Tutorial #2 - Chuck Berry Rock 'n' Roll Riff - Jez Quayle
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- In this video I teach how to play and use one of the most popular riffs in rock 'n' roll. If you want to play rock 'n' roll in a band, or one-man-one-guitar rock 'n' roll as I often do on this channel, it's one of the 'go to' guitar riffs.
If you like this video, you might also like my 'How to Play Roll Over Beethoven'' lead guitar tutorial.
• How To Play 'Roll Over...
...and my 'How to Play the Intro to Johnny B. Goode' lead guitar tutorial (coming soon!):
• How to Play the Intro ...
You can hear versions of the boogie, rhythm riff I teach in this video on recordings from the 1950s through to the present day. It's really a movable version of the 'first position' riffs I introduced in Tutorial #1, and what I teach here builds on some of the ideas presented in that earlier video.
Guitarists will often refer to this as the 'Chuck Berry riff', since it was used by Chuck on so many of his classic records, including: 'Johnny B Goode'; 'Carol'; 'Sweet Little Sixteen'; 'Let It Rock'; 'Little Queenie'; and 'School Days'.
Eddie Cochran, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Status Quo, and many others, have used this riff, not only to play Chuck Berry songs, but on any songs needing a hard-driving, rockin' guitar sound. You'll hear it on The Beatles' recordings of 'Long Tall Sally' and 'Roll Over Beethoven', as well as their own compositions, 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' and 'Come Together'. You'll hear it on Status Quo's recordings of 'Caroline' and 'Paper Plane'. Eddie Cochran used it on 'Somethin' Else', and you'll hear on his live recordings of 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' and 'Sweet Little Sixteen'. The Rolling Stones' used it on their covers of 'Route 66' and 'Carol', as well as their own numbers, 'Brown Sugar' and 'It's Only Rock 'n' Roll'. I use the riff to play the songs of Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc., and of course, Chuck Berry numbers.
Here's a contents list (with times) so you can jump to topics if you wish to:
- Demonstration: Using the riff to play Chuck Berry's 'Roll Over Beethoven' in the key of C - 0:03
- Using the riff to play 12-bar blues in A - 01:37
- Playing the riff on the 5th fret in place of an A chord - 01:44
- Playing the riff on the 10th fret in place of a D chord - 04:42
- A variation to the riff (as used by George Harrison) - 05:07
- Playing the riff on the 5th fret in place of a D chord - 06:08
- Playing the riff on the 7th fret in place of an E chord - 07:26
- Using the riff to play 12-bar blues in E - 07:52
- Learning the notes on the 5th and 6th strings - 08:43
- Demonstration: Using the riff to play Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally' in the key of A - 09:54
I've recently published a chord songbook called '50 from the Fifties' ...containing 50 classic rock 'n' roll songs from the 1950s. All of the songs can be played with just 4, easy open chords! It's ideal for both beginners and experienced guitarists who want to use the techniques I teach in my tutorials on some great rockin' tunes. It contains classic hits by the likes of Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and many more. If you'd like to buy a copy then search for 'Jez Quayle Rock and Roll Songbook' on the Amazon or Lulu.com websites. 
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Jez, you are the guitar player I’ve been looking for. I love the way you explain everything on your site and how you play that guitar. I love rockabilly. Thank you!
Wow, thanks very much Elizabeth! I'm pleased you like my playing and videos.
Hey Jez, great stuff man, keep it up. I'm 75 now, so you were playing some of the earliest RnR music I listened to. Sort of cut my teeth on it! Thank you.
Thanks very much! Glad you like it.
I always get a blast from the past when I hear you playin that rock and roll machine!
Thanks very much Glen!
Jez you are just an amazing person to follow. This is what I have been missing. You make learning fun and addictive. Thank you Sir
Thanks very much for those positive words Shawkat! I'm glad you find my videos useful.
Wow, this is a fantastic series of rock n' roll lessons, really well made, clear and detailed without fluff and the chart with the notes starting at 8:48 was an eye-opener too. Very helpful, thank you!
Thanks very much Henry! Glad you found it useful.
After a great Tutorial # 1 Thank's a lot you for this second instructive and clear new lesson. You are a excellent teacher ! I guess that the many years you have been of playing guitar have certainly to do with it. Thank again.
Thanks very much for those positive words! If you're finding my tutorials useful, then I'm very pleased - Jez :D
Hi jez - Great lesson! You gotta be one of the best guitar teachers out there. Clear and direct with on screen diagrams - awesome!
Thanks very much Tim! That's very nice of you to say. 😄 I'm pleased my teaching style works for you.
Thank you for this! It was difficult for me to learn it, because I don't have the longest fingers in the world, VUT I did! Thank you!
me too
My kind of music Jez, many thanks for posting. I’m sure I’m not the only wannabe RnR guitarist who’s been looking for tutorials such as these 👌🏼
Thanks very much ML! I hope you find it useful - Jez :D
Another classic bud brilliant keeper coming 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Thanks very much mate! There'll be another one next Tuesday morning (Carl Perkins style rockabilly boogie picking) :D
So just the other day someone noticed my guitars hanging on my wall and asked what music I like to play, I said (in spanish) 1950’s rock and roll. Yet I haven’t touched my guitars since I was in my twenties!!! Then I found you bro! My father who grew up in the 50’s taught me these riffs when I was a teenager but I never had them explain to me. I just followed his lead and sang along. He’s gone now and I am glad your vids have brought me back to playing some guitar again!!!! Thanks !!!!
That's great! It's really good to know my videos have encouraged you to play again.
С большим удовольствием смотрю ваши уроки, хоть и не понимаю язык. Привет из России.
Спасибо большое! Я рада что тебе нравиться. Привет из Англии.
I wish I could play like you I'm 70 years old but enjoy watching your videos.
Hi Frank. I'm glad you like my playing. Keep on rockin'!
Very useful, and very well presented. Well done, and thank you!
Thanks very much Bill! 😄 I'm glad you found it useful. If you're interested, I just uploaded another rock 'n' roll guitar tutorial: ruclips.net/video/wCAF3Qqzr6c/видео.html
Will be my project for exercise during staying home situation in Jakarta. Cheers from Indonesia.
Very much appreciate your teaching of these riffs and chord fingering. Thanks Sir
Thanks Upula! I'm glad you found my video useful.
Fantástico Jez, thanks por la lección, and regards from Uruguay!!
¡Muchas gracias Enrique! Espero que hayas encontrado útil. ¡Saludos desde Inglaterra!
Thank you 😊 thank you and by the way THANK YOU !! Inspiring 🕺🏾💃👍🏾🎸
Thanks very much Ed! I'm glad you found it useful.
This is a game changer! It’s like the secret has finally been revealed - thank you!
Wow, that's good to hear!
Excellent lesson, thank you!
Thanks very much Jagath!
Thank you for showing this.
Great lesson. Very well explained.
Thanks very much Brad!
Great lesson thank you. Playing is awesome
Thanks very much Hiran!
simple and wonderful
Thanks very much!
2021
Adictive watching.
We appreciate you sharing with us.
Keep smiling buddy.
Thanks Les! 😁
Great lesson well done
Thanks very much Russell!
Buenísimo maestro. Muchas gracias.
Muchas gracias!
great lesson easy to follow thanks
Thanks Jim!
Excellent
Thanks very much Jason!
Great lesson
Thanks very much Ray!
Wow thank you so much!
A MAsterclass!!!!!! Easy and didactic explained!!!!! ThxUU!!!!
Wow, thanks very much! Glad you like it - Jez
You are very cool musician !!!! thank you very much for your lessons ,if you can do as many rock'n'roll lessons as possible !!!!
Wow, thanks very much!
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Thanks very much!
Larga vida al rock and roll
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Thanks very much Tony!
Great lesson thank you.
Thanks very much James!
Wow this is awesome!!!!!!!
Thanks very much Pat!
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Im just found you chsnel,its very interesting to learn the riff..thanks the tutorial.
I'm glad you found it useful Jeff.
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I love u. I love u. I ❤ you
I brevet I'm gonna actually learn from these.
Did I say. I ❤ 😍 💖
I'm interested. The 50s book
COol stuff, Jez
Thanks very much Boyd! :D
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Great good job
Thanks very much Steve!
Class I found tutorials 2 thankyou
Hey!
Very nice, thank you- Subscribed!
Thanks very much. And thanks for subscribing!
I wish I had this over 20 years ago, when I was trying to learn the guitar from a book.
Yes, I wish RUclips had been around when I was learning guitar too!
THANK YOU! :D
You're welcome! - Jez :D
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Thanks very much!
Thanks so much
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Вау, большое спасибо! Желаю здоровья и успехов в жизни и работе!
I notice you are spreading your 4 fingers on your left hand over 5 frets, something I could never do, but a great video & Thank you Jez.
Awesome playing
Thanks very much Ritchie!
@@RocknRollSongbook Your welcome
I want to start learning some Rock n Roll riffs
Yep, I will learn some 👍
One rest I really want to learn that’s really hard is the Shakin’ Stevens song this old house the bit at the beginning
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Thanks very much!
I like rokabilly and through this I beginn to like rock and roll too
Well, rockabilly is a really a type of rock 'n' roll.
Thanks
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Once again I only spotted you yesterday but very useful, understandable and fun. Do you dampen the top 3 or the E and B when strumming up and down. I can just wondering if you do. Keep up the cool songs 😎
Thanks Chris! I'm only hitting the bass strings (4th, 5th and 6th) with my pick when playing this stuff -- you need to angle your pick so that you don't catch the higher strings. But yes, I suppose I do touch the higher strings (which stops them ring out) with my first finger as it reaches over to the bass strings. I hope that makes sense! - Jez
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I just cant stretch my fingers this far, I play like Bb with my third finger spread across three strings and pinky struggling on a note below , anyways your videos are a treasure
Thanks very much! Sounds you've found a good way of playing something similar.
I like it good luck
Thanks John!
Thank you very much! Could you make a tutorial for some JLL songs maybe?
You're welcome! And thanks for the request. First I'm producing a few of these videos in which I teach general rock 'n' roll guitar techniques, and then I plan to make some tutorials for specific songs (which reference the techniques taught in the general technique videos). One of the first I plan to make is a tutorial for 'Great Balls Of Fire' -- how's that sound?? :D
@@RocknRollSongbook WHOOH! That sounds awesome!
Just found vyou very nice
Thanks very much Robert!
That's great Jez but if you have small hands like me it's not so easy if not impossible to do and I've been trying for 40years! Had to find other ways to get a similar sound
Thanks! That's great that you've found a way to get a similar sound your own way.
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Thanks very much!
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Да!
I’m a Fan! Want to ask what kind of pick you’re using? Thanks!
Thanks Gerry! I use .46 mm Delrin Jim Dunlop (pink) picks
Great Stuff Jez. Is there anything wrong with this style on an electric guitar or just the same? I don't wanna break the Rules....Tks. Ray
Thanks very much Ray! Yes, you can play like this on electric guitar. In fact, this kind of guitar style is usually played on electric. There aren't really any clear 'rules' ...except: 'If it sounds good, do it'.
Brill - thanks. My pandies are just a lickel too small to do this one with comfort :-(
Keep trying. 😃 I know players with small hands who manage eventually. It’s easier on electric guitar.
could you make a video of the style of buddy holly?
I was thinking of doing one actually. 😊
I really struggle with bending my fingers for this kind of power chord especially in the small frets. So if anybody has got any tipps for stretching or expanding, just let me know ... I would love to play these rhytms.
Merci c'est du rock
Merci beaucoup Jean Philippe!
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A rockear cheee!!
How do I improve dexterity? I can’t imagine moving my fingers like that.
It's difficult to give a short answer to that question. Playing scales or instrumental pieces that require you to use all four fingers independently is a good idea. If playing songs using open chords, try to play songs in several different keys, so you end up using your fingers differently all the time. Similarly, whilst three chord songs are great, you can improve dexterity by playing songs that have five or more chords. Try to learn and practice any new things slowly and carefully. Lots and lots of repetition of new things you learn is necessary. It probably gets more difficult to improve finger dexterity as you get older, but it can be done.
Just found this video. The note pairs exercise isn't something I've ever done, but I think it's a really good idea: ruclips.net/video/OVtew9_O8Z4/видео.html
Is is easier strum fast on the travel guitar you use because it’s more compact.
It doesn't make any difference. The distance between the top and bottom strings at the place you strum is much the same.
I've never mastered those shuffles - pinky too short - but size isn't everything😀
The ladies might beg to differ. 😀
How do I order your book, Rob
You can buy the songbook from Amazon and from Lulu.com. Search for ‘Jez Quayle rock and roll’.
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Si me agrada mucho pero el problema es que no entiendo el idioma
¡Muchas gracias! Desafortunadamente no hablo español. Usé el traductor de Google para esto
when i play it sounds too low - your guitar must be tuned differently
I'm not sure why it's sounding that way to you - I use standard guitar tuning: E A D G B E
I can play I saw her standing there?
Are you asking if I can play that song? Yes, I can. It's a great song, but on this channel I specialise in playing 1950s rock 'n' roll.
Jesus Christ died for you so live for him
Why do you keep sending this message to me? What has this got to do with my video? Do you think that rock and roll is unchristian?
chuck always play down stroke..ain't ?
True 👍