Courtney Barnett: How I Learned To Play The Guitar

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    NME took guitar maestro Courtney Barnett to Wunjo Guitars on Denmark Street to talk about how she learned to play, honing her craft and the making of new album 'Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit.'
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  • @rubymatic6049
    @rubymatic6049 8 лет назад +342

    I love her guitar playing. As a guitarist, I'm so sick of people trying to show off with their amazing skills. She's just so honest and has created some very original riffs. One of Australia's best guitarists for sure.

    • @jordancochrane3895
      @jordancochrane3895 8 лет назад +11

      +Ruby Matic i agree, dont need all that wankery

    • @jordancochrane3895
      @jordancochrane3895 8 лет назад +2

      haha your onto it. im glad im not the only one

    • @viridian9673
      @viridian9673 8 лет назад +4

      This is what im talking about...you know just clean tone..good riff rather than the "new" shit thats being praised by many too much overdrive too much sweeping i feel like its not about the emotion anymore its about the techniques

    • @patrickhawkinson8399
      @patrickhawkinson8399 6 лет назад +6

      Distortion has it's place, but if you can't play clean at all, you are gonna lose my interest quickly. Courtney does both.

    • @DelayedJet
      @DelayedJet 6 лет назад +10

      Yeah, she's great. But what's special about her guitar playing is that she's not a super-showoff about it. She's not doing all these pointless tricks that you hear a lot of 'great' guitarists doing. Everything that she's doing contributes to the actual melody and rhythm of the song. Some of her guitar playing reminds me of songs like "Bold as Love" and "Little Wing", by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. She's got a really good sense of melody. I think that's sometimes (believe it or not) overlooked in guitar playing. A lot of people only count a guitarist as 'great' if they are really fast, and constantly shredding or whatever. Not many people think about the imagination and the melody that the guitarist is getting across.

  • @avjake
    @avjake 4 года назад +25

    "Yeah, maybe I'll get a new guitar in a couple years." Fender - "Maybe we can help out with that." Though her song attitudes are often low key, she just radiates positive vibes.

  • @tomcross2862
    @tomcross2862 8 лет назад +34

    I didn't want that to end. What an beautifully authentic person.

  • @rstuartcpa
    @rstuartcpa 9 лет назад +26

    One must pull for this young lady -- bright smile looks like Paul McCartney's kid with all the talent. Refreshingly humble and affable, Courtney is a welcomed new artist.

  • @NewFalconerRecords
    @NewFalconerRecords 6 лет назад +14

    "Anytime I go into a guitar store there's never any good left-handed guitars". I hear you Courtney. Loud and clear! xx

  • @nswilhelm
    @nswilhelm 8 лет назад +200

    I love how she doesn't pretend to know guitars and is honest about not really caring to learn. I love to play guitar but always feel like people think I should know more about them the longer I play and I act like I am caring but I never fucking will, I just want to play.

    • @martinet1985
      @martinet1985 8 лет назад +2

      right on brutha!

    • @charmainwallace9653
      @charmainwallace9653 6 лет назад

      I know!
      Iv totally Plateaued in my guitar skills.
      But I just enjoy singing to the cords I know.
      I wish I could play riffs but I just never excelled at it :(

    • @TheDesertwalker
      @TheDesertwalker 5 лет назад +3

      I think that plateau hits us all. I don't know what to do about it. Sometimes the guitar sits for 2 months. Then I pick it up and actually get something good out of it. ...for a few minutes. Then I pick it up the next day and I stink! What happened?

  • @carlbowden4712
    @carlbowden4712 6 лет назад +18

    She just exudes warmth and cool vibes!!

  • @dipro001
    @dipro001 9 лет назад +55

    Love the way she talks, looks around, talk, and then scratch her head so casually-- damn, i'm in love!

    • @EisforEvil
      @EisforEvil 9 лет назад +6

      +dipro001 Her mannerisms remind me of a rabbit.

    • @dipro001
      @dipro001 9 лет назад +1

      a lot of things i guess

  • @dangohsler448
    @dangohsler448 8 лет назад +7

    I wish there was a video on her lyricism. She has to be one of the most unique writers I've ever heard

  • @DavidBranco75
    @DavidBranco75 6 лет назад +2

    First time I saw and listen to her was in NOS Alive in Lisboa, Portugal in the summer of 2016. I listened to the full album «Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit» in the Arrifana Beach (Alentejo, Portugal) in August that year. Magical. And I fell in love.

  • @mysteryjesus
    @mysteryjesus 7 лет назад +7

    This girl has a real gift. She's unique and a great songwriter. I'm looking forward to following her body of work in the coming decades. She's a career artist sort of like if Patti Smith played guitar.

  • @petemclinc
    @petemclinc 9 лет назад +170

    She is so down to earth, honest and cute. I just love her. When she hits the big time,
    and she will, she'll be able to afford that 12 string Rickenbacker.

    • @miked4309
      @miked4309 9 лет назад +1

      petemclinc right? very clever too.

    • @fernandohuirsesantander
      @fernandohuirsesantander 9 лет назад +1

      petemclinc I'm in love with her, what a woman for gods sake!!!

    • @rexmundi2237
      @rexmundi2237 8 лет назад +8

      +Oscaroonee neenee Congratulations. You probably found the one day in the year when she lost her temper. Minor music star? My ass!

    • @barel1384
      @barel1384 7 лет назад +1

      she was prob being sarcastic

    • @domsyadams358
      @domsyadams358 7 лет назад

      +The Milk Cult of Sisyphus source?

  • @gdon8424
    @gdon8424 7 лет назад +1

    This video makes me luv her even more. She is so down to earth and talented as well.

  • @AJTwitchel
    @AJTwitchel 9 лет назад +4

    She is quickly becoming an all time favorite for me. So fantastic

  • @1755ma
    @1755ma 2 года назад +2

    She's so fresh in this clip, just starting out. She seemed tired and burnt out when she was interviewed at a music store in LA last month (December 2021) . The road takes a toll.

  • @Tomnedreb
    @Tomnedreb 9 лет назад +40

    Come as you are and Something in the way was the second and third song she learned. That's really cool :D

  • @centurionl
    @centurionl 8 лет назад +24

    She's so down to earth. I thinks she's definitely one of the best artists ever. Her writing is so unique.

  • @getaylorable
    @getaylorable 8 лет назад

    Ha... good old Smoke on the water! I was 8... back in the 70's ;) Now I'm playing your stuff and love it!

  • @benh7506
    @benh7506 6 лет назад +1

    I just now discovered Courtney Barnett but I pressure love her

  • @fernandopellegrini8598
    @fernandopellegrini8598 8 лет назад +5

    she´s so humble as well

  • @kjguitarman
    @kjguitarman 6 лет назад

    She's so talented. Creative singer/songwriter. Humble and cool.

  • @jeffreygardner4884
    @jeffreygardner4884 9 лет назад

    I've got a 68 harmony rocket and its amazing.

  • @luisgonzalez1637
    @luisgonzalez1637 5 лет назад +2

    Courtney Barnett changed my life

  • @andymoody8363
    @andymoody8363 8 лет назад +1

    I fucking love Courtney Barnett. Can't wait to see her again.

  • @stevekim4162
    @stevekim4162 8 лет назад +6

    Phew
    So refreshing
    I rather listen to her all day than some guitar gods playing 100 miles an hour

  • @Autofill120
    @Autofill120 7 лет назад +30

    My world brightened up after I realized she's left-handed lol

    • @JJSurma
      @JJSurma 7 лет назад +5

      Same! And as a fellow lefty I can say she's correct -- unless you go on-line lefty guitar buying is hard. Even then you end up spending a ton of money on something you've never played before. The other option is playing on cheap beginner instruments which sucks the joy out of music and makes you want to quit...I'm glad she kept at it!

  • @presleymberry
    @presleymberry 3 года назад +1

    I’m hanging onto everything she’s saying. She’s so amazing

  • @ecossaisfrancais5930
    @ecossaisfrancais5930 9 лет назад +18

    More like this please

  • @MichaelCoughlanmusic
    @MichaelCoughlanmusic 9 лет назад

    The Telly suits her well. Great sound through a pair of Devilles - one soaked in reverb, one dry.

  • @staylucky4727
    @staylucky4727 3 года назад

    I love her. She's so down to earth

  • @normturner4849
    @normturner4849 6 лет назад +1

    Aussies always down to earth. That's the best thing about us-unaffected by fame🎸😘😎

  • @belnerearg
    @belnerearg 6 лет назад

    We love you Courtney!

  • @tonyfeighery3118
    @tonyfeighery3118 9 лет назад

    First time Im hooked since John Prine .Keep on rocking Courtney.

  • @Hardboiiledbabe
    @Hardboiiledbabe 9 лет назад +7

    Love.her.

  • @nunoevaristo3444
    @nunoevaristo3444 6 лет назад

    she is a very inspiring artist

  • @chuckcoates3594
    @chuckcoates3594 4 года назад +1

    What a great vid.

  • @nicolasmrn
    @nicolasmrn 8 лет назад +2

    We have a new Courtney in town!

  • @AirAfter
    @AirAfter 8 лет назад

    freaking love her

  • @bingonamo7520
    @bingonamo7520 3 года назад

    Gorgeous musician and person.

  • @pooginmouse
    @pooginmouse 8 лет назад

    She never mentioned the Fender Jaguar she plays sometimes so exquisitely. I think the sound she gets from that is maybe my favorite from her. Blows me away

  • @chrisamick6350
    @chrisamick6350 9 лет назад

    She's awesome!

  • @danbotha3471
    @danbotha3471 6 лет назад

    i love courtneyy!

  • @thephotoholic
    @thephotoholic 9 лет назад

    So love

  • @chuckcoates3594
    @chuckcoates3594 5 лет назад

    CB. You Rock Girl. Keep on Keeping on. Xo.

  • @ShatteredDiscoBall
    @ShatteredDiscoBall 8 лет назад +3

    I specifically always wanted a forest green jazzmaster too!!

    • @JJSurma
      @JJSurma 7 лет назад +1

      Me too and I'm a lefty - they're impossible to find!

  • @seanohalloran384
    @seanohalloran384 6 лет назад

    She’s great.🎸

  • @pinkrudy
    @pinkrudy 9 лет назад +85

    she thinks i'm clever because i keep her from dying :D

  • @jackbudgen8858
    @jackbudgen8858 8 лет назад +1

    Don't even wanna learn how to play guitar, just obsessed with her music right now

  • @BillieGlaser
    @BillieGlaser 6 лет назад

    #notmetoo because although I have a Fender, I'm really useless, but you are more than great!

  • @GLOatYT
    @GLOatYT 9 лет назад +75

    Too bad the NME didn't ask her about why she's not not using a pick. Not many electric guitarists play without a pick. Only Lindsey Buckingham and Wilko Johnson come to mind. And now Courtney. I admire her all the more for it.

    • @gat569
      @gat569 9 лет назад +16

      GLOatYT Mark Knopfler

    • @GLOatYT
      @GLOatYT 9 лет назад +1

      That's all good company for sure! :)

    • @GLOatYT
      @GLOatYT 8 лет назад +23

      +wildcats2012 You already said that three months ago... ;)

    • @barnesen
      @barnesen 8 лет назад

      Segovia, Julian Bream, John Williams, Christopher Parkening, Liona Boyd, Paco De Lucia....
      I know, I know...

    • @adamfairgrieve16
      @adamfairgrieve16 8 лет назад +1

      +GLOatYT Wes Montgomery

  • @antoniarst5553
    @antoniarst5553 8 лет назад +134

    Good she is to sweet

  • @josegollarza2983
    @josegollarza2983 8 лет назад +30

    The very first song I've learn to play on guitar was Come As You Are.

    • @henryhill92
      @henryhill92 8 лет назад

      +José “'Golli'” Gollarza Me too, and I don't even play guitar

    • @brianzak
      @brianzak 8 лет назад

      Mine to.

    • @NosajKnows
      @NosajKnows 7 лет назад +3

      José Gollarza Mine also, thought I was class showing up at parties and showing everyone and they were all just like 'mate it's so easy' and I would cry in a corner

    • @jordanmcvicker6197
      @jordanmcvicker6197 7 лет назад

      José Gollarza Mine was "wish you were here" Pink Floyd😂

    • @dominicmcmahon4798
      @dominicmcmahon4798 6 лет назад

      Me too. And I tell everybody wanting to learn to do the same.

  • @samlee2562
    @samlee2562 8 лет назад

    such a funny analogy! 3:50

  • @henrymiller479
    @henrymiller479 6 лет назад

    She's so rad.

  • @zeldam00n
    @zeldam00n 8 лет назад

  • @cameronronanwelshbeast7243
    @cameronronanwelshbeast7243 6 лет назад +5

    Her neighbour must have been a nirvana fan, what a legend of a neighbor

  • @beanboyo
    @beanboyo 8 лет назад +84

    Courtney feels my pain as a left handed player

  • @boomgallows
    @boomgallows 8 лет назад +24

    Damn she's charming.

  • @scruffyp9480
    @scruffyp9480 9 лет назад +22

    Forest green jazzmaster. Nice.

    • @fleetjacob
      @fleetjacob 9 лет назад

      +Scruffy P It's Thurston Moore's

  • @darickhibbert9170
    @darickhibbert9170 5 лет назад +1

    I wonder if Courtney ever found a lefty Jazz Master? I have one I'd love to see her buy. She'd have to paint it, but might like it the way it is.

    • @avjake
      @avjake 4 года назад +1

      Fender customized a Curt Cobain model for her.

  • @HistoryLover20
    @HistoryLover20 8 лет назад

    Courtney Barnett make me Soul : )

  • @Kezzeract
    @Kezzeract 8 лет назад

    I go in to that shop, whenever I'm in London!
    Wunjo is the best shop, on Denmark Street.

  • @vibranttrout
    @vibranttrout 5 лет назад +1

    that telecaster is the reverse of mine in every way

  • @graceof.spades
    @graceof.spades 5 лет назад

    To be told I look like courtney makes me so fricking happy

  • @Larry...W
    @Larry...W 6 лет назад

    So glad Courtney picked up a guitar

  • @tonycostanzo383
    @tonycostanzo383 6 лет назад

    i wonder if she is related to Jimmy Barnett who once played with fleetwoodmac

  • @petemclinc
    @petemclinc 8 лет назад +5

    I always have a bit of nerves before I release too.

  • @campbellrocksagain
    @campbellrocksagain 5 лет назад

    😍

  • @gonzoexpress9885
    @gonzoexpress9885 2 года назад +1

    God bless lefty guitar players. Good on you Courtney.

  • @karmacoma7217
    @karmacoma7217 8 лет назад +32

    Is she real or another Chris Lilley character?

    • @DearDrDoom
      @DearDrDoom 7 лет назад +2

      RIP Pat Mullins

    • @lilyvaughan228
      @lilyvaughan228 7 лет назад

      Hector Cedeno it's Courtney Barnett 100% legit

  • @babyblue7367
    @babyblue7367 8 лет назад

    Hope I get to meet Her sum Day... And Jam with Her Would even Be Sweeter! 😁

  • @duckyymomo
    @duckyymomo Год назад +2

    didn't know she was left-handed. cool!

  • @JcCrazy101
    @JcCrazy101 8 лет назад +154

    She kind of looks like a mixture of Paul McCartney and Suzi Quatro

    • @allaspinaband
      @allaspinaband 8 лет назад +2

      +JD C. Definitely! I was thinking the same about Suzi Quatro!

    • @LoriAnneKat
      @LoriAnneKat 6 лет назад +1

      yes!

    • @andysings
      @andysings 6 лет назад +2

      She looks like the one and only Courtney Barnett! Why? Why are humans Always comparing. Peace. Another female guitarist from australia (Oh! OMG??... There's more than 1 famous or non famous australian female guitarist!) Chill the fck out man. Andria

    • @alexcastro7339
      @alexcastro7339 3 года назад +1

      You're right.... She looks like a female version of Paul McCartney...lol. The bangs and eyes

    • @JcCrazy101
      @JcCrazy101 3 года назад +1

      andysings calm down jeez

  • @SaeEDKh313
    @SaeEDKh313 8 лет назад +5

    I feel good for being left handed :)

  • @XAnnaGraceX
    @XAnnaGraceX 8 лет назад

    The first song I learnt to play was smoke on the water 😂

  • @HiHo44
    @HiHo44 7 лет назад +11

    "Maybe I'll get a new guitar in a couple of years..."

  • @crumbled-cookie
    @crumbled-cookie 3 года назад

    Very simpatico person she is :)

  • @Buelligan88
    @Buelligan88 9 лет назад +29

    Well... I'm smitten.

  • @abelramirez7320
    @abelramirez7320 8 лет назад +2

    Lefty Tele

  • @alexjeffrey4093
    @alexjeffrey4093 3 года назад +1

    “The paramedic thinks I’m clever because I play guitar. I think he’s clever because he stops people dying”

  • @FocusBeDrifting
    @FocusBeDrifting 5 лет назад +1

    Shes a sweetheart

  • @yaboicolvin2870
    @yaboicolvin2870 4 года назад

    When she said that she couldn't try a lot of guitars cuz of the left handed thing it made a lil sad

  • @RUGGEDBREED
    @RUGGEDBREED 6 лет назад

    She is so cute and amazing!

  • @marionegal11
    @marionegal11 5 лет назад

    Courtney, please come to Germany. Peace

  • @vincentvincent2709
    @vincentvincent2709 5 лет назад

    12:50:37

  • @contactkeithstack
    @contactkeithstack 9 лет назад

    "that's the main one" true that

  • @peterjacobson2865
    @peterjacobson2865 9 лет назад +47

    she looks a bit like Paul McCartney no?

    • @JakeMoreno
      @JakeMoreno 8 лет назад +1

      YESS I SEE IT!!

    • @enoboye
      @enoboye 8 лет назад

      +Peter Jacobson Hah! You too? I was first thinking Joey Molland.

    • @motnosniv
      @motnosniv 8 лет назад

      +Peter Jacobson yes

    • @celticbird2398
      @celticbird2398 8 лет назад +2

      Now that you mention it.....

    • @finosuilleabhain7781
      @finosuilleabhain7781 6 лет назад

      + Peter Jacobson Can't see it, even a bit, but someone else here says the same and it's clear lots of people do. This probably means I'm wrong. It's an unusual feeling but do you know, I kinda like it.

  • @keithhanisek2465
    @keithhanisek2465 5 лет назад

    I am left handed at everything but learned to play right handed. It wasn't any harder and I can't do anything else lefty.

  • @pablopablo4200
    @pablopablo4200 8 лет назад +1

    we left handed often learn to play upside down

  • @jessepinkman1028
    @jessepinkman1028 6 лет назад

    Her story is so cute

  • @vikingfortiesfaeroes
    @vikingfortiesfaeroes 6 лет назад

    She'll need to go to Japan for a Jazzmaster

  • @TheRobh62
    @TheRobh62 4 года назад +2

    Upside down right handed..that's what love feels like right now.

  • @n0w.1j
    @n0w.1j 8 лет назад

    is her telecaster american or mexican

  • @friend_qqqqq3709
    @friend_qqqqq3709 9 лет назад +11

    She plays left handed!

    • @NetCerpher
      @NetCerpher 9 лет назад +3

      Friend_Qqqqq Should we let her know?

    • @friend_qqqqq3709
      @friend_qqqqq3709 9 лет назад +6

      it's not often I see another lefty in music. it's reassuring, especially when it's a musician as awesome as barnett.

    • @URKillingme100
      @URKillingme100 9 лет назад +1

      Friend_Qqqqq LOL Thanks Capt. Obvious.

    • @friend_qqqqq3709
      @friend_qqqqq3709 9 лет назад +4

      URKillingme100 give it a rest

  • @gerrynightingale9045
    @gerrynightingale9045 5 лет назад

    **At (**4:37**)...sounds very 'George-y' to me, like "If I Needed Someone"**

  • @campbellrocksagain
    @campbellrocksagain 6 лет назад +2

    Nirvana inspired. Beautiful

  • @GorillaandCo
    @GorillaandCo 9 лет назад

    yo i have a forest green jazzmaster no way!

  • @HomerJade
    @HomerJade 8 лет назад +1

    She is so cute !!! crazy talented and cute!! she's everything !

  • @ValleyRC
    @ValleyRC 3 года назад

    John Wick just wants to get some bass strings and the damn store is closed early.

  • @1971bradleybuxton
    @1971bradleybuxton 9 лет назад

    ;)