Don't Think Twice (chorus) - Bob Dylan Tutorial
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When I first heard that Dylan's song, I used to play the bass only. I decided to learn the guitar for that precise song. It was something like 7 years ago. Didn't take any lessons, just learned, chord by chords, and then fingerpicking. I've been looking for a good tutorial for that song for YEARS and did not find the right one. People were going way too fast. And then I found your videos... They were made for me ! You just make travis style easy to understand. I started with Kathy's song and I just finished learning Dylan's song. 7 years after I bought my first guitare I finally made it : I know how to play the song I wanted to play the most. Thank you so much !
What a cool story! Way cooler than mine. I picked up the guitar because of Metallica and started singing because of...::mumbles under his breath:: Blink 182. This note makes me really happy! It's inspirational too! Makes me wanna make more videos tonight! You should hit record, tell this story, and play the song and post it to youtube to inspire others! I'll totally plug your video and think the community here will be inspired to see you do it!
and you're welcome, Gabriel! What song next?
@@MikesMusicMethod What's even cooler is that I decided to learn the bass a 11yo when I heard for the first time "Carousel" by Blink 182 haha ! I was a massive Blink 182 & Sum 41 fan when I was a teenager !
I'd love to record that one and will surely do so as soon as I'll feel comfortable with singing and playin it at the same time !
I happen to be a musician as well, I have a TH-cam channel if you wanna listen to a song or two it would be my privilege ! (th-cam.com/channels/io6iT31Obiv4ZdxUPyx05g.html)
I'd really love to learn "Romeo & Juliet" by Dire Straits or "The Death of Emmett Till" by... Bob Dylan ! Thank you for your answer !
@@gabrielcnudde7955 check out Yoni Shezlinger (something) hes got a great one hour tutorial on Romeo amd Juliet
@@MFDOOOOM Thank you very much, will ho an check this one out right away !
th-cam.com/video/P7FEsEnWsHU/w-d-xo.html
Here's the link in case you couldn't find it, Yoni's an amazing guy really teaches you how to play guitar along with the song too
The noise at 5.02 never ceases to make me smile which is just as well because I have had to watch that section on many occasions. That little pull-off is tricky. I started playing this song using this tutorial in May...you did warn us that it might take a while. I'm getting there. What seemed impossible is now manageble. Somewhere along the way I picked up the phrase 'slow is smooth & smooth is fast"...I like it that this has turned into such a project. I like Mike.
love this comment! So glad to hear you're making progress, man. Yes, that's a great one, i'm going to adopt it, slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Glad it's coming along, let me know how else i can help!
As F/M would have sung, "Mike, you make playing fun...! Keep up the good work. I appreciate the hard work that goes into your videos. Your combination of humor and talent make these video super. I've been around the you-tube guitar tutorial block and you have hollowed out a unique niche...a breath of fresh air!!
hey rex. thanks, really appreciate that, man. Yeah, i'll keep working on 'em and building up the Townes, MJH, etc catalog. These tunes need to be correctly transcribed and delivered to the masses in a simple, approachable fashion. Please consider the value for value model. I'd love to make this my day job. I'd be able to add 100s to the list!
Have been watching and learning some songs from you last week, great vids! Since I learn the most from just listening I would really appreciate a slow full version of the song in the beginning. So for all songs you post, like first the full song at full speed, then a slower version to listen to and then the tutorial itself. That would help a lot, thanks for great songs so far!
good thoughts. All my more recent videos have a slow run through near the end of the video. I also started time stamping the videos in the top pinned comment. Brilliant minds think alike! Anything else to improve?
@@MikesMusicMethod Great to hear, thanks! Love your taste in songs :)
Great tutorial thank you so much also for the TH-cam tips at the end I believe K and H are 10 second skips and the arrow keys are five seconds
you're welcome. Hope you learned it! and you're welcome. yeah, some of these shortcuts are ridiculously handy, and then you can't believe there was a time you were functioning without using them!
Amazing breakdown, it's the little things lost in printed chord charts of his music that makes me wonder "Is this even the same song?". You buy a chord book and it's simplified to hell that they don't even signify capos or particular tunings, it's a case of "yup, this'll do, print it and sell it for 30 bucks".
I know. It's pretty awful. And the copyright law is crap. Even making these videos I sometimes I have to split any ad revenue even if it's just me playing a version I have learned by ear. It's less about the money or more about just a free exchange of ideas. Once a song is in the world, it's in the world! No court should be able to slow down the spread of a great melody or idea. But that's the libertarian in me! So yeah, these books get put together by big publishing companies and make the content appeal to the widest range of players possible. They're often not accurate or even in the correct key!
you are my favorite youtube teacher bro u arent crazy boring
thanks, Konnor. Trying to keep it fun and light and with some personal element to it. Makes it more enjoyable and makes it a better and more impactful experience for me as well. Glad you're enjoying the content. What song next!? And if you're getting value from the channel please consider giving some back with monthly support no matter how small. Peeeeace
The hammer on with the thumb note is a mind bender but like always, repeating it many times your brain accepts it (as an intermediate player).
ha. I know. Who thinks to do that? These people have too much damn time on their hands. Dylan, fuckin' over achiever. ;)
@@MikesMusicMethod Yeah, it's almost like you have to practice for hours and hours. Who'd have thought?!
@@jonathanmoss543 haha. Nah. It's "just talent". That always made me angry when I was like 16 and people would say "wow, you've got a talent for the guitar". No, you jerk, I've just busted my ass on this thing for 6 years already!! What have YOU been doing?
Thank you friend Mike. Big thumbs 🆙
Note to myself: play along at 12:57
Perfect tutorial
Thanks, Henry. Put a lot of time into picking and transposing. Also feel like I've come a long way with the channel over the last year. Please sub, like, let me know what other songs I can do, and please consider the value for value model with some support. Where ya from, and what's the picking journey been like for ya?
Awesome , thank you so much ,excellent instruction ! 👍👍👍
Thanks, Michel. Dive in. The channel has a ton of content now!
Love your videos keep it up! :D
Thanks, will do!
Interesting. I learned this from Doc Watson's version in D with no capo. In measure 9-12 of the chorus, Doc makes some chord substitutions that are interesting and sounds good to me. Instead of |C///|G7///|A-/G/|F///|, he does (if he did it in C and I got it right from seeing him play it) |C///|E7///|A-///|D7///|. In D, it is |D///|F7///|B-///|E7///|. That and the next 4 measures are his intro ( |D///|F7///|B-///|E7///|C///|A7///|C|C|). I must have got it from looking at him play since I don't have a good enough ear to figure that out from the recording. This was before youtube. Saw him in person a few times in the Chicago area. One time at Old Town School of Folk Music when I took my son to try and counter his head banging stage.
i'm from chicago. Old town is a great venue! I would have loved to see Doc play there! Yeah, cool chord subs. I'll have to listen to him playing it. I have a video where I break down Deep River blues. That was a real doozy to learn by ear!
@@MikesMusicMethod Of course I meant F#7 not F7
Fun stuff Mike love it ! That’s a great tune if yours !
haha, i wish. This is Bob Dylan's!
Hey Mike thank you for these videos. They’ve really done magic. I was hardly ever finger picking but it’s amazing what practice patience and a good teacher can help you achieve.
A miracle like I’ve read on some of these comments.
Anyway, I kind of have the song tied down now but I’m just wondering how do you finish the chorus to start playing the C of the verse ?
I thought maybe you can finish the Chorus C with the rhythm of the Verse C which is actually the GC.
Anyway I thank you for these lessons.
Have a good day
really really appreciate the comment. Thanks Mistico. The channel has been a great joy and i'm getting lots of positive feedback. Glad you're learning as well! Share some of your songs with me!
I'm not sure I totally understand yoru question but i'll try my best to answer. The chorus just ends on a C chord no? From there you continue on with the C and start singing the next verse.
Now on the recording Dylan will sometimes end the chorus on the C...and then from that C go to a G, but he's just looping some chords to take the harmonic solo. I didnt bother to tab out every transition but they're basically some truncated form of the verse.
I just end the chorus on C...and linger there for a moment (a measure) and start singing the next verse.
Nice lesson, thanks. In memory of John Prine, how about a JP lesson?
you're welcome. And not a bad idea. Have one in mind that's got some good picking? Angel from Montgomery? Day is done?
So many choices, AfM would be cool- and so would “everything is cool”
I really enjoyed Lonesome Valley lesson btw.
cant find a finger picked version of everything is cool. What's "afm"? I'm pretty Prine-ignorant.
Angel from Montgomery.
Thank you for these tutorials for the verse and chorus, clear, well spoken, with good advice on how to practice the individual movements. This was spring break project for me, and I've got them down. My follow up questions though, have been repeated by a couple other comments; How do I put the verse and chorus together? And additionally the song isn't truly "just verse->chorus->verse 4 times and don't think twice (kachow) about it" is it?
Glad you learned it!! Congrats.
Yes, thanks for the feedback. The videos I've made over the last year plus goes through the songs completely, measure by measure and note for note.
I'm not sure what the stick up is for ya so it's hard to help. Id Jjust follow along with a chord chart, the last chord of the verse goes into the top of the chorus. As for the structure it literally is just verse chorus verse chorus etc...now the problem with tons of Dylan songs is during his harmonica solos he'll just leave out random beats or random chords and shorten them as he wishes. But to go through all the variations would have made for a 50 minute video. Which, ha, I've done those and don't shy away from the detail anymore.
I'll have to rewatch some of the video and see where the specific confusion is. Sorry for that hang up, and like I said, I think I've remedied it in my more recent content. What songs next?@
Oh...and jump on the weekly Zoom meeting. I'm happy to help ya out one on one and answer your specific questions on the tune.
@@MikesMusicMethod Thank you! My dad somewhat recently passed away and I have been teaching myself how to fingerpick, since that was how he played. Me, I've just played hardcore punk my whole life and have some uh... catching up to do haha! I think the next song I learn will be another Dylan song, "Tomorrow Is a Long Time".
The specific hangup is solely in transitioning, whether verse->chorus or chorus->verse. I know Dylan is a bit noodle-y, so there's certainly room for improvisation or my own embellishments. Which ultimately, I will be doing. So, going off your reply, I could hang around the last chord of either verse or chorus for a bit and that should suffice?
I would love to hear your full rendition of the song! I notice that your more recent videos have a cover version, and a separate teaching video (LOVE that structure btw). Could Mike give Don't Think Twice that treatment?
Thank you!!
@@nate417 thanks for sharing. I love hearing the personal stories in these notes. Terribly sorry for your loss, man. And what a lovely story of learning as a way to honor, remember, and connect with your old man. God bless.
I'll do that for ya! Let me brush up on it and I'll post a version in the next week or two.
@@MikesMusicMethod I appreciate that, thank you. I think so as well. That would be tremendous!! I look forward to it! Edit: New patron.
The other song you show that pull off/hammer down on is Dead Flowers. That song i think is still down the list, this one is killing me.
is it just hard? or would some further demo or explanation be helpful?
@@MikesMusicMethod Hard getting the brain to work. Apart from the desired speed to sound decent, the moving just ahead of the beat with one hand is a hard brain switch as with the timing on both hands with the hammer down finger and thumb bass just behind. I'm a beginner fingerstyle player, I sound very very mechanical. I suppose that is the thing though. Practice practice practice. I take comfort assuring myself the headaches are a good thing, its making an old brain work in new ways. Getting the technique and patterns down is one thing, getting in the groove working with and playing them is another. Now, where's my bong?!
(Thanks for all the hard work, you make your demonstrations educational, enjoyable and easy to follow, which i know must be difficult, i've watched others try)
Hiho... very nice tutorial. I learned the verse a few months ago, and now I'm looking forward to add the chorus to get down the whole song one day. It would be really nice if you could say a few words about how to put these parts together. Does he do it by simply repeating verse + chorus 4 times or does he do more variations? Thanks for your effort... I really appreciate good tutorials like yours.
Thanks, Peter. Yes. Great idea. In more recent videos I'm trying to incorporate slower walk throughs at the end. As for this song...i DESPISE Dylan's harmonica playing. It's like...he knows it's a joke. He just does it to F with his audience. So i couldnt handle going through every little part in between the verses. Plus...it's Dylan. So he's always adding or removing 2 beats from measures unexpecedtly. But i'd argue it doesnt matter. Stick to playing it one way and do that. No one, not even me or you, would catch it otherwise. Glad i could help! Keep playing. What song next??
@@MikesMusicMethod Dylan has been in a battle to the death with the harmonica since the 60's. Nobody knows what the harp did to the young Zimmerman, but Bob's not letting go of the trauma anytime soon. The nearest we have to evidence is the harrowing documentary 'Once Upon A Time In The West'. Thanks for the great lessons Mike, great good luck in all you do.
@@interestedlen8823 haha. Well put. His harp playing pretty much ruins the first 3 records. Ever try to listen in the car?!?! That damn harp is all you hear over the highway! And thanks, man! Appreciate the encouragement. Consider a contribution no matter how small: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=DDSNNKQVTWWS6
how to mix with the verse?:( btw love your video!
Here's the verse. th-cam.com/video/kXt6F0f8nCE/w-d-xo.html
not much to mixing them, just play the chorus after the verse. Let me know if you get stuck.
I can play dead flowers and nothin pretty good now so thank you . Dood I request black mountain side by led Zeppelin.
whaaa!? I'm embarassed to say I've never even heard this Zep song!?
@@MikesMusicMethod it's a cool track I'd like to learn. But I look forward to whatever you'd like to teach
Wow. Instead of going from C to C7, most tutorials go to F. But yeah, C7 sounds like the recording. EDIT: No, I see, it's that they stay on C until the switch to F. Still, yes, the C7 is right and sounds sweet.
You're right! Yeah, that C7 sets up the expectation to the F. It's called a "secondary dominant". In the key of F the V chord is the C7. So we're breaking the key of C with an unexpected C7, but then it "functions" or resolves how we'd hear it in F major. A great and timeless trick!
And yeah. I transcribe all the tabs myself, with great attention and obsession, and try to bring them to video in a fun and digestible way! Sub, like, join the mailer. And lmk how else I can help!
@@MikesMusicMethod @MikesMusicMethod Thanks, that's very interesting. The same transition happens in The Velvet Underground's 'After Hours'. C: Oh the people are dancing C7 And they're having such fun F I wish it could happen to... And then on 'me' it's something weird.
OK, given that I'll happily try out any tutorials you do for great fingerstyle songs, subbed.
I nearly have your version of Don't Think Twice down now. But what about the instrumental parts?
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@@MikesMusicMethod seriously though I was looking for a tutorial on this and they were all wrong. Yours is brilliant. I thought it was going to be easy but im after learning sooo much with Travis style and other embellishments from you. It's an amazing journey I'm on now, learning this. and I'd like to thank you for your enthusiasm and encouragement ! Fair play! From Ireland
@@pogiewogie thanks pogie! I really appreciate it and am glad you're finding the videos helpful. Please consider the value for value model: What would you have paid in private lessons? How many cups of joe has this journey been worth? And speaking of private lessons, I offer them. My buddy Nigel is taking lessons with me from ireland. But enough pitch. yes, this tune if tricky but you'll get there, man! You can do it. Keep at it. Isolate and repeat! Take TINY, micro samples of the song, even if it's the first two beats of a measure, and practice it all week. Get the muscle memory down in small bites and build up the trickier parts that way.
@@MikesMusicMethod for sure dude. I'll SLARP you a donation ! You deserve to treat yourself to some new muscle tops 💪
@@pogiewogie haha, i dont know if I should be grateful or insulted. I'll muscle top my fist into your face, Pogie! haha. thanks man.
Allegedly, it was Bruce Langhorne fingerpicking on this song. Dylan was never a great finger style guitarist.
!? really? Here is Dylan doing it live. (th-cam.com/video/vnXbSGTg6dI/w-d-xo.html) Sure, it's not quite as fancy and has less frills, but it's not remarkably different. And even on the studio version, it's pretty damn sloppy! haha. Where di you here Langhorne played it?? Thanks for the comment. Are there any other tunes on this record he didnt play the guitar on?
Thanks for the Carnegie Hall link. Interesting performance. His harmonica playing was al lot different from the studio version.
The Langhorne/Dylan debate is arguable and is still hotly debated today. I'll attache a link - it's long text and I've copied the relevant section, which I'll type here now.
The people now calls Clinton Heylin, a famous Dylan biographer and sessionologist, who has also studied this case thoroughly. Mr Heylin, are you of the opinion that the guitar on ‘Don’t Think Twice’ was played by Bruce Langhorne?
I definitely am,
With all the musicians, save Langhorne, paid scale and sent packing, Dylan got back on the program with a gorgeous rendition of ‘Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right’ that might just have illustrated how good a guitarist Dylan had become, save that it’s Langhorne who provides the faultless accompaniment. Whatever ‘very interesting things with guitar’ Dylan was coming up with, they were evidently best expressed by a virtuoso like Langhorne.
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Now me again. So, it's hard to know. Unreliable memories of the session musicians, technical personnel present etc. One thing, for me that's certain is Dylan is first and foremost a poet. His singing voice is unique and, I think, if he didn't write the songs he writes, then he might not have made it this big! And, lastly, it's such a great song and arrangement on the Freewheeling LP. It was the first Dylan song I heard and it made me a fan over the decades.
Thanks for your comments, Mike, as well as your brilliant lessons and analyses.
Here's the link to the website about Bruce Langhorne.
www.dylanchords.com/content/it-wasnt-bruce-musical-whodunnit
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p.s. I haven't forgiven you for your comments trashing ukuleles 😆.
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Bro you’re fuckin awesome man but I have to skip through alotta your chat. So much so it’s hard to follow where the hell we’re at.
Hey, I’m not making tutorials, I’ve no idea how hard it must be but ye. I may be wrong, I may be a dick for saying so but if you cut out the chat it might be better. Then again, maybe other folks like it and I’m just mongo. Feedback either way.
Hey, sorry for the delayed response. But yes! I appreciate the feedback. I'm certainly aware of the personal ramble. But yeah, like you said. For every bit of annoyance on my chat, I get several other people saying that they feel like it adds to the personal element, like they've got a private music teacher/friend who they're handing with. Sorry man, but it comes with the package. I try not to overthink it either way. I just try to be myself and teach as best I can. And I think as the videos progress, there's less ramble. And if there's not less, it's at least better organized and timestamped so it's easier to manuever.
the end got me in team mike..xD..funny af dude...
haha, just trying to bring us these great songs with joy and fun! Glad you're enjoying the channel. lmk how else I can help ya out on the pickin journey!