Thanks Mark! This is the best lesson I have seen on this song. Your breakdown of the funky boogie riff finally allowed me to play this section with the correct timing. Great job!
My pleasure. Yes, it's definitely tricky. It's very hard for me to slow down. And oddly, it sounds better a little bit sloppy rather than perfect. (That's my excuse anyway!! :) Thanks for watching!
Boy, there's an all time classic ! Lol !!! Joe Perry baby,,,lots of feel to his stuff ! Sounds great ! Great job as always Mark,,,Thank you Sir ! You can go fishing now,, lol !!! 😁🖒🎸🎣
Western NY State ... close enough. Actually Steve P and the rest of Journey had a falling out. They got another singer ... sounds just like Steve P. A tiny tidbit ... I saw them on their kickoff night with the tour they're on right now with Def Leppard. I was always a huge Neal Schon fan and liked Journey, and was so-so on Def Leppard. I'll be darned if my opinion didn't do a complete 180 on me. Def Leppard was great - tons of energy, good sound, great interaction with the audience. Just a great show. Journey on the other hand ... the best two things were (1) the new singer's energy and (2) Ainsley Dunbar's drum solo. Neal was so disappointingly self-indulgent, and the sound was mush. They did a few good ones, but generally weren't good. At the end of the show it was pretty emptied out.
Mark Zabel I met Ainsley Dunbar actually, with oddly enough, Eric Burdon. He was doing a gig in Long Island and was Eric's drummer. They ended up doing a backyard gig for some "well to do" people in Ct. I was invited, since my friend booked them,,I have a pic with Eric, and like the guitar player I am didn't know Ainsley from hole in the wall. I ended up getting drunk with him on a 50yr old bottle of scotch ! Lol, he actually got pissed at me because I poored a drink without pouring him one ! So I apologized and filled his glass to the top (it was a good size glass) and he just smiled and said, my kind of man,, hahaha, it was a great night to say the least ! I also smoked with Eric, he loves his smoke ! And woman ! I will send you the pic of him and I,,,, 😁🖒
My English teacher said if you can convincingly play the riff from "Walk this way" you can sign my boobs So here I am searching on TH-cam Instead of doing my work
@@matthewsperry8463 Thanks Matthew! Definitely appreciate the questions/comments/views. Let me know what else you'd like to see. I get lots of requests, but I always look for more - especially if it can improve someone's love life!! :)
7:49 ... pro tip (for me anyway): invert middle and ring fingers... it lets your ring finger take an angle (pointing back toward the head of the guitar) that makes pinky reach easier. Ben Eller says to bar with ring finger, but my ring finger is too squishy for that. Thanks for the lesson. Very nice!
@@MarkZabel You know, I don't like my own idea at this point. Now I've gone to index and middle finger playing the power cord. The stretch is so easy for the pinky ... the ring finger just hangs around, useless. ;)
@@Appleblade Whatever works for you brother. Clapton often used his middle finger early on because it's naturally stronger than the 3rd. He did okay in his music career. So do what works for you!
I have found a way to play the verse riff that enables me to really dig in and get a lot of juice and curb appeal out of it. It may be fun for you to try. .Instead of using an E-position barre and going root-5th, root 6th, root b7thon the 6th and 5th strings, try playing the Root on the 5th string, 3rd frets then playing the 5thm 6th, b7 all on the G string , pulling the A and the Bboff to the open G. Then you can use the F on the D string to really make it flow. Sounds way snappier, and with those notes all pulling off to the open G, all kinds of things, besides that F on the D string wanting to get touched. It would be interesting to see if anyone finds this way the way to play Walk this way.that they like best today. (yeah, I know -goofy) Burt This way is a potentially smoking way to do this if done with the right set of hands.:)
Bill, that will work, although I need the practice on the boogie woogie pinkie. Using your technique, you can also hybrid pick it, that is use your pick on the fifth string and use your finger to pluck the notes on the g string.
Thanks Wayne! The E-chord solos are harder to make sound good I think. The breaks over C fit standard lines a little easier. Maybe I'll tackle the ending solo sometime too!
Tks for this ... now I know what I was doing wrong :-) Excellent breakdown. Love your vids BTW -- Would it be possible to do one on the solo for Chilliwack's Fly at night anytime soon ?
Hi Dennis. Thank you! I'll put Chilliwack's "Fly At Night" onto the list of songs to consider, but I don't put a timetable on my free TH-cam videos. I have enough urgency from my site members and students. If you're "jonesing" to learn it quickly, shoot me an email and I can let you know the options I provide. Thanks again!
For the grove part, my hands are just slightly below average (I'm 5'7), and I can only do that stretch on a 24 scale like my Jaguar. It's tough even on a Gibson scale, I just have to move my 2nd finger when reaching with the pinky. Slash played it live starting with is index finger at third fret, and shifting it up to the 5th fret.. not sure exactly what he's doing will need to slow it down... I can do it really well in the 5th fret position, with pinky playing the C note on the 8th fret, and the other notes on the third and fourth strings, but then the tone of the first note doesn't match...damn. I am sure there is a way, and I'm determined to find it lol ... I am actually looking at 24 scale strats, if I can find a good one I may just stick with the jaguar and short scale strat!
Hi mark. I notice you play the 1st notes with open, first finger, 2nd finger. But others play open, 1st finger, 1st finger slides to 2nd fret. How does joe perry play it? Cannot seem to find out. Great lesson and tone btw
Hmm, good observation. I tried it out today. Works great! I thought it was easier, so thanks! I think you've got to still pick each note though to get it to sound right.
@@MarkZabel Thanks Mark, once you get your head arounbd the slide it does work better. The 4th note on the D string does have to be played with an upstroke though, so plectrum is played down, up down (on low E) then up on A. A guy called Justin GUitar has a good lesson on this.Not that yours isnt, just with his alternate fingering
@@bpdarragh Yep. Either way you play it (slide or separate fingers) you should pick the note else it will sound like the Run DMC version. Which way makes more sense is up to you ... kind of depends on how good your pinky finger is. It's true that alternate picking then also gives you an upstroke on the 4th string, but even if you play all downstrokes like the jazz players used to be taught (better, stronger tone on downstrokes), you shouldn't just hammer-on because it's not going to sound aggressive enough. As an FYI, I actually don't really care much about how it was played, only how it sounds - and whether it sounds right. We all have different fingers, so need to solve our own puzzles differently. "How-to's" are really just recipes. In the end you actually have to do the cooking! :) One last thing. No worries being compared to Sandercoe. He's great!
Mark...you deserve to give yourself and us a better sound....you a very good player and teacher but the sound is tinny(like its coming through a crystal radio of long ago).....im sure your smart enough to do something about it......cheers and thanks
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I'm only a few months into playing guitar so I'm going to have to come back to this one
Good idea. It's here when you want it later. Get a few others under your belt. Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Mark thanks , you're right , this is one riff where you've got to dive right in ! as soon as you think about it you've
had it .
Sure thing. Thanks for watching!
Great Lesson! This Song is more difficult than it appears at first. One of the few examples where the solo is actually the relaxing part
Thank you! Yes, the rhythm is really good and difficult to really swing with it.
@@MarkZabel Somebody called it "The lost Art of Swinging" ;-)
Thanks Mark! This is the best lesson I have seen on this song. Your breakdown of the funky boogie riff finally allowed me to play this section with the correct timing. Great job!
Thanks!
I love your teaching style! Great job Mark!
Thanks so much!
Thanks for this. Never been able to figure out that funky verse riff
My pleasure. Yes, it's definitely tricky. It's very hard for me to slow down. And oddly, it sounds better a little bit sloppy rather than perfect. (That's my excuse anyway!! :) Thanks for watching!
Always look forward to your videos. Lean something all the time.
Thanks Mike!!
Hey I really appreciated this video, you made learning how to play this easy, thank a lot man.
Thanks Spencer!
Excellent as usual my friend! Thank you.
Thanks Marvin. I appreciate the kind comment!!
Another home run...thanks!
Thanks Kevin!!
Great lesson. The intro always was a breeze, but the funky verse was not. Thanks!!!
an ambitious lesson.... excellent subject with great backing track - nicely done indeed... Rock on Teach
Glad you liked it! Rock on Jaye!
Boy, there's an all time classic ! Lol !!! Joe Perry baby,,,lots of feel to his stuff ! Sounds great ! Great job as always Mark,,,Thank you Sir ! You can go fishing now,, lol !!! 😁🖒🎸🎣
Pretty cold here today ... might pass on the fishing! :) Ahem ... it's Joe Perry. Steve Perry is another guy with long hair! :)
Mark Zabel. Lol !!! I better correct that ! Steve is the singer for Journey! Haha ! A good one too ! Sorry to hear it's cold, your in Ohio I believe ?
Western NY State ... close enough. Actually Steve P and the rest of Journey had a falling out. They got another singer ... sounds just like Steve P.
A tiny tidbit ... I saw them on their kickoff night with the tour they're on right now with Def Leppard. I was always a huge Neal Schon fan and liked Journey, and was so-so on Def Leppard. I'll be darned if my opinion didn't do a complete 180 on me. Def Leppard was great - tons of energy, good sound, great interaction with the audience. Just a great show. Journey on the other hand ... the best two things were (1) the new singer's energy and (2) Ainsley Dunbar's drum solo. Neal was so disappointingly self-indulgent, and the sound was mush. They did a few good ones, but generally weren't good. At the end of the show it was pretty emptied out.
Mark Zabel I met Ainsley Dunbar actually, with oddly enough, Eric Burdon. He was doing a gig in Long Island and was Eric's drummer. They ended up doing a backyard gig for some "well to do" people in Ct. I was invited, since my friend booked them,,I have a pic with Eric, and like the guitar player I am didn't know Ainsley from hole in the wall. I ended up getting drunk with him on a 50yr old bottle of scotch ! Lol, he actually got pissed at me because I poored a drink without pouring him one ! So I apologized and filled his glass to the top (it was a good size glass) and he just smiled and said, my kind of man,, hahaha, it was a great night to say the least ! I also smoked with Eric, he loves his smoke ! And woman ! I will send you the pic of him and I,,,, 😁🖒
Great lesson Mark. Well explained and constructed. Cheers from Germany.
Cheers from NY USA Christian!
Awesome Mark... Thank you 👍🤘
Thanks Rich!
Thanks Mark. I may actually be able to play this.
Mitch Haman Its not that bad,,,,
Oh yeah ... you can do it!!
Michael Mendillo I'm not that good and I'm old but I'll try.
Great job. Keep up the good work.
Thanks!
My English teacher said if you can convincingly play the riff from "Walk this way" you can sign my boobs
So here I am searching on TH-cam
Instead of doing my work
Hmm, is that literature? Gives a new perspective on The Scarlet Letter.
@@MarkZabel Haha, I'm so stoked you answered, I called my friend over to look
😂
@@MarkZabel I'm a huge fan BTW
@@matthewsperry8463 Thanks Matthew! Definitely appreciate the questions/comments/views. Let me know what else you'd like to see. I get lots of requests, but I always look for more - especially if it can improve someone's love life!! :)
I would have told her, warm up your pen little lady!
Great choice Mark. You nailed it. The funky bit is a bit of a finger twister. Go Tigers!
7:49 ... pro tip (for me anyway): invert middle and ring fingers... it lets your ring finger take an angle (pointing back toward the head of the guitar) that makes pinky reach easier. Ben Eller says to bar with ring finger, but my ring finger is too squishy for that. Thanks for the lesson. Very nice!
Thanks! Interesting idea. I'll have to try it.
@@MarkZabel You know, I don't like my own idea at this point. Now I've gone to index and middle finger playing the power cord. The stretch is so easy for the pinky ... the ring finger just hangs around, useless. ;)
@@Appleblade Whatever works for you brother. Clapton often used his middle finger early on because it's naturally stronger than the 3rd. He did okay in his music career. So do what works for you!
@@MarkZabel 😉👍
Jamming your tail end off. Awesome man, sounded really good. Thank you :D
Thanks David!!!
Thank you Mark FN awesome
Sure thing. Thanks for watching!
I have found a way to play the verse riff that enables me to really dig in and get a lot of juice and curb appeal out of it. It may be fun for you to try. .Instead of using an E-position barre and going root-5th, root 6th, root b7thon the 6th and 5th strings, try playing the Root on the 5th string, 3rd frets then playing the 5thm 6th, b7 all on the G string , pulling the A and the Bboff to the open G. Then you can use the F on the D string to really make it flow. Sounds way snappier, and with those notes all pulling off to the open G, all kinds of things, besides that F on the D string wanting to get touched. It would be interesting to see if anyone finds this way the way to play Walk this way.that they like best today. (yeah, I know -goofy) Burt This way is a potentially smoking way to do this if done with the right set of hands.:)
Great! Thanks, I'll give it a try!
Bill, that will work, although I need the practice on the boogie woogie pinkie. Using your technique, you can also hybrid pick it, that is use your pick on the fifth string and use your finger to pluck the notes on the g string.
some great RnR Mark.
Dude that gold top is lush 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤟🏼😎🤟🏼
Thanks brother! And ... nobody rules these streets at night like me ... nobody, aaaaaaaahhhhh ... the Atomic Punk! da-da-da, DA, DA!
Mark Zabel great playing man , you surely do rule the streets 👍👍👍👍👍🤟🏼🤟🏼
@@Havanacuba1985 Ha! Thanks man!
Great, Thx Mark!!!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching and for the kind comment!
@@MarkZabel Sir, check your Messenger
@@azsparky86 Check!! :) Thanks for the note. Enjoyed the conversation man!
Great video Mark! Learned this some time ago but never could get the solos over the E chord, just do my own thing instead.
Thanks Wayne! The E-chord solos are harder to make sound good I think. The breaks over C fit standard lines a little easier. Maybe I'll tackle the ending solo sometime too!
Good pick, Mark. Great for a rockin' BBQ tonight.
3 Card Monty Sounds great! Put on some ribs for me! :)
Tks for this ... now I know what I was doing wrong :-) Excellent breakdown. Love your vids BTW -- Would it be possible to do one on the solo for Chilliwack's Fly at night anytime soon ?
Hi Dennis. Thank you! I'll put Chilliwack's "Fly At Night" onto the list of songs to consider, but I don't put a timetable on my free TH-cam videos. I have enough urgency from my site members and students. If you're "jonesing" to learn it quickly, shoot me an email and I can let you know the options I provide. Thanks again!
Nailed it Mr. Zabel-both the playing and the tone are on point! Have you performed this number on stage?
Thanks! I haven't played it out in many years my friend. Felt good to do it again!
For the grove part, my hands are just slightly below average (I'm 5'7), and I can only do that stretch on a 24 scale like my Jaguar. It's tough even on a Gibson scale, I just have to move my 2nd finger when reaching with the pinky. Slash played it live starting with is index finger at third fret, and shifting it up to the 5th fret.. not sure exactly what he's doing will need to slow it down... I can do it really well in the 5th fret position, with pinky playing the C note on the 8th fret, and the other notes on the third and fourth strings, but then the tone of the first note doesn't match...damn. I am sure there is a way, and I'm determined to find it lol ... I am actually looking at 24 scale strats, if I can find a good one I may just stick with the jaguar and short scale strat!
beautiful job! thanks. what are those pickups?
Thanks! They came stock on this 2012 1970s Tribute Les Paul - mini humbuckers.
Great lesson Mark! I finally learned how to play that solo!! Do you plan on posting the second solo?
Thanks! Yes, eventually I'll post it. I have to record it first!
Hi Mr. Mark -- any chance you'd be willing to share what model guitar you use here?
Hi. It's a 2012 Gibson 1970s Les Paul Tribute
@@MarkZabel Many thanks! Zeph
Hi mark. I notice you play the 1st notes with open, first finger, 2nd finger. But others play open, 1st finger, 1st finger slides to 2nd fret. How does joe perry play it? Cannot seem to find out. Great lesson and tone btw
Hmm, good observation. I tried it out today. Works great! I thought it was easier, so thanks! I think you've got to still pick each note though to get it to sound right.
@@MarkZabel Thanks Mark, once you get your head arounbd the slide it does work better. The 4th note on the D string does have to be played with an upstroke though, so plectrum is played down, up down (on low E) then up on A. A guy called Justin GUitar has a good lesson on this.Not that yours isnt, just with his alternate fingering
@@bpdarragh Yep. Either way you play it (slide or separate fingers) you should pick the note else it will sound like the Run DMC version. Which way makes more sense is up to you ... kind of depends on how good your pinky finger is.
It's true that alternate picking then also gives you an upstroke on the 4th string, but even if you play all downstrokes like the jazz players used to be taught (better, stronger tone on downstrokes), you shouldn't just hammer-on because it's not going to sound aggressive enough.
As an FYI, I actually don't really care much about how it was played, only how it sounds - and whether it sounds right. We all have different fingers, so need to solve our own puzzles differently. "How-to's" are really just recipes. In the end you actually have to do the cooking! :)
One last thing. No worries being compared to Sandercoe. He's great!
Mark...you deserve to give yourself and us a better sound....you a very good player and teacher but the sound is tinny(like its coming through a crystal radio of long ago).....im sure your smart enough to do something about it......cheers and thanks
Not bad. A little more sustain would help IMHO. (I performed this song many times live with my band).
Pinky pull-offs....Yikes! That will take some practice.
Yes. This one hurts a bit!
Very nice. It would be even more helpful if we can see also your right hand (for Up et Down). Cheers!
Okay, thanks!