Ry Cooder Inspired Right Hand Boogie Technique - Rhythm Guitar Lesson
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In this clip, I show how to play a bluesy Ry Cooder-inspired right hand pattern. It's different than other right hand patterns because it has a funky, percussive drive to it. It's really fun to play with once you get it going!
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Thanks for watching!
Mate, I'm hypercynical and usually only leave insults but this is a great vid.
Ha! I feel very special! Thanks!
@@adamburger5761 No one = 66 thousand subs. You must be a Trump voter.
ok guys. This is a pretty relaxed channel with good music - let's let it go.
@@EricHaugenGuitar Great lesson/tip.
Just an observation, this type of playing is best with a vintage style pickup that is slightly (or sometimes very) microphonic.
Most of my pickups are either not potted at all or just lightly so.
Thanks for the great content Eric.
Just lovin’ the good vibes. Eric got that Ry slapping down.
Your vids are well performed, well recorded, have great tone, and best of all, not annoying . . Great job!
That's great to hear! I try to keep things creative, concise, and intuitive!
TREU THAT!
Love that PHAT tone! That old arthritic right hand boogy vibe is the bomb. John Lee Hooker just rolled in his grave in an approving way.
Disgusting funky jam there bud! Holy shit!
It's like a right hand built in drum kit goin' on. So cool.
That's the idea!
I play drums too, and I think it really influences the way I think of rhythm guitar. The idea of groove + fills is HUGE to me!
Your tone is beyond. I am 71 and have learned a few nice tips from you. I began recoding my own stuff in 1989 on a dual cassette deck. I had a Gibson f-hole guitar back then. Now 34 years later I am still improving my tone. I recorded by myself and released a total remake of "Hey Hey My My" by Neil Young though Distrokid. Thanks much for your videos. This is one of my favorites.
77 here still learnin , I really like this one.
Thanks for your videos! Really glad to see and hear real quality rhythm guitar!!
Thanks Mikko!
Yeah - rhythm is everything! I'm a drummer too, so the importance of groove+fills type playing is huge for me ;-)
Awesome technique ! So swampy and dirty ;-)
Lowell George picked this style up from Ry when Cooder played on the first Little Feat album...
Ive been playing guitar for 45 years and NEVER thought of that rhythm thanks soo much.
This chuggy-chakka right hand reminds me of Meyer's 'Crossroads'
Thanks a lot Eric, I’m so happy I found this video! I heard this groove from RL Burnside and I could never figure it out. The guitar is not my main instrument but this technique is so cool I have to learn it. ✌️
Oh yeah I've watched that footage of him playing jumer on the line over and over! His thumb technique is insanely groovy!
I'm struggling with this for some reason. Usually things come easy to me.
OMG I've been looking for a video on this exact thing! I couldn't figure it out
Dammm thought this sounded cool so just quickly plugged in to try it out then boom ..... where did the last 4 hours go
A "Cooderpaw" - something to aspire to!! Great stuff thanks Eric.
Thanks Peter!
I’ve watched this like 400 times just to listen. Where are the vids offering more of this? 😏
Very cool, I’m working on it now.
It’s a such a cool little trick!
It makes appearances in some of my other vids - Knopfler’s Southbound Again, and Nina Simone’s Sinnerman - I know I used it on those 🤙
Wow! Your videos are great! I'm so glad I stumbled onto them. I haven't played my guitar in over a year. After watching this I will be dusting her off soon. Thanks for sharing!
!!!! It's that 'tick-a tick-a tick-a"!! Nice work!!! Know what I'm doing this week
Yeah!
That pads+nails thing is a gamechanger!
What are you playing? It looks like a little piano without a keyboard.
Eric- I play drums, been doing it for 40+ years- been a long time frustrated guitarist- I think that’s why I gravitate to guitar shuffles and accents, and not Bass as is multiversally supposed. Your guitar playing just really lends itself to a full commitment from the drums,.,.. love it
I play drums too! The idea of groove+fills heavily influences how I approach rhythm guitar! I never noticed until recently how much my favorite drummers (Charlie Watts, Levon Helm, Cosmo Clifford, Ringo Starr, Al Jackson) affected my guitar!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Hi Eric - nice choice of drumming favourites - glad you liked the comment.
Eric, Found same question in the Way Back comments and answer, Have a Ball and Blue Suede shoes live.....but not really like this....so, are up picking up on beat four or picking down? I struggle to get re set for the next riff/phrase....Thanks for ANY additional remarks.
I think you've got it!
beat one: Thumb (accented) - Pads
beat two: Nails - Pads
beat three: Thumb - Pads
beat four: Nails - Pads
John Mayer is a master at this too
Indeed! Mark Knopfler, Lindsey Buckingham too
Is that a Sears Silvertone tube amp on the left? If so very nostalgic for me. The lead guitarist in my band in HS used this in 1967. He was good by the way...
Yeah! an old Silvertone 1484!
E- you are now my wife’s favorite teacher and it’s all because of the kitty cat in the beginning of the lesson. She rarely has an opinion but today she happened to be walking by, noticed the cat and said “Oh, look at the pretty kitty” ............an hour later I heard her humming the riff. Now that’s cooler than the other side of the pillow ✌️
Ha! Cooler than the other side of the pillow!
I love cats and dogs, but am definitely more of a cat person - I love how lazy and opinionated they are!
Yeah Ry Cooder is cool but have you heard of Char Cooder?
A little Cooder paw! 🤣😂
Very cool lesson 👍
Thanks man!
Using the pads and the nails of them fingers opens up some cool and crunchy possibilities!
Im quite the noob here... What tuning is this?
It's standard! If you're more of a beginner I definitely suggest doing the VERY SLOWLY - it's one of those things that is simple enough to talk about, but very hard to do!
@@EricHaugenGuitar I'm playin around w/ Open G and my poor ears didn't hear a bunch of Ds and Gs . Love the sound / vibe. Thank you
1st thumb pluck note = kick, thumb smack = snare. I haven't tried it yet but i bet if you shift the 'smack' through various beat positions in the bar it'd show something interesting. Ijust started watching you with th Marc Ribot vid and thers always some distinct bits of info that i can employ immediatley and are useful contexts beyond the presented one (y'know flat5ths, gliss double stops, percussive clawhammer, etc, they're transferable if you're thinking about them) thanks
Oooh that's a good idea! You could adapt this technique to various drum grooves!
What an awesome lesson! thank you Eric!!
Thanks man!
I love Tom Waits, btw. Like, a LOT!
That’s a great cat
Tell us what song you picked this up from. Sorry if I missed in another comment!
Really, it came from going down a RUclips rabbit hole of live performances - a fun way to spend an afternoon!
This is rad! I'm a weirdo, though; I play upside down and backwards (I flip a right-handed guitar and play it in left-hand form). So I'm trying to figure out how to do this with the 6 string on the bottom.
Oooh it could sound really cool upside down!
Try starting on the D string, and letting the Big A and E ring together.
Eric, a bout of insomnia led me to your channel. I was cursing my inability to sleep, but now the whole incident has a serendipitous air. Great playing, cool topics, a natural teaching style - yet brimming with information. You are my new guitar Yoda! Keep up the excellent work. (And have a nice day.)
I have insomnia quite often - I feel your pain!
I'm glad you found my channel!
@@EricHaugenGuitar The way you show different angles and slow the groove way down is invaluable, no ego, no "look how good I am" just bare bones technique and tone for days. Love you man!
Ball and biscuit white stripes vibes
Eric, Pete Thorn should take notes. What/how do you use the Cloudlifter?
ha! I wouldn't go head to head with Pete Thorn - that dude can play circles around me!
The cloudlifter is a clutch studio device! I use it on passive ribbon mics, and low-output dynamics. It really does what it says! Adds 25db of crystal clear gain - which is perfect for passive ribbon mics. They really need that boost.
theres a technique ive espied lately in youtube land called chuck and pluck, mainly on acoustic, this looks pretty similar. what a boogie! u can’t sit still and listen to that. great lesson sir.
Chuck and Pluck! I love it!
Really great!
Difficult but if it runs it groves fantastic!
Do you have some more stuff from Cooder God? :)
Thanks! Yeah, it's tough to get it goin', but once you do, it just chuggs along!
And yep, I'm working on more Cooder stuff as we speak :-)
So cool! Ry doesn't get his due.
What song do you break into at 3:41? I couldn't quite make out what you said. Something about a train? Thanks! Your playing just blows me away. Super impressed.
Ah yes the James Burton riff from Elvis' "Mystery Train" - there's gotta be tons of lessons on it here on YT :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar Thank you! :)
Your videos keep my creativity loud and full when picking up new tips and techniques. As an intermediate player you keep me I inspired to continue the endless journey
Tough-as-nails guitar tone!
Real rhythm guitar playing. Inspiring lesson indeed. Thanks.
2019
Dear Sir or any music lover out there,
Please share the NAMES of
great electric rhythm guitarists in
ROCK, JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK and BLUES;
what albums to listen to; and what songs to play.
The electric rhythm guitarist is
the unsung hero of rock and roll!
Help. Help. Help.
PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE.
Please help. Appreciate it.
THANK YOU.
PEACE.
Good question!
Some of my faves:
Steve Cropper, Andy Summers, Jimi Hendrix, The Edge, Richard Lloyd, George Harrison, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, James Burton, Ry Cooder, Mark Knopfler, Marc Ribot, Dave Rawlings, - yeah, some of them do leads too, but they're great groove-keepers!
@@EricHaugenGuitar super thanks brother!
What country are you from good sir? Thanks again.
Blake Mills.... a modern Cooder
Good lord fella. That tone of yours is to die for.
Eric! May we please know at what tempo is this played? Reason is I want to play it with a metronome but slow it down to 50% of 70% of what you've been playing to get the hand movements down.
I bought the tabs btw! thanks for your work!
I just watched again and it seems like that opening is at about 175 bpm. Maybe take it down to like 110 to start - see how that feels :-)
Nice. I love Ry Cooder. Been listening since the early 70s. I've been playing a long time myself & have to thank you for isolating that technique & saving us the work. :) As I've discovered, it's actually very easy to play & incorporate. It's simple but it's very tasty.
Yeah, it's sort of a carter style thumb slap boogie - once I found it, I use it all the time!
once you get it going...yeah... great video man thanks.
Thanks Carlos!
Great stuff and a very neat guitar!
Sounds like you've got the bass higher than 2 or 3 on this one. 😉
Maybe all the way up to 4!
I found your page after looking for a tutorial of Ry's "Down In Hollywood". Haven't been successful (yet) as I got stuck on this page. This "boogie technique" is fascinating and have been trying to learn it. It's great! Sounds so cool. Thank you for taking the time to post this!! You've got another subscriber.
Thanks Fred!
Welcome to my relaxed little corner of the internet!
that was very, very, very cool!
Eric- can I be super bold and selfish here. May. I make a request that you review and consider doing a video on Ry Cooder’s havana stuff, nothing obvious or buena vista. I was going to suggest Bodas de Oro from his Mambo Sinuendo album. I figured if you dug it it would fit nicely in the Marc Ribot side of this channel. What I was hoping to see was not a tutorial on playing the song, but rather, basically from a theory perspective explaining the chord progression because I think it will help unlock Cuban song writing habits. As well, since you can get by most of the song walking harmonic minor scales, to explain maybe how to switch between harmonic minor scales to keep up with the chord changes. That in itself is difficult or intermediates and amazing. There are some nifty little triad comps in there that you like. Basically, the engineering behind the construction of the song and what’s played over it, inside the lovely harmonic minor Cuban universe. If this sounds like a complete pain in the ass of a video to make, but would be something that’s interesting to tackle musically, I will 100% pay you for a lesson on this song this way. Name your price lol, and think about it. Just had to mention since I enjoyed this whole album tonight which had somehow gotten passed me. Loooooved this Ry cooder lesson. Cheers my man.
So much good stuff to unpack on that one! I'll definitely add it to the list! In the meantime have you seen this one: ruclips.net/video/V6A59WLirqY/видео.html
That's a good first step into the minor ii V i / Cuban thing
@@EricHaugenGuitar oh man. I can’t believe I hadn’t seen that one. I’ve done hoist that rag, and the thirds and six’s stuff you’ve put up. Also the instanbul solo. Not sure how this got past me. Ok cool, now I have work to do! Hahaha. Thanks a bunch eric!
@@EricHaugenGuitar ps- after sending in this request, I showed the song to a Cuban friend and two Puerto Rican Quattro players (I’m from Miami), and since none of them knew Marc ribot (shameful, but of course they know Ry cooder), I showed them Marc ribot via your videos and told them you’re my favorite teacher on RUclips. They were super impressed. So tell your teachers at Berkeley you’re protecting the Berkeley kids of the world’s reputation down on Calle ocho.
Eric, you're a great teacher. Thank you so much for you're videos. 🙏
Thanks so much - I try!
I just recently discovered your lessons Eric. I've been playing religiously for 40 years and now make it a point to study your videos. To me, your lessons are about great tone and musicality, not just technique. And it just so happens I'm both a Cooder and Ribot freak! Thanks for everything man!
Awesome! Thanks so much, Steve!
You're absolutely right - tone and intention are just as important as technique!
Thanks Eric, another great lesson with your no nonsense straight to it approach😊 Brilliant groove. Seasick Steve uses it too. Teaching rhythm guitar and licks together is a breath of fresh air and something really hard to find (done well) online/RUclips. Especially, how you present it and in your living room😁
Thanks so much man!
Yeah, I’m really into the whole groove plus fill approach - it really helps blur the lines between rhythm and lead playing!
looks a little like clawhammer banjo or the carter scratch
Oh yeah very much so!
That's awesome. As a claw hammer banjo player and guitarist the first thing I thought was 'This looks familiar...'
Yeah! I'm a mediocre clawhammer banjo player, I think it influenced me to come up with this :-)
I play me some Scruggs style (think Ballad of Jed Clampett) and have been trying to motivate myself to pick up that Claw hammer move. I love the bumps and clicks of both of these skills. Guess I have my work cut out for me but this might be just what I needed to get rolling with the claw hammer and this new approach to six string. I love it! Thanks again.
Man this is very cool. I’m pretty adept at the Travis style stuff but this really opened up a whole new universe of nastiness!! Happy thanksgiving my brother.
Cool!
It's like the grittier groovier drunk cousin of Travis Style :-D
Eric Haugen I think you just named my next band. The Drunk Cousins. LOL!
stupid question, but... canthis effect be done on an unamplified guitar?
+Alec Feldman Lawdy yes! It'll thump plenty good on an acoustic too!
I tried it with an amplified acoustic and it picks up the percussion even better.
nice man i like this techniuqe
Amazing Eric. While I have to accomplish some other goals first, I really want to pick up this right hand method. It seems like I could use it all over the place.
Great sound, and on a Mustang, to boot! I had that model (mine was white) when I was in a band back in the '60s. Too bad I lent it to my brother when he started playing, because it is now only a memory.
This one might be yours! The original color was white I think - my older brother bought it back in the 90s. It was spray painted black then.
Dude. This is the coolest. Got the basic stroke down and some permutations of my own, but when you play it at speed at the beginning there seems to an extra little giddy-up in there. I See that occasional Lightnin Hopkins high E/B string grab, but there is something other than the hammer happening on the bass groove at speed. Any clues you can offer? Maybe an extra low E on the muted Chunk by dragging your finger nails down on the low E - making it a Ka-Chunk?
Thanks man!
I think at full speed, it's combination of muting/accenting that give it that certain extra-grooviness.
There's definitely some left hand deadening going on to shorten the sustain of the A and D strings.
I hope that helps!
That’s the ticket! Thanks. If you cut the tempo about to where you are when you demonstrate the basic groove and alternate bars hammering the E on the A-D strings and slow bending a G bass on the E string on the next bar - you get this cool swampy thing. Sadly every time I am practicing my swing comping I throw in 4 bars of this. I think I need an intervention.
Great lesson. It would have been much helpful if you go slower when explaining how to incorporate the rythem and licks together.
I'm really enjoying your videos and I'm getting so many things to practice! You're a great teacher and guitarist. Thank you so much, one of my favorite guitar teachers on youtube :)
Ry Cooder influenced Joe Walsh’s right hand pluck n mute technique
Oh man that's a tasty trick. I dig that a ton. Off to the woodshed!
Yeah - it was a real happy accident discovering that pattern! A real blues game-changer!
I just wanted to say man, i love all your videos- you have quickly become my favorite youtube guitar guy for fresh new ideas. I love your style and tone as well as the variety of material you cover. I know im just some random internet dude, but thanks you so much for sharing all this with the world. Youre awesome dude!
Thanks Leo! In the end, we're all just random internet dudes!
I'm so glad my taste and style resonates with you!
While it's not identical to it, it is reminiscent of the clawhammer banjo 'bum-titty' rhythm. Always returning to the thumb stroke. Cooders first instrument was a banjo.
He's frailing...playing clawhammer banjo style with the back of his fingernails.
those 38 thumbs down, just ain't got no soul
I think there's a certain type of person that views the internet as their way to go around the world and put bad vibes out🤷♂️
some tony joe white in there too !
Good ear! I take apart some of his stuff too!
Love John Mayer too ✌️
I never really learn your lessons note for note but I always take away something really good! This time I learned that right band rhythm and went off into an hour long jamb. So fun!
Cool! Stay tuned - I've got a lesson coming up where I combine this idea with Dave Rawlings dissonant intervals - it's gonna be groovy and weird!
And dude thanks so much for supporting me on patreon!
Dig the lesson! Care to share a bit about your gear? Which Fender amp is that? Sounds amazing!!
What a wonderfull playing...
What amp settings should I keep to get a sound like that?
Was there a specific Ry tune that inspired this lesson?
The tone is very black keys. Love it.
Thanks! I really like that band!
Sounds a lot like Tony Joe White!
Oh yeah he’s boss!
what are your favourite cooder grooves where he uses this technique?
There's not a specific song that comes to mind, it just came to me after obsessing over his work on Captain Beefheart's "Safe As Milk," as well as going down a RUclips rabbit hole watching clips from the 70s :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar cheers I'll go do that now :)
choo-choo !!! The steam train is coming at full blast :) Love it..
So glad i found this channel. I will rip off your style if you dont mind
That's what I'm here for - share the ideas!
Eric Haugen haha very generous thanks
Thanks as always, Eric. You are an inspiration. Love that rhythm...
Excellent bro ✊
Хороший разбор и Мустанг звучит! Thank you from Russia!
I love RUclips!🙏
This is my favorite of yours!
Thanks man!
Hey man, just discovered you with this video while I was searching for Ry Cooder. Really love your playing. It’s really refreshing to hear (for lack of a better term) “a real guitar player” hope you know what I mean by that. Anyway, sounds great man! Keep it up!
Thanks Joe!
Rhythm guitar is LIFE!
Excellent, Eric!
Yay! Thanks so much Brian!
As you can assume, I have great respect for your playing, teaching, and business model! Well done, brother!
@@EricHaugenGuitar the respect is mutual my friend! you're always playing great stuff!
You two equally saved my playing. Thanks for all your guys work.
you prolly dont care but if you're stoned like me atm you can stream all the new movies on instaflixxer. Have been streaming with my girlfriend for the last few months =)
@Kolton Santana Yea, have been watching on InstaFlixxer for since november myself =)
This is lesson is fire. And I like your funky rig. Subscribed.
That was cool, thanks for posting. I gotta learn these types of licks i want to head down this road.
I haven't had the proper time to practice with the videos all the way through, but just the tricks and licks I've been picking up have helped me out of my blues rut. I've started to (slowly) turn a corner. Even without a guitar in hand I'm learning a lot from your lessons. You are also making me want to buy the JHS Silvertone pedal. Great tone sir! Can't wait to practice these lessons on my day off. Keep up the good work!
That's so cool! I read somewhere that you can practice guitar without a guitar, by just imagining yourself playing. I totally think that works! Sometimes I work out little licks and fills on my drive to my studio and am pleasantly surprised that they come out more or less as I had planned in real life!
Great vid..do you have a mystery train lesson?
Naw but I love that riff!
I think my buddy @anyonecanplayguitar.uk has a lesson on that one!
@@EricHaugenGuitar thanks boss
Your tone is insanely cool!!
+Matthew Byron Thanks so much, Matthew!
he gets that tone by failing-- the guitar as you would a banjo...the finger nail comes down on the strings-and the tone is fatter than you get with a pick or finger picks...don't know why but it works..been doing it for decades
"'flailing"
FRAILING --thanks to auto idiot spelll is now FAILING
I sympathize. I also typed "frailing" but spell check changed it to "flailing". I just noticed. No telling what it's going to be changed to when I try and post this.
Cooder Paw ❤😂
Hey Eric, I'm kinda obsessing over the tone you're getting in this video. Obviously your amp and pickups (and fingers) play a huge part, but do you have any recommendations for and OD to get close to tone?
Thanks Jacob!
You're hearing a combination of things: The Strymon Deco is providing the crunch, the ribbon mic is also giving some growl, and then in Garageband I add some Valhalla Effects plate reverb, which gives it a sorta slapback sound.
I think any light overdrive pedal will do for crunch. I love my Deco, but I also have a TS 808 Tubescreamer, and Timmy, and I like those a whole lot too!
a bit of banjo technique in this...
Totally!
I was talking about this technique with a student. It's got Carter-Style, Clawhammer, and drumset groove+fill things going on.
Very cool, you have me stumbling like a teenager again, I've been playing for 35 yrs! This could be a good opportunity for you to put together a right-hand techniques series together...Cooder style, clawhammer, travis picking, pick/finger style, etc.would be unique and very helpful for those of us right hand and picking style challenged. Good little research project to boot...unique picking styles along with unique tunings now there's something I can sink my teeth into. Break a leg!
Oooh that's a good idea!
I think you're spot on - we focus too much on the left hand scales and chords and often neglect all the possibilities of the picking hand.
Great! Really helpful tutorial, thanks for doing it
It's my pleasure Aidan! I'm happy to be here!
Essentially it's a clawhammer banjo trick.