Video Lesson: Exploring John Prine’s Simple but Distinctive Guitar Work

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In this lesson, AG's Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers demonstrates the ideas behind the acoustic guitar accompaniments on some of the late singer-songwriter's most popular songs, "Hello in There," "Souvenirs," and others. The lesson is excerpted from 'Play Guitar Like the Great Singer-Songwriters': store.acousticguitar.com/prod.... You can get note-for-note TAB and notation of "Hello in There" by supporting Acoustic Guitar on Patreon: / song-of-month-in-10375...
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  • @AcousticGuitarMag
    @AcousticGuitarMagАй бұрын

    You can get note for note TAB and notation of "Hello in There" by supporting Acoustic Guitar on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/song-of-month-in-103754727

  • @lonrorow7571
    @lonrorow75713 жыл бұрын

    God bless John Prine and Acoustic Guitar. Thank you.

  • @DG-mv6zw
    @DG-mv6zw2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for this little tour of John Prine's music and techniques. People like you are keeping the memory of John alive.Thanks again

  • @jaydrfish
    @jaydrfish Жыл бұрын

    JPR, Thank you so much. I've been singing and playing John's songs for over 50 years. However, your tutorial fills in notes I've missed. He was a better guitar player than most realized; like you said, simple, yet distinctive. Carry on, brother💚

  • @jasper_north
    @jasper_north3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Jeffrey, after 20 years of playing I discovered the alternating bass style or Travispicking if you like. Very difficult and at the same time yesterday I admitted I will never be a great guitar player so I found a new focus. Simple open chords like John- I do believe I have a pretty good voice so maybe a winner combo. Wish me luck, you just confirmed today what I concluded yesterday. Not kidding. Thank you, it’s all very true We sometimes forget to look at what we can do best. Instead we look at idols that we will never be.

  • @truckerslater1753
    @truckerslater17533 жыл бұрын

    Thank you great lessons. Johns heart comes shining threw your playing.

  • @jaydrfish
    @jaydrfish11 ай бұрын

    Wow! Thank you so much! I've played these songs for years, but never listened to just the guitar. You make it seem so easy!

  • @marciaewell2661
    @marciaewell2661 Жыл бұрын

    So simple, but so perfect! Thanks for pointing out his roots with John Hurt and Elizabeth Cotton, the Piedmont Blues is the foundation of his work and most people do not get that part of his music. John Prine is where folk and blues come together, the other crossroads

  • @janrandles8683
    @janrandles86833 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Loved John's music.

  • @allisonbrown1638
    @allisonbrown16383 жыл бұрын

    You would make John Prime smile. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Now where's my guitar..

  • @alexguitarfan6447
    @alexguitarfan64473 жыл бұрын

    Great tutor, enjoy his clear relaxed teaching style:)

  • @edseloliveira
    @edseloliveira3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing lesson! Thank you!

  • @garyshmanek4708
    @garyshmanek47083 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Jeffrey. Really appreciate it.

  • @miltonalmonte7126
    @miltonalmonte71263 жыл бұрын

    This is my first time listening to you and I really enjoyed it. God willing i will continue too

  • @1olddoggie
    @1olddoggie3 жыл бұрын

    loved this! Thanks!

  • @mauriceharp1454
    @mauriceharp14543 жыл бұрын

    Great lesson! Many thanks!

  • @johnkelly4237
    @johnkelly42372 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful lesson...Thank you!

  • @frankcoffey
    @frankcoffey3 жыл бұрын

    I’ve played John’s songs since the 70s but never correctly, audience loved them anyway. Did his songs hundreds of times in the early 80s and never paid him a dime because we didn’t have one to spare. I hope we at least created a small army of fans for him.

  • @martydibergi5228
    @martydibergi52284 ай бұрын

    An amazing artist. John Jorgenson loved recording with him and enhanced the songs that he recorded on.😊

  • @user-fk3vv3sj8j
    @user-fk3vv3sj8j9 ай бұрын

    Absolutely lovely thankyou.😊

  • @trumptorianguard4617
    @trumptorianguard461711 ай бұрын

    Very good lesson. Thanks for clearly simplifying an enjoyable approach to his music. 👍 Thanks

  • @chrisunderhill3739
    @chrisunderhill37393 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand...what is wrong with people... 5 thumbs down..REALLY. Wonderful and respectful to John Prines memory . Thank you

  • @jameslester3800
    @jameslester38007 ай бұрын

    Very nice lesson

  • @ddbtdd
    @ddbtdd3 жыл бұрын

    Really great! Maybe one day I will really learn to play the guitar!

  • @6562
    @65623 ай бұрын

    John Prine's songs are intriguing, poetic, philosophical, lyrical and sometimes funny. His picking and strumming patterns seemed unique and somewhat confusing yet looked simple. Thanks for the insights to some of John Prine's techniques. May he rest in peace.

  • @edfulginiti8798
    @edfulginiti87983 жыл бұрын

    Wildly good...thanx! That said, I'd have LOVED seeing more what your right hand was doing on the finger-pick stuff like Summer's End. Appreciated.

  • @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! The tab is posted over at the AG site-that might help you sort out the fingerpicking. bit.ly/32HUdqC

  • @dechannigan2980
    @dechannigan29803 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Sir

  • @toysbox9540
    @toysbox95402 жыл бұрын

    Qué bello estilo de kantri. Creo que no yo conocía a john prine.

  • @bobgreen8142
    @bobgreen8142 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this! One of the things I love is how you say "based on" at times, meaning you have the freedom to interpret rather than slavishly copy, you can put yourself into the music and this is how the music changes and develops. Lovely to see a nod in the direction of Elizabeth Cotten and Mississippi John Hurt, too.

  • @michaelmarkowitzsingingwit8965

    @michaelmarkowitzsingingwit8965

    11 ай бұрын

    JPR- you are spot on with your JP observations of simple but distinctive…..your laid back style of teaching & discussing the great Prine & others cements your position as one of the greats as well! Though I am not as knowledgeable or proficient , your explanation & demonstrations have increased my playing 1000 fold! Thank-you for all you do‼️

  • @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    Ай бұрын

    @@michaelmarkowitzsingingwit8965 Thank you for the kind words!

  • @9921moo
    @9921moo Жыл бұрын

    Jeffrey....what stands out to me about you...is you are so calm and easy and laid back...and that is an asset for anyone who wants to teach...know your craft...be confident...and be calm about the whole process....alot of so called teachers can`t teach...but you do it like i said nice` n easy....thumbs up to yuh.....just do john prine`s picking sequences 2-3-4x instead of just 1x...it gives people more time to watch and study ok......

  • @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    Ай бұрын

    Sorry for the very delayed reply, but I appreciate the comment.

  • @andrewwalsh531
    @andrewwalsh5312 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this. I have been attempting to play these & numerous other John Prine songs for about five years now. Although I can go through the motions & duplicate the chord progressions, they never do sound quite like the originals to my ear. In that way, I find John Prine to be similar to Mississippi John Hurt....the chord progressions are pretty standard fare & easy to learn yet duplicating the original sound tends to be more difficult than one might think initially. There was a certain nuance to each of their styles that is not that easy to caputure.

  • @williammcfetridge5355
    @williammcfetridge53552 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @frankduross2
    @frankduross22 жыл бұрын

    I just bought a acoustic guitar. I specifically did so because of John Prine. I can't wait to get picking

  • @AcousticGuitarMag

    @AcousticGuitarMag

    2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! We have tons of lessons and resources to check out at acousticguitar.com/

  • @jaypooler9765
    @jaypooler97659 ай бұрын

    thanks ..and I like your Taylor..Im a Prine fan and I have 4 Taylors...110 414 willcut lmt ed 524 and a 562...they all have their own sound..

  • @haroldthibodeau2186
    @haroldthibodeau21863 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a video showing how to pick “how lucky” by John prine. One of my favourites

  • @PaulvanHuet

    @PaulvanHuet

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @Northyorkspaul
    @Northyorkspaul3 жыл бұрын

    Great thanks. Good to have the tabs via the AG site as well great .

  • @1ntrask
    @1ntrask11 ай бұрын

    Hi, do you have any videos where you teach the patterns? Thx

  • @lamper2
    @lamper22 жыл бұрын

    The live youtube I saw of the bottomless lake really made me appreciate his compositional genius. but it was the intro story that got to me! not present on the record, didn't he write souveniers in a hurry in his car on his way to either a recording session or show and realizing he needed one more song?

  • @timtrant3706

    @timtrant3706

    11 ай бұрын

    On his way to the Fifth Peg. He didn't want to play the same songs he'd played the previous weeks, i.e., Sam Stone, Hello in There and Paradise

  • @chuckHart70
    @chuckHart703 жыл бұрын

    Firstly you are a great picker....Thanks for sharing that. I still can't play them like John...but as any smart player would I stole a few things! Thanks again!

  • @jcbak
    @jcbak3 жыл бұрын

    Nice lesson. I'm not crazy about that strap button location.

  • @davidmacleod9313
    @davidmacleod93133 жыл бұрын

    Nice lesson! By the way, what model is that thar Taylor?

  • @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just seeing your comment. It's a Taylor 712-C from 1990.

  • @davidmacleod9313

    @davidmacleod9313

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JeffreyPepperRodgers It’s beautiful. Taylors just feel “right” and sound great! Thanks!

  • @toddcagle4245
    @toddcagle4245 Жыл бұрын

    Could you possibly share what soundhole pickup you are using?

  • @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    Ай бұрын

    That guitar has a Fishman Rare Earth Mic Blend, but I don't believe I used it when recording this video.

  • @wheninroamful
    @wheninroamful Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!! btw, what kind of Taylor is this?

  • @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    Ай бұрын

    Sorry for the long-delayed reply. It's a 712C from 1990.

  • @wheninroamful

    @wheninroamful

    26 күн бұрын

    @@JeffreyPepperRodgers thanks, great vid. I know have a few amazing Martins and forgot all about Taylor’s, haha. Only kidding, both have their place!

  • @samosasosa6684
    @samosasosa66843 жыл бұрын

    what tuning? Did john use most.

  • @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    3 жыл бұрын

    Standard tuning.

  • @burnts1enna
    @burnts1enna2 жыл бұрын

    If you are teaching John Prine’s thumb plus index finger style of picking (which was his style) please let me know and I will check out your channel.

  • @Russel-lp1js
    @Russel-lp1js11 ай бұрын

    Fans of John Prine listen to a tribute song to John Prine by songwriter Dennis Callahan.

  • @shaunmeehan1659
    @shaunmeehan16593 жыл бұрын

    Is that a seagull in the background?

  • @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    @JeffreyPepperRodgers

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is. Good eye!

  • @patricknolan5821
    @patricknolan58213 жыл бұрын

    j

  • @abiraghi
    @abiraghi3 жыл бұрын

    A very good player and a pleasant person, but I think that this approach does not give the real idea of John Prine’s unique style, where thumbpick, index picking and thumb fretting are mandatory aspects. Excluding them spoils the whole thing. IMHO.

  • @jackolsen4253
    @jackolsen4253 Жыл бұрын

    No KPO man comon.

  • @AnnieKeating
    @AnnieKeating3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for uploading! If you have a second, I recorded some original tunes. As a fellow music fan, I'd love if you'd take a listen. It's on my page. Really apprecaite it!

  • @jamesfyffe2610
    @jamesfyffe26103 жыл бұрын

    The Man died of cancer he had it for years, he chain smoked.

  • @peterose2054

    @peterose2054

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you want attention, try a zoom class.

  • @johnnygeejr500
    @johnnygeejr50011 ай бұрын

    thanks a great instrction