’ to ya- nothin’ else I need!”
Sit your self on downnn
One of my favorite VH songs! Many thanks!
Me too! Such tone on this song!!
tenn native here guitar haven so many great guitar players
Thanks for this awesome lesson Marty ...I ended up with a big smile on my face and a ton of information . All the best for your great channel , greetings from Flanders !
Wonderful! Thanks so much for watching man!! 😎🎸🍺
Excellent
Good lesson, Eddie was so good at filling in every little empty space of a song. When you hear the songs on the albums it's hard to believe it's only one guitar making all that sound
Man thank you all these lessons they have been a game changer for me,your generosity is unmatched. I wish I could have caught when you came to Huntsville but I didn’t see the post until the day of , would have loved to met you 🤟🏻
Thanks so much dude, it really means a lot to know the videos are helpful and people enjoy them. There will be another time I'm sure to meet up!
You’re the best for teaching =VH= songs!
I really appreciate the compliment man. I'm just glad you all enjoy the content! Thank you! 😎🎵🎸
Great song, great album, thanks Marty for another great video, light up the sky maybe next ?
Great Lesson, thanks!
You're very welcome! 😎🎵🎸
The great guitar parts come from a great writer with a great imagination. Thanks for sharing. Would like to do this with my band but the vocal harmonies is intimidating :)
as always amazing! Love the hand written notes/tabs
Thanks man! I'm glad the hand written tabs are popular. 😎🤟🏻
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker of course. It keeps it so real and sympathic..
Oooooh yeah beautiful lesson!
Glad you like it! Thank you 😎🎸
It's "AAAH YEAH" not "ooooh yeah", come on man, get it right 😂😅😂
Just play'n witcha
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Thanks for the lesson! I don't use the thumb awkwardly trying to reach over on the 2nd fret on that intro , the index/first finger can fret it easier in my opinion. Just another option and my .02
You're welcome man, thanks for watching and for the comment. 😀🎵🎵
Great vids again marty thanxxx appreciate it
EVH4EVER🎸❤️🖤🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Thanks man! 😎🎵🎵
Great lesson (and playing). I request you teach these in the original tuning the song was recorded in, so we can play along with the album (after your lesson). Thanks for posting!
Thanks man!! I appreciate it. I used to then people wanted them on standard because they hated tuning down lol. I guess I'll go 50/50 every other one. 😂
I had to tune to standard to record this haha. 🤷
@Rico__B hey Rico I request that you be thankful and thank him for another great lesson and his dedicated time, not to mention the time he spent editing this lesson. It just amazes me how such little petty issues are worthy of mention. Be grateful, I guess next you’re going to complain about on screen hand written tabs and chord charts. I think next he should worry about using a variac?
Glad I came across your videos. They are awesome. I'm doing the same thing today up in Indiana since it's 5 degrees.
Glad you found the channel too! Thanks so much for watching and the support man! 😎🎵🎸
Thanks Marty.. was -6 a few nights in row… then freezing rain on top of the 20” snow
This weather sucks! Ready for summer 😎
Awesome
"Ah yeah Beautiful Girls!" Marty this is really great, man. I enjoy your interpretations and that backline behind that you have there is pretty nice, dude. Keep up the really good work, :) And..I just hit the like and subscribe after this vid.
Thanks so much man, I appreciate the kind words and that you liked the video. I try my best to help everyone out, and it's a lot of fun. Thanks again man. 😎🍺
Thanks Marty, great lesson! The Hal Leonard VH book has the tab of the correct notes but your lesson demonstrates the correct position for those notes. Saved me hours of noodling for sure!!
I’m no pro but wonder, did they even have the ability to “punch in” back in the 70’s? I would assume Edward played it in a take just like its heard!🤘🏻Cheers!
Owwww yeaaaa beautiful girls!
It is probably my favorite Van Halen Song...
Hell yeah!!!
The man!!! 🤟🏻🍺😎
Thanks!
Welcome!
6 degrees! Hate winter!! It's -7 in Iowa this morning🥶! Was -22 the other day🥶🥶! Did I mention I hate winter? Thanks Marty 🤘
Ah ah bring on the girls!
Same temperature here in Alberta which is around -14 in Celsius. For us that’s actually nice since the last couple weeks we were near -40 Celsius. Either way a great tune and will have some fun learning.
SWING? more like SWAGGER. :-D. Great job Thanks.
Good lesson Marty, I enjoyed it man. That's a wicked, cool beanie cap man. I've seen them around, gotta get one... 🎸 I like learning these chord variations. Makes it exciting to steal them and use them while gigging especially. Can't get enough of learning more and more.
Thanks bro! Van Halen store has em. Theyre warm!
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Alright man, just ordered one. I'm in Ohio, it's been really cold here. Got over a foot of snow on the ground. 🤦🏻♂️
@@DeputyVanHalen5150 lol! That's awesome man. I'm an enabler. lol.
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker 😁👍🏻
Another great lesson, thanks! Quick question for you or your viewers. I have a Helix and Fractal. If I want to run them both into one set of studio monitors would an amp switcher or mixer work best. I like using tones from both so it be nice to switch interfaces when I feel like it. Thanks! BTW, 6 degrees in MN is shorts weather for us 😂.
Thanks Marty this was great, have you ever workout "So this is Love" I have struggled with that one for a long time
You're welcome man! That song is on my to do list! Love it!
Eddie would pick upwards on the end chords to be ready for the next. He also rolled his frethand to be more smooth in positioning. Nice jam
Hi Marty, I found it difficult to get that swing beat for an otherwise pretty simple song but I sung it beautifully around the house, lol. thanks 👍
It's pretty tricky man! 😀🎸
Awesome lesson - one of the best unsung VH tunes. Are you able to take on Can’t Wait To Feel Your Love Tonight? I had those songs on repeat in the early ‘80’s when I first started learning guitar. And I always viewed those tunes as sister songs to one another and go hand-in-hand
Sure thing man! I can get it. Thanks for the support and watching! 😎🍺
Halen beanie rocks
Marty, If you're taking request do Spanish Fly. It's only 60 seconds long and I don't see you do any acoustic guitar sessions. It'd be fun. lol
What is your Amp set up? I love the sound, crunch, and tone.
Thank you! For RUclips I use a Fractal Ax8 with a Friedman BE patch and Friedman IR's
I run a stereo delay and reverb on pro tools to mix in post.
How do you get and record your guitar sound? I'm watching this in, what is the beginnings of, my studio through my great sounding KRK 7in studio monitor speakers and it sounds awesome. Just looking for some recording pointers from my favorite RUclipsrs. Your ton is pretty close to perfect the way I'm hearing it. Thanks.
Thank you! I record direct into pro tools with my Fractal Ax8 in stereo. I use a Friedman BE sim with Friedman IR's. I add delay and reverb in the mix through pro tools just for more control.
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Thank you very much. While I don't see myself as old, I'm 58 and am just now starting to learn how to do this stuff. Although much of the amazing tech we have as musicians didn't exist even five years ago.
I appreciate your willingness to share.
Thanks Marty! It's freezing down here at the beach too!
That VH swing is what everyone should strive for. It's what really set them apart from the (obviously talented) but somehow bland sounding "classical-done-loud electric" bunch.
I think your doing it wrong on the verse but man I’m gonna have to borrow your licks man! they are sick!
I wanna hear you play your own solo
I stole it from Dweezil and Pete Thorn. Lol. I'll let them know they're wrong 😂😂. Thanks for watching bro! 😎🤟🏻
She was a-seaside sittin'
Just a-smokin' and a-drinkin' on ringside
On top of the world, oh yeah
She had her drink in her hand
She had her toes in the sand and whoa! Ha, ha
What a beautiful girl, ah yeah
What a sweet talkin' honey with a little bit o' money
She turn your head around
Creature from the sea with the looks to me
Like she like to fool around
What a snappy little mammy gonna keep a pappy happy
And accompany me, to the ends of the earth, ah yeah
Ah, that's what I said
Here I am, ain't no man of the world, no
All I need is a beautiful girl
Ah yeah, beautiful girls
Woo, come here, honey
Come here, come here, come here
Well, I'm a bum in the sun and I'm havin' fun
And I know you know I got no special plans (Special plans)
All the bills are paid, I got it made in the shade
An' all I n-n-need is the woman, ha ha ha (Understand)
What a sweet talkin' honey with a little bit o' money
She turn your head around
A creature from the sea with the looks to me
Like she like to fool around
Here I am, ain't no man of the world, no
All I need is a beautiful girl
Ah yeah, beautiful girl
Ohh, come this way, babe
Sit down right here
Ooh la la
Think I got it now
Now I'm a-seaside sittin'
Just a-smokin' and a-drinkin', I'm ringside
On top of the world (Top of the world)
I got a drink in my hand, I got my toes in the sand
All I need, is a beautiful girl (Beautiful girl)
Oh yeah
Here I am, ain't no man of the world, no
All I need is a beautiful girl
Ah yeah! Beautiful girls
Whoa! I ain't lyin' to ya
Nothin' else I need
Sit yourself on down
(Ah yeah, beautiful girls) Ow
(Ah yeah, beautiful girls) Ow
(Ah yeah, beautiful girls)
Woo! Come here, baby
Come here. Whoa
(Ah yeah, beautiful girls)
What's your name, honey
What's your -- hey
Hey, where ya goin'
(Ah yeah, beautiful girls)
Hey! Hey, hey
Wait a minute, wait a min... ohh
(Ah yeah, beautiful girls)
I love 'em! I need 'em
(Ah yeah, beautiful girls)
Can't do without 'em, no
(Ah yeah, beautiful girls)
Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow
(Ah yeah, beautiful girls)
(Ah yeah, beautiful girls)
(Smooch)
Yeh boy! 🤟🏻😎🤟🏻
Hey Marty awesome take, what are you using for the sound/tone?
Thank so much man! Fractal AX8 with a Friedman sim and also Friedman IR's. I run dry and add stereo delay and reverb in the mix through pro tools. I record into pro tools.
I wonder if he tuned to 432hz? Thanks for doing these, much appreciated!❤
The opening riff he swings the D,D#, E. It’s more of open A note D, open A note, D#, E to me to keep the shuffle feel. Might help.
You were correct and I was wrong.
Please do siners swing there is no lesson on this site that I can understand
I second this
Maybe Ed wasn't actually tuning down but actually tuning by frequency of 440 maybe he was doing 4:32?
Who knows man. It's just odd. He was always right between E and E flat. When they went with Sammy I remember Eddie saying in an interview review that he was as happy he didn't have to tune down anymore cause Sammy could sign anything. So maybe all along it was nothing more than to help Roth and his baritone range ?? 🤷
Well Marty is definitely not Marty McFly,, 😅😅. Thanks Kemosabe 👍✌️✌️🎸🎸
Are you using a pedal? If you are which one is it?
Where did you get the Hat?
Van-Halen store online 😎🤟🏻
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Ok,cool, thanks TGIF!
10:40
I said something wrong about a guitar that Eddie played in the Jump video and I got less than polit with you. I'm sorry about that, it was not proper to do that.
Originally titled "Bring On The Girls"
Who is the lady in the thumbnail?
Kate Beckinsale
Is that the $25,000.00 replica you’re playing in the video?!
Thank you for your GREAT PERFORMANCE❗❗👍👍
If possible plz my VAN HALEN cover too😍😍
On the third intro he skips the open string and starts on 2nd fret on the D string, actually all 3 is different somewhat.
Today it would be called, Beautiful Theys
start from 00:45 and save yourself bulls. it.
Or just tap on the right side of your phone screen a few times. 😂🍺
I forgot my pencil..😢
Me too!! Lol
gimmie something to write on
Schmidt's Gay!
This was entrapment. No beautiful girls in the video 😅
lol 😂 👙
Does anyone say your the shit?