Riffs in the Key of Robert Johnson | Reverb Learn To Play

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  • In this lesson, Joe takes us from the 1600s to the 1930s for a history lesson, and runs through a few signature licks by the "Father of the Blues," Robert Johnson.
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  • @scottorlyck2033
    @scottorlyck2033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    I nailed the turn around and then my wife left me.

    • @armcomedy
      @armcomedy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Funniest comment ever )))

    • @winstonchurchill624
      @winstonchurchill624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Scott Orlyck bro play it backwards and she’ll come back

    • @mikefox2379
      @mikefox2379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You might as well go to the crossroads.............

    • @Ilikepicking
      @Ilikepicking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @inhaleexhale8966
      @inhaleexhale8966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I understand you so much...
      My wife goes crazy everytime I try to learn a song

  • @ryanwhiteguitar668
    @ryanwhiteguitar668 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    There's something really eerie about the sound of an old, beat-up acoustic guitar. I think it has something to do with the uncertain history of the guitar you're holding, and the stories it could tell if it could talk. Anyway great video, thank you!

    • @patrickjones9278
      @patrickjones9278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The guitar can actually talk... depending on who plays it.

    • @lurk7967
      @lurk7967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patrickjones9278 it's like an old fussy Genie, they won't come alive for just anybody but if the right person comes along then the history of the guitar can shine through

    • @LorenzoDeLeon
      @LorenzoDeLeon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you guys are high on something I wanna know what it is :-)

  • @eazyrider6122
    @eazyrider6122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    Robert Johnson tuned his guitar to B.A.D.A.S.S

    • @KieraQ0323
      @KieraQ0323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Joke's on you, S is not a note.

    • @jcdenton4534
      @jcdenton4534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@KieraQ0323 I believe this is r/woosh worthy.

    • @AdanLucass
      @AdanLucass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      JC Denton I think you were the one who missed his joke

    • @jcdenton4534
      @jcdenton4534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AdanLucass There's no real joke there. Just a factual comment that ruins the ACTUAL joke.

    • @AdanLucass
      @AdanLucass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      JC Denton the joke is: he pretends he didn’t get the initial joke, as if he wanted to outsmart the guy who made the original comment, when in fact he is dumb himself
      Can’t believe I just had to explain a joke

  • @tunesmith.blue.
    @tunesmith.blue. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks to you and all the guys doing the R.J. stuff. Love the sound of the old cheap guitars, got an old Stella and I love it .

  • @Andelo00
    @Andelo00 8 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    that dirty guitar makes the video even better

    • @lptomtom
      @lptomtom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It sounds like crap, like dead strings on a plywood box... But yeah tbh that's the early blues sound

    • @Scorhos
      @Scorhos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Older strings have a nice sound, looks tickier, fatter, than new strings. Our hand gains an oil layer on the points of our fingers, but it worths

    • @reverendduke
      @reverendduke 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Went and bought that guitar cause it looked old. Hell, Muddy Watters invented electricity!

    • @TomGoldsmithguitar
      @TomGoldsmithguitar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yep

    • @CarlosVargas-cn7rx
      @CarlosVargas-cn7rx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lptomtom Well, crap has never sound that good xd

  • @jamieminsky9436
    @jamieminsky9436 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for remembering Robert and for trying to teach people… makes me have hope for the future!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

  • @noahorlowski3328
    @noahorlowski3328 7 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    there was a Craigslist "want to trade" ad near me for Robert Johnson's​ soul a while back

  • @bobgrilli1427
    @bobgrilli1427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I like this guy. Enthusiasm evoking and "instrumental" educating.

  • @tikitikibamboo
    @tikitikibamboo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That turnaround is like the most iconic thing ever :) Thanks.

  • @mambricanmambisa374
    @mambricanmambisa374 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I don't know much about historical facts but in my 3 years of piano and guitar lessons on TH-cam, this has to be among the coolest. I really enjoyed your style of teaching👌

  • @franklhubbard2662
    @franklhubbard2662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    simply taught, well done, and thanks a bunch, I've been recently looking at Robert Johnson's style, and these are in standard tuning, great, thanks again!

  • @angelomisterioso
    @angelomisterioso 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very cool. The little history lesson makes this little practical clip unique! Congrats.

  • @nathanrobertschultzmusic2609
    @nathanrobertschultzmusic2609 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looks my first guitar, a 50’s Stella Harmony. Loved that little thing. Sounds like it too.

  • @absolving
    @absolving 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that tone, man... So natural and woody

  • @jillybabesno1
    @jillybabesno1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanx man I always get something to take away with ur vids it's so cool having this at your finger tips not like the old days, I knw it takes preparation and your time so Thanx for doing it Pls continue. Rock on!

  • @carlosdeno
    @carlosdeno 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video and l love Robert Johnson those licks a the foundation of the blues, beautiful.

  • @jaxnotdead2549
    @jaxnotdead2549 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ve learnt more from that 8,5min video than from 4 part tutorial elsewhere, thank you so much

  • @austinaustin
    @austinaustin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Super cool man! Finally I got some of the Johnson' style in an easy way. Thanks brother.

  • @abhijitchatterjee2690
    @abhijitchatterjee2690 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is brilliant..
    Always wanted to get into Blues..
    This will help ease the process.. Cheers..

  • @JaysonT1
    @JaysonT1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Robert is Not considered the father of the blues, he is considered the KING of the Delta blues.

    • @MrSwitchblade327
      @MrSwitchblade327 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Correct

    • @harrisontownsend910
      @harrisontownsend910 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      King of Delta blues, Father of the Blues, Grandfather of Rock, and The Man the Crossroads. He's got many names.

    • @macarius8802
      @macarius8802 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right, that would be Charley Patton.

    • @5150show
      @5150show ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Correct ❤

    • @Jims2517
      @Jims2517 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why is it charlie patton is so often left out?

  • @SpartanThreeSeven
    @SpartanThreeSeven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Well done. As a bass player that toured with the late Dick Dale, and a "student" of Jaco...Awesome presentation.

    • @JamesBrown-ld8um
      @JamesBrown-ld8um 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dude, my ears are still ringing from the shows I saw with you and Dick Dale. Respect to you!

  • @skynyrdnemoy2418
    @skynyrdnemoy2418 6 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Elvis Presley invented the blue note back in the 1600s, when all that was on the radio was church music....and two hundred years later Robert Jhonson and the Devil had a fiddle contest for Roberts soal, and Robert won a golden Fiddle, legend has it....

    • @quiuboolokoo9325
      @quiuboolokoo9325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣

    • @Voshi
      @Voshi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sounds legit. I approve. 👍

    • @nathanarnold9352
      @nathanarnold9352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He wasn’t around in the 1600s soo that makes no sense

    • @andrewtate4897
      @andrewtate4897 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      more accurate than what this idiot is spouting in the Vid

    • @grimlywallace9358
      @grimlywallace9358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this has to be the funniest comment i've read on pootube

  • @andrewhillhousekelly3583
    @andrewhillhousekelly3583 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stella’s sound so swampy, love it 💙✌🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @ErnestoDeAnda
    @ErnestoDeAnda 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome series, awesome teacher. Keep up the good work!

  • @mattbrigner4815
    @mattbrigner4815 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just a solid lesson dude with a great personality... Thanks for that share definitely needed information and you gave me more than I needed... Great lesson as well!

  • @Turn2222
    @Turn2222 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m glad I found this lesson. Great lesson

  • @taitruppert3613
    @taitruppert3613 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You are a wonderful teacher!! Thank you!!

  • @ChristianCziurlock
    @ChristianCziurlock 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding lesson, The only guy who was legit figuring out Robert Johnson songs was John Hiatt in the 80's, everyone else was so off. That guitar is gold.

    • @sonoshango
      @sonoshango 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bull. Rory Block, Paul Geremia and others you obviously havent heard were doing it since the 60s. Hiatt is a great songwriter and an enthusiastic hack of a guitar player.

  • @Flux799
    @Flux799 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That tone is pure OG blues..

    • @michelvondenhoff9673
      @michelvondenhoff9673 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, rocking chair and everything...tumbleweed...Robert noodling his tunes👍

  • @kenairockband
    @kenairockband 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    There’s a wonderful compilation album/cd called The Roots of Robert Johnson. It’s all material that Johnson lifts the music from and writes his own lyrics to.
    One example would be Skip James 22-20 blues is where Johnson changes to be his own 32-20 blues. What’s awesome is his guitar adaptations of piano pieces

    • @wheninroamful
      @wheninroamful ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly.. many of them did that... and Skip had some lines from blues artists before him... wasn't uncommon or frowned upon then.

  • @Chuck-mp1ji
    @Chuck-mp1ji 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been looking at many tuto and this one is a dawn good one. Thanks for willimg to share it with us.

  • @jarvest
    @jarvest 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like to stay with the positive side of things, there are a thousand different stories and they do not have to be more certain than the others. the important thing is that it has been able to transmit three basic ideas very clearly it really is a very interesting video thank you very much.

  • @nicksonthevet
    @nicksonthevet 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you, can't thank you enough, greetings from Tanzania

  • @allmendoubt4784
    @allmendoubt4784 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    rather a chilling discovery for me, my paradise lost, since a chorus of scars now plucks out of my guitars...

  • @toubutey
    @toubutey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Very fun licks to play!

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent Lesson

  • @MitchRossMusician
    @MitchRossMusician 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great sounding guitar for exactly that style of music.

  • @elsizzle2000
    @elsizzle2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great playing and great lesson. Thanks my guy

  • @uriel4829
    @uriel4829 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kickass lesson. Learned alot thanks!

  • @WelderRDT
    @WelderRDT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Old southern tale. Made good conversation piece but no soul selling of soul. God rules the talent given to him.

  • @mikefox2379
    @mikefox2379 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, you make it interesting and informative. Great stuff.

  • @martindanburen1994
    @martindanburen1994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the tutorial and the history. Very cool. The sound of your ax is very similar to my Recording King Dirty Thirties parlor!

  • @BOBXFILES2374a
    @BOBXFILES2374a 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks very much for putting this up!

  • @ianbuchanan6648
    @ianbuchanan6648 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    much appreciated - I like your energy

  • @brianthecryinlion
    @brianthecryinlion 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful video. Thank you very much!

  • @HarryCollins99
    @HarryCollins99 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good! More of this please!

  • @stevehornshaw4478
    @stevehornshaw4478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic so interesting and great playing thnx

  • @juanromeo131
    @juanromeo131 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    great video, really entertaining and original

  • @neilhawkins1
    @neilhawkins1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for this,much appreciated

  • @leascaart
    @leascaart 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like this instructor.

  • @claffertymusic
    @claffertymusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Thank you so much for your video I'm very excited to try this out on my guitar

    • @Reverb
      @Reverb  9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Charlie L We're excited for you to learn it!

    • @daffy464
      @daffy464 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Reverb.com

    • @steveminatra6210
      @steveminatra6210 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Char

  • @aidanwalsh-king8862
    @aidanwalsh-king8862 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    “The father of the blues” is a title held by W.C. Handy, not Robert Johnson. WC Handy was the first person to write out the blues and is therefore called the father of the blues. That is inscribed on his gravestone

    • @ZJMusic1990
      @ZJMusic1990 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Some people also say Charley Patton!

    • @MrSwitchblade327
      @MrSwitchblade327 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah should have put a delta in front of the blues

    • @macarius8802
      @macarius8802 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ZJMusic1990 EXACTLY! That's what I was thinking.

  • @mb4716
    @mb4716 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great lesson man, thanks for sharing 🎵😎

  • @charleswaller1914
    @charleswaller1914 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great video! Thank you!

  • @availablelight999
    @availablelight999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video! I never heard of Robert Johnson until I watched devil at the crossroads on Netflix. Now I'm obsessed with learning everything about him and practicing his style

  • @mattgilbert7347
    @mattgilbert7347 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is where it all coalesced and a new art form was synthesized.

  • @theclashcalling_
    @theclashcalling_ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is brilliant, thanks fella!

  • @Beachbumartist
    @Beachbumartist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man that was a really great lesson, thanks so much. I would say Robert learned most of his chord structures from his teacher Ike Zimmerman s he taught him how to play in the grave yard at night but there was no one to bother them as the haints listened to them. in the grave yard. Probably where the original story started from them practicing at night for a year there.

    • @MrSwitchblade327
      @MrSwitchblade327 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bingo. Other big name artists have learned to play by picking in the graveyard in the middle of the night as well.. Even wrote songs dedicated to buried souls there. No place "quieter" than a graveyard at night and nobody to hear you mess up or sing off key as you learn. Nobody still in this plane anyway. If you listen hard enough the spirits may even give inspiration 😉. I'd say they enjoy the company and music.

    • @timjohnson5528
      @timjohnson5528 ปีที่แล้ว

      I live next door to a graveyard on hwy 61 so the spirits are always close.

  • @desmo999
    @desmo999 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderfull lesson, sounds also great on a Strat.

  • @dansteinbok7955
    @dansteinbok7955 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The tritone that we use in the blues is the major 3 and the (Dom) 7th, not the 1 and the #4. We can play those two notes (3 and 7) to imply our Dom7 chords

  • @harrybaier3722
    @harrybaier3722 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Like It - Very good - Thanks and greetings from Germany

  • @hypnosiscenternyc
    @hypnosiscenternyc 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent instructor .... thanks!

  • @curtjunky
    @curtjunky 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent, thanks for the lesson!

  • @alexandercardoso8216
    @alexandercardoso8216 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow you helped me out a bunch. Thanks

  • @icespeckledhens
    @icespeckledhens 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting video with some good licks

  • @mattstanyer
    @mattstanyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love that guitar 😍

  • @soulvaccination8679
    @soulvaccination8679 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Robert Johnson is the greatest of all times.

  • @pauldavis7962
    @pauldavis7962 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great lesson! Thanks

  • @sdanen4
    @sdanen4 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video ......so informative!

  • @sfpillay
    @sfpillay 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome!!!!!!!!! More Please!!!!!!!!!!

  • @someguitarguy.
    @someguitarguy. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovin' my old Stella more and more.

  • @chuckHart70
    @chuckHart70 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice lesson!

  • @ANGRYEEL
    @ANGRYEEL 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hell yeah! Classic essential stuff.

  • @michar.-cz.5542
    @michar.-cz.5542 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Video! 😍 🎸

  • @nr1w0r1d
    @nr1w0r1d 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good vid man. Thanks

  • @brianjacobs8755
    @brianjacobs8755 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like my Harmony Stella...Great vibe!

  • @ZachVance108
    @ZachVance108 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never knew about the devils note very cool !

  • @buzzlightyear1191
    @buzzlightyear1191 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks man interesting lesson

  • @niccolocolzi
    @niccolocolzi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the lesson good work!*

  • @isover5269
    @isover5269 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks my friend, may Thank you

  • @dougsclapp
    @dougsclapp 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fabulous!

  • @MrSkunk1964
    @MrSkunk1964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great stuff...

  • @armandoestebanquito1074
    @armandoestebanquito1074 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gracias Man, desde España.

  • @Snork123123
    @Snork123123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1. 3:14
    2. 4:49
    3. 6:00
    Thank you so much!:)

  • @mattasticmattattack8546
    @mattasticmattattack8546 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thats very informative 🖤🖤🖤

  • @marcelbr815
    @marcelbr815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    People got pretty crazy about historical facts and that kinda shit. He was just trying to make an interesting opener to the lesson. Chill out. The licks are awesome.

    • @Francisco_Lopes
      @Francisco_Lopes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Talking bullshit as facts may sound cool but is misleading, i think its a good thing someone comes forward with the truth, so people wont make the same mistake.

    • @vattenkatt
      @vattenkatt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea this is a plague today! Idiots watch ONE Netflix documentary and think they become some kind of authority on the subject...
      And as you say it was suppose to be a little nice intro to the video not a freaking history lesson.
      But hey if a moron sees a opportunity to show how dumb they are, then they are usually dumb enough to do it ...
      A lot of ppl didn't do things first but they still made a big enough of a mark to be considered a "father of or mother of".

  • @lylewilliams1371
    @lylewilliams1371 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @soulagent79
    @soulagent79 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Doesn't Purple Haze start with the Devil's chord?

  • @killer070911
    @killer070911 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks bro🤟

  • @couchpoet1
    @couchpoet1 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent...thx

  • @jameswondye8637
    @jameswondye8637 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The things is how did RJ know about that devil note n incoperate it to the blue note

  • @SirTavvi
    @SirTavvi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great lesson is there a place to get TAB for this?

  • @wombatlover2796
    @wombatlover2796 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks mate, for the lesson, I is gonna have a go at these riffs !!

  • @attra91
    @attra91 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    What make and model guitar are you using.

  • @jaykidd5789
    @jaykidd5789 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    good stuff... wish they would play guitar like that some more....

  • @wyattearp5229
    @wyattearp5229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I actually got to meet Honey Boy Edwards, and he told of his time playing the jukes with Robert Johnson

  • @pavelboldyryev1290
    @pavelboldyryev1290 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    what tuning are u playing in?! I need to knoww pleaseee

  • @InTheLifeOfAnArtist
    @InTheLifeOfAnArtist 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was a good video thanks

  • @wesmatron
    @wesmatron 7 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    The blues was around before Robert J. The reason people say he sold his soul is because he went travelling a shit blues guitarist and came back a good one. These days, we call it 'practice' and 'experience'.

    • @loganshook3999
      @loganshook3999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      wesmatron they say he sold his soul because he left as a shit guitarist and in 6 months time had mastered it and perfected his own style.

    • @Kousmichoff729
      @Kousmichoff729 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      What was Robert Johnson doing during those months? He was under the tutelage of Ike Zimmerman.

    • @felixgreenburg3373
      @felixgreenburg3373 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      one theory is that he was rather successful with the girls and slept around a lot. The whole devil practitioner thing might have been a way of warding off jealous boyfriends and husbands who might fuck Johnson up
      or maybe just generally it gave him a fuck off I'm scary vibe in that dangerous world, he was quite skinny so he might've needed it. It's the same with the voodoo royalty, Marie Laveaux and Dr John (the first, not the piano player who took that name)
      I wonder if something similar to that is still possible on some level. Terry P used to call it headology, a witch is a witch because she wears a witch's hat, but a witch's hat is a witch's hat because its worn by a witch. By that, if you smart enough you never need any magic

    • @jeromefecto8085
      @jeromefecto8085 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nobody ever saw him pratice and is became the best in 6 months. But you're right the key is pratice and experience

    • @gabrielmwangi6109
      @gabrielmwangi6109 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But do remember when he died someone said that he was barking like a dog and crawling on the floor like a dog before his death

  • @gypsydebris
    @gypsydebris 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rock on dude!!