This guy's tabs taught me so much. Words cannot express my gratitude.

Besides the riffage, take note of how he plays the E mixolydian scale up the whole fretboard using the next note in the scale as the position root. When learning scales this is key to really learning your whole fretboard and also gets modes in your head. Best lesson in here.

Andy Aledort is the coolest person I've seen on KZread.

Andy's a great teacher and a great player. I have several of his style books and I always pick up something from his videos.

Something about blues that always spoke to me as a kid. The rawness, unpretentiousness, dirty, authentic....it really moved me inside. Even as a white son of an Irish immigrant in the US. What a wonderful gift the US Delta gave the world.

@cgavin1

5 жыл бұрын

Also the assumption that all those old time players sat on their porch counting out e mixolydian shapes and root notes to make sure they sounded proper authentic - as opposed to just whacking the guitar and seeing what worked. :)

@jesterruth1238

5 жыл бұрын

Slaves and former slaves

@denisborzov8406

10 ай бұрын

@@cgavin1 Yes, they just did what sounded good to them, but what sounded good to them was determinded by the musical culture they grew up in. And they grew up within African American musical culture, which has roots in their contemporary American music, but also goes back to the msuical traditions of West-Africa. Mixolydian scales in blues come partially from that.

Love your vids! Many thanks for putting the time in pulling those together

This site came up randomly in my youtube feed and I don't know how I never knew about you. This is one of the finest, little guitar lessons on the whole damned internet. I love droning strings - whether it's Robert Smith, Johnny Marr or something more blues-based like this - so I LOVE this lesson. Really incredible. THANK YOU! Subscribed!

@ukraineupdatenews6545

2 жыл бұрын

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Perfect for me right now. Been really experimenting with droning and this'll level me right up. Thanks!

oh my god you gave me a whole new view of open tuning! Usually if i find a song where i got to retune I say ugh too much trouble! Now I will at every opportunity!

Awesome Lesson! Thanks so much! Why didn't I think of this??? Andy is a great teacher! I totally dug when he did the whole "Axis Bold As Love" DVD. He takes the the guess work(that we'd probably never guess) right out of it.

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2 жыл бұрын

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This is a great lesson . Thanks Andy.

I was given one of your videos and was able to learn sweep picking, thanks to you.

Andy’s the REAL DEAL! Plus, I like his taste in Strats...that is one funky axe.

Brilliant, thanks Andy you're a Legend dude

I first got Andy's electric guitar dvd back in like 2006 when I bought a gutair world magizine. great to see he is still at it

I absolutely love this guy! If you need inspirational motivation, Andy will provide it, effortlessly. Extremely knowledgeable in all kinds of styles and genre's. Enjoy this fine teacher/player!

@ukraineupdatenews6545

2 жыл бұрын

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@wailnshred

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I've learned some things from his videos.

Wayyyyy coolest lesson ever! Thanks man, keep on truckin'

Great lesson...very cool stuff. That strat sounds killer man.

i love the gritty look of that guitar... great lesson!

This guy is really immensely talented!

That is a gorgeous start

WhY????? Why did it take me 40 years to find this??????? Thanks man

Seriously man You’ve got the majic to ya !!!!❤

Amazing. Thank you.

Your playing is really, really great!

Awesome lesson and awesome sound

Andy, you’re the best.

I just went to Memphis and got my mind blown by Kid Memphis at Blues Hall...that's some guitar!

Hey that was interesting. Thanks for the tips and keep them coming.

Yeah I tried to read "Guitar World" for years (since the late 70's), and it might as well been written in Chinese. Thank God for the Internet.

That is some serious guitar work.

At this point, I see an Andy Aledort video, I just click "like" immediately upon opening lol

Cool Andy I can definitely dig it!

Great lesson. Thank you.

That tone !!!

F’ing awesome Crucial thanks!!

Man that guitar is awesome

Gracias muy bueno como siempre

That opening riff sounds like Led Zeppelin's "The Rover."

@danielnm156

4 жыл бұрын

I think it is !!

@GayRocker81

4 жыл бұрын

It is

All sounds great

Gotta love this guy

@kevdean9967

5 жыл бұрын

Fuckin' great teacher!!!

Thanks Andy.

Very awesome!

Andy, great blues instruction as usual. Can you recommend any blues instruction books / DVD's etc. devoted to playing drone blues licks in the key of E? Cheers from New Zealand

When I think about that sound, I recall John Hammond who made it sound like at least two guitars.

Pearls. Thankyou.

Very nice lesson!

Off the map!

Great player

Thats a beautiful Strat 😉

@addisj

6 жыл бұрын

Looks like a dirty strat

@lifegoeson2422

6 жыл бұрын

James Addison Thats just your opinion

@addisj

6 жыл бұрын

I have put logs on my fire that look better than that.

@lifegoeson2422

6 жыл бұрын

James Addison Yeah i bet you do

@maelofvast

6 жыл бұрын

That is exactly why its a beautiful strat.

That first lick reminds me of The Rover

@freedomination2

6 жыл бұрын

yup

@yjmsrv

6 жыл бұрын

"Cause it is... nearly exact.

@Bodyknowledge77

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed and the last one Helter Skelter..

@phillipbingham3992

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you finally said The Rover, I could not place it for anything. Throw some phaser on that thing, and you got a sound

@kingoffire9373

5 жыл бұрын

Heard it immediately

good stuff. Licks start about 3:45

lol. Does he change the oil in his car with that strat?

@AMERICANLEGENDModelBuilder

5 жыл бұрын

😂😎

@renhoek3851

5 жыл бұрын

Always surprises people when he tells them it's only a year old

@kevdean9967

5 жыл бұрын

No but he makes a good living playing it!!

Unbelievable riff

I think a big part of why old bluesmen used open chord tunings is so many of their contemporaries would've been slide players.

@joea9257

3 жыл бұрын

True! I play in a few open tunings and there are several great reasons for using them however The Rover is standard tuning.

That first example is basically the lick from "The Rover".

Andy should be a household name. Effortless.

@bensinner6251

6 жыл бұрын

CIRCLE OF TONE. Agreed. I remember my first time hearing him I thought he was the most talented guitarist I NEVER heard of

@bensinner6251

6 жыл бұрын

Pete Cockcroft - Solarflares Andys what ? Penis ?

@kevdean9967

5 жыл бұрын

@@bensinner6251 He's been touring with Dicky Betts for the last 8 years and is sr. Editor of guitar world magazine. What have you done superstar?

@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426

Жыл бұрын

Very knowledgeable re: music theory, rock and blues history, plays at an extremely high skill level, a very articulate, informative instructor, and a stellar transcriber, but to be historically recognized you need to create your own sound or style, put your brand on some songs, and he didn’t really do that, but he’s probably more capable than 95 percent of the folks on all these “greatest” lists.

Page started the song "The Rover" out with a similar lick. Very cool swampy thing going on there.

@dominickl4456

Жыл бұрын

Lol it’s the exact same riff

@davidcudlip6587

Жыл бұрын

@@dominickl4456 And did Page steal bits from Steven Stills guitar intro from "Woodstock"? It's all just notes played in a pattern at the end of the day.

@liljimitwofeatherz9735

7 ай бұрын

Swampy what is this ...ppl cry that I'm what

Read his stuff in the 80s and 90s and he's not what my mind's eye pictured.

Thanks good lesson.

Nice soul mate, plus your on the money

Very interesting.

Thank you

Thank you !!!!!!!

Andy, what is that TONE? Beautiful. All amp or some pedal in there? Thank you - always immediately inspired by your licks.

@ukraineupdatenews6545

2 жыл бұрын

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Dream tone

These are great videos and Andy has always been great but it would be helpful to have tabs for the people who these lessons are targeted for.

Figure 9 was lifted directly from "The Rover" on Led Zeppelins Physical Graffiti album

Rory would be proud of that Strat!

Wow! That Strat must be one made between Rory Gallagher's and Stevie Ray Vaughn's... The Stone Free inspired lick and a number of the rest sounded really cool. Thanks!

@paulpickens4941

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Sim

In 2018 is when i said and prayed that im going to get this guitar down i played 3 cords for years quit for years but 2018 did not even know what these instructers where saying not i can jusl lue down sone times and i can understand whars going on in my mind where to place a note i guess i am learning the langage call music and thanks to Katts like this gentalmen and youtube you still have to be cautious what vedios you watch .but this Gentalman and these vedios i will watch and learn any day..RocknRollFlat5

Where i can find the tab for this lesson? i succeed to figure it out the riff at 3:46 but not the others riffs :(

A little respect for the Camera Man....nice...Andy is,a long island Blues Master.Can I have the Silver Jubliee plz ":)

That nasty tone!

nice tone

Just drooling over that guitar. Please tell us about it in a video.

... Not to mention that a lot of those guys perhaps, did not know chords or have access to how to play them, in standard tuning, and so their style developed out of that. They called it, "Servastapool." Nice playing, Sir, and great sounds!

Excellent….one of the keys I took from this was the “thematic development”. The other, which I feel really opened up the fretboard for me, well made it less confusing I guess, is the enharmonic relationship. If you are doing Blues in the Key of E, isn’t it great to know that E mixo is A Major or F#m…right away when you switch to the iv chord, now you can relate where you were and where you are…then when you go to B, well, you can outline B Major triads and also recognize that B Dorian is the same notes as E Mixolydian….to me, these are the key relationships in a blues format….in other words linking the A iv and B v to the E key center and its major modes through the enharmonics. It can get out of hand in a hurry for my handicapped brain 🤣

Best get to practicing that hybrid picking...

Is there a video by this guy or a good one by anyone about "attitude"-making simple things sound cool?

New subscriber

What is your amp and pedal combo etc? No one ever covers this.

What year is the strat

just playing in F# minor, utilizing the myxolydian; correct?

@davelanciani-dimaensionx

6 жыл бұрын

ZOMBIEPREDATOR that sounds correct, ... the overall key is A major (which he does mention).

Earache? Earache my eye!

@DMSProduktions

3 жыл бұрын

@Gerald Dixon Cummings Faaaarrr oowt maaannn!

4:01 this sounds like Led Zeppelins The Rover

I'm a simple man. I see a strat like that i click

@liljimi2featherz139

6 жыл бұрын

Rodrigo Alves dig I kno wat you mean bro...

@theavitaravitar1884

5 жыл бұрын

Its all about how the guitar plays and sounds and stays in tune for ever. Who cares what it looks like. That's for posers

@vincewhirlwind574

5 жыл бұрын

@@theavitaravitar1884 I think you're missing Rodrigo's point.

@theavitaravitar1884

5 жыл бұрын

@@vincewhirlwind574 I'm agreeing with Rodrigo.

@paulomendes1193

5 жыл бұрын

@@theavitaravitar1884 well you got a funny way of agreeing

I have song books transcribed by Andy ...Hendrix .

Strat sounds awesome!

Thanks! Resembles Rory Gallagher's Strat

Thanks for the cool lesson! I love the Strat...wondering how old is it. The look is awesome!

@bensinner6251

6 жыл бұрын

74dart man it's a 61 I'm almost certain I heard him say once

@74dartman13

6 жыл бұрын

Anti Depression sure is cool. Would love to have one like that! Don't want a second mortgage though! Lol

@bensinner6251

6 жыл бұрын

74dart man Agreed. But these new Mexican strats are damn good if you need one they're damn good for price. Set it up right and maybe new pickups. My Gibson lp STD sits in case while my Mexican strat never leaves my hands

@74dartman13

6 жыл бұрын

Anti Depression cool. I've seen good reviews on them and some pretty good prices on Craigslist too! Thanks!

@granthalbleib2593

6 жыл бұрын

Anti Depression Just to add to this.. I had a Gibson Les Paul Studio Deluxe, then got a Mex Strat a few months after that. Long story short I ended up selling that LP for another Mex Strat and then upgraded the pups in them. No regrets.

I've been to London, seen seven wonders I know to trip is just to fall

In my opinion, Andy is the best guitar Teacher around!!!!!

Hmmmmmm....i would do something like this by playing open E and hit on 7 fret a string and double stop on E n B stings...I'm going try and continue it with some of his choice of notes

You ve got great taste..most bluesy stuff is very predictable/boring. But you bend the cool notes exactly extreme enough, what does the trick. THANKS A LOT,this couple of pointers will keep me busy for months..A cool little addition to my musical vocabulary.Very inspiring indeed.Greetings from the netherlands🏝🍹🖐👽🛸

skip to 2:30 for the actual lesson.

1:49 open tuning haha eff you!!!

@christophersleight19

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Don, hope all is well with you. My name is Christopher, I am in Colorado Springs Co. Forgive me, your comment about open tunings? I'm dumber than a bag of fish heads. Can you expand a tad? Not being a wise ass, I play, not well. But I play. Often in open tunings. Little help, thank you my friend.

Figure 9: Swammmmmpy

Man thats a pretty guitar

That's 'the rover' isn't it?