Ry Cooder Inspired Right Hand Boogie Technique - Rhythm Guitar Lesson
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- In this clip, I show how to play a bluesy Ry Cooder-inspired right hand pattern. It's different than other right hand patterns because it has a funky, percussive drive to it. It's really fun to play with once you get it going!
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Thanks for watching!
Love that PHAT tone! That old arthritic right hand boogy vibe is the bomb. John Lee Hooker just rolled in his grave in an approving way.
Ive been playing guitar for 45 years and NEVER thought of that rhythm thanks soo much.
Your tone is beyond. I am 71 and have learned a few nice tips from you. I began recoding my own stuff in 1989 on a dual cassette deck. I had a Gibson f-hole guitar back then. Now 34 years later I am still improving my tone. I recorded by myself and released a total remake of "Hey Hey My My" by Neil Young though Distrokid. Thanks much for your videos. This is one of my favorites.
77 here still learnin , I really like this one.
Mate, I'm hypercynical and usually only leave insults but this is a great vid.
Ha! I feel very special! Thanks!
@@adamburger5761 No one = 66 thousand subs. You must be a Trump voter.
ok guys. This is a pretty relaxed channel with good music - let's let it go.
@@EricHaugenGuitar Great lesson/tip.
Just an observation, this type of playing is best with a vintage style pickup that is slightly (or sometimes very) microphonic.
Most of my pickups are either not potted at all or just lightly so.
Thanks for the great content Eric.
Just lovin’ the good vibes. Eric got that Ry slapping down.
It's like a right hand built in drum kit goin' on. So cool.
That's the idea!
I play drums too, and I think it really influences the way I think of rhythm guitar. The idea of groove + fills is HUGE to me!
E- you are now my wife’s favorite teacher and it’s all because of the kitty cat in the beginning of the lesson. She rarely has an opinion but today she happened to be walking by, noticed the cat and said “Oh, look at the pretty kitty” ............an hour later I heard her humming the riff. Now that’s cooler than the other side of the pillow ✌️
Ha! Cooler than the other side of the pillow!
I love cats and dogs, but am definitely more of a cat person - I love how lazy and opinionated they are!
Your vids are well performed, well recorded, have great tone, and best of all, not annoying . . Great job!
That's great to hear! I try to keep things creative, concise, and intuitive!
TREU THAT!
Good lord fella. That tone of yours is to die for.
I just recently discovered your lessons Eric. I've been playing religiously for 40 years and now make it a point to study your videos. To me, your lessons are about great tone and musicality, not just technique. And it just so happens I'm both a Cooder and Ribot freak! Thanks for everything man!
Awesome! Thanks so much, Steve!
You're absolutely right - tone and intention are just as important as technique!
Eric- I play drums, been doing it for 40+ years- been a long time frustrated guitarist- I think that’s why I gravitate to guitar shuffles and accents, and not Bass as is multiversally supposed. Your guitar playing just really lends itself to a full commitment from the drums,.,.. love it
I play drums too! The idea of groove+fills heavily influences how I approach rhythm guitar! I never noticed until recently how much my favorite drummers (Charlie Watts, Levon Helm, Cosmo Clifford, Ringo Starr, Al Jackson) affected my guitar!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Hi Eric - nice choice of drumming favourites - glad you liked the comment.
Your videos keep my creativity loud and full when picking up new tips and techniques. As an intermediate player you keep me I inspired to continue the endless journey
!!!! It's that 'tick-a tick-a tick-a"!! Nice work!!! Know what I'm doing this week
Yeah!
That pads+nails thing is a gamechanger!
Tone is unbelievable
Thanks so much man!
It's a combo of funky old mustang, strymon flint, ribbon mic, and plate reverb added in post :-)
Thanks for your videos! Really glad to see and hear real quality rhythm guitar!!
Thanks Mikko!
Yeah - rhythm is everything! I'm a drummer too, so the importance of groove+fills type playing is huge for me ;-)
theres a technique ive espied lately in youtube land called chuck and pluck, mainly on acoustic, this looks pretty similar. what a boogie! u can’t sit still and listen to that. great lesson sir.
Chuck and Pluck! I love it!
Eric, a bout of insomnia led me to your channel. I was cursing my inability to sleep, but now the whole incident has a serendipitous air. Great playing, cool topics, a natural teaching style - yet brimming with information. You are my new guitar Yoda! Keep up the excellent work. (And have a nice day.)
I have insomnia quite often - I feel your pain!
I'm glad you found my channel!
@@EricHaugenGuitar The way you show different angles and slow the groove way down is invaluable, no ego, no "look how good I am" just bare bones technique and tone for days. Love you man!
A "Cooderpaw" - something to aspire to!! Great stuff thanks Eric.
Thanks Peter!
I’ve watched this like 400 times just to listen. Where are the vids offering more of this? 😏
Very cool, I’m working on it now.
It’s a such a cool little trick!
It makes appearances in some of my other vids - Knopfler’s Southbound Again, and Nina Simone’s Sinnerman - I know I used it on those 🤙
I am always astonished at the amount of material out there for guitar players. When I started I had an old record player I could slow down to half speed. This of course was long before computers and the internet. Thanks for taking the time to put this online.
+RWM0000 Yeah! I'm old enough to remember a time before the Internet. When we didn't know things, there was no google. We just had to live with the not knowing!
I added my two cents to several comments here but I just wanted to say that you had me hooked in the first two bars. I gotta get this one under my fingers. Next I'll have to come up with a good sounding jam track and with a progression that is suited to this. Thanks for being observant enough to get this approach in the first place.
Thanks! It would be cool to hear this technique across a simple Em - C type thing!
A little Cooder paw! 🤣😂
Very cool lesson 👍
Thanks man!
Using the pads and the nails of them fingers opens up some cool and crunchy possibilities!
Cooder is legend, crossroads for life
Indeed!
I love Steve Vai/The Devil as well, but if I had to choose, it'd be Cooder all the way :-)
I found your page after looking for a tutorial of Ry's "Down In Hollywood". Haven't been successful (yet) as I got stuck on this page. This "boogie technique" is fascinating and have been trying to learn it. It's great! Sounds so cool. Thank you for taking the time to post this!! You've got another subscriber.
Thanks Fred!
Welcome to my relaxed little corner of the internet!
R L Burnside is a beast when it comes keeping that pulse going!
100%!!!
Real rhythm guitar playing. Inspiring lesson indeed. Thanks.
Nice. I love Ry Cooder. Been listening since the early 70s. I've been playing a long time myself & have to thank you for isolating that technique & saving us the work. :) As I've discovered, it's actually very easy to play & incorporate. It's simple but it's very tasty.
Yeah, it's sort of a carter style thumb slap boogie - once I found it, I use it all the time!
Wow! Your videos are great! I'm so glad I stumbled onto them. I haven't played my guitar in over a year. After watching this I will be dusting her off soon. Thanks for sharing!
Your playing is really awesome and the way you break it down really helps me. Thanks.
Thanks Eugene! Have fun with it!
I never really learn your lessons note for note but I always take away something really good! This time I learned that right band rhythm and went off into an hour long jamb. So fun!
Cool! Stay tuned - I've got a lesson coming up where I combine this idea with Dave Rawlings dissonant intervals - it's gonna be groovy and weird!
And dude thanks so much for supporting me on patreon!
Thanks a lot Eric, I’m so happy I found this video! I heard this groove from RL Burnside and I could never figure it out. The guitar is not my main instrument but this technique is so cool I have to learn it. ✌️
Oh yeah I've watched that footage of him playing jumer on the line over and over! His thumb technique is insanely groovy!
I'm struggling with this for some reason. Usually things come easy to me.
Eric, awe dude, this is so good!! 50 years playing and it never dawned on me to do this. Pilfering this from you NOW!😁
Cool! Have fun with it!
I'm really enjoying your videos and I'm getting so many things to practice! You're a great teacher and guitarist. Thank you so much, one of my favorite guitar teachers on youtube :)
Thanks Eric, another great lesson with your no nonsense straight to it approach😊 Brilliant groove. Seasick Steve uses it too. Teaching rhythm guitar and licks together is a breath of fresh air and something really hard to find (done well) online/TH-cam. Especially, how you present it and in your living room😁
Thanks so much man!
Yeah, I’m really into the whole groove plus fill approach - it really helps blur the lines between rhythm and lead playing!
Very cool, you have me stumbling like a teenager again, I've been playing for 35 yrs! This could be a good opportunity for you to put together a right-hand techniques series together...Cooder style, clawhammer, travis picking, pick/finger style, etc.would be unique and very helpful for those of us right hand and picking style challenged. Good little research project to boot...unique picking styles along with unique tunings now there's something I can sink my teeth into. Break a leg!
Oooh that's a good idea!
I think you're spot on - we focus too much on the left hand scales and chords and often neglect all the possibilities of the picking hand.
I just wanted to say man, i love all your videos- you have quickly become my favorite youtube guitar guy for fresh new ideas. I love your style and tone as well as the variety of material you cover. I know im just some random internet dude, but thanks you so much for sharing all this with the world. Youre awesome dude!
Thanks Leo! In the end, we're all just random internet dudes!
I'm so glad my taste and style resonates with you!
Eric, you're a great teacher. Thank you so much for you're videos. 🙏
Thanks so much - I try!
What an awesome lesson! thank you Eric!!
Thanks man!
I love Tom Waits, btw. Like, a LOT!
Brilliant lesson. Very impressed with the idea of rotating for the camera to show picking technique. I'm shocked that hasn't caught on with other instructors. I would never have understood the technique without that angle. I predict some day that idea will take the teaching world by storom. And will be known forevermore as the "Haugen Rotation."
I try!
Obviously, if I had a big budget and interns I'd have multiple cameras :-)
@@EricHaugenGuitar Or - you'd be Bill Clinton
You are by far the best guitar teacher on youtube, I've seen all the most popular ones and you show a lot more dank techniques and you have really great taste in music. My favourite covers are for sure the captain beefheart covers, spot on tone and playing. Great job my dude.
Thanks so much man!
I haven't had the proper time to practice with the videos all the way through, but just the tricks and licks I've been picking up have helped me out of my blues rut. I've started to (slowly) turn a corner. Even without a guitar in hand I'm learning a lot from your lessons. You are also making me want to buy the JHS Silvertone pedal. Great tone sir! Can't wait to practice these lessons on my day off. Keep up the good work!
That's so cool! I read somewhere that you can practice guitar without a guitar, by just imagining yourself playing. I totally think that works! Sometimes I work out little licks and fills on my drive to my studio and am pleasantly surprised that they come out more or less as I had planned in real life!
The singles really keep the tap shuffle clear and not fuzzy and muffled. You can tell it's very deliberate through the stang
You will almost never see me play with humbuckers for this reason. Can never get comfortable with all that *extra*
That's awesome. As a claw hammer banjo player and guitarist the first thing I thought was 'This looks familiar...'
Yeah! I'm a mediocre clawhammer banjo player, I think it influenced me to come up with this :-)
I play me some Scruggs style (think Ballad of Jed Clampett) and have been trying to motivate myself to pick up that Claw hammer move. I love the bumps and clicks of both of these skills. Guess I have my work cut out for me but this might be just what I needed to get rolling with the claw hammer and this new approach to six string. I love it! Thanks again.
Cooder claw was easily the best quote of the video
he he he - sometimes I can be sorta silly :-)
Awesome technique ! So swampy and dirty ;-)
1st thumb pluck note = kick, thumb smack = snare. I haven't tried it yet but i bet if you shift the 'smack' through various beat positions in the bar it'd show something interesting. Ijust started watching you with th Marc Ribot vid and thers always some distinct bits of info that i can employ immediatley and are useful contexts beyond the presented one (y'know flat5ths, gliss double stops, percussive clawhammer, etc, they're transferable if you're thinking about them) thanks
Oooh that's a good idea! You could adapt this technique to various drum grooves!
Wow, what a resource...you have really done your homework, Eric, and you have great taste.
Thanks so much, Jeep!
That means so much coming from an accomplished artist such as yourself!
Much Respect!
OMG I've been looking for a video on this exact thing! I couldn't figure it out
Eric, top notch instructional video from one of the best internet instructors, on one of my favorite guitarist. The Ry tone you have is equally great. Any insight on how to achieve that without a Dumple is appreciated. Keep up the gr8 work please.
Slim
I'm hooked, I can't stop playing that rhythm
Great videos Eric Thank you!
Thanks James! It's a really groovy pattern once you get it goin'!
So its been four months since I first saw this video and started chuggin' this way. I play exclusively for mine and my cats entertainment (not shows, recording, etc), but I still play every day. Wanted to say thanks a bunch for new right hand pattern. Took months to get it that steady for more than a few bars before screwing it up, but I got there.
Cool! My cat hates it when I play guitar, so you've got a much more musically-inclined feline than I!
Yeah, this pattern takes some hours to get comfortable, but then....so gritty!
Terrific teacher, very clear....terrific tone....good editing....everyone else had covered it in comments but I concur with them all. Making a difference bro....keep it up.
Thanks so much, Craig!
It makes me so happy to hear that my style resonates with so many good people out there!
Amazing Eric. While I have to accomplish some other goals first, I really want to pick up this right hand method. It seems like I could use it all over the place.
Thanks as always, Eric. You are an inspiration. Love that rhythm...
Love your channel, aside from really solid advice it's really fun to just browse through your videos for something new to play
Thanks Fabricio!
We must both share the same excellent taste in music :-)
Looks super fun. Can't wait to get home from work and give this one a try.
It takes a while to get going, but once you get it rolling, you can boogie for days!
That sounds superb -- imagine trying to stand still to that! Wish I was skillful enough to play that.
Thanks so much, Mike! It took me a while to get comfortable with that pattern, but then once I did it became real natural, like riding a bike :-)
Was just listening to John Hiatt's "Memphis in the Meantime" in the car and thinking I needed to investigate Ry Cooder's guitar on that a bit more closely. I remembered you had done this video a few months back. Sure enough - you nailed it.
That's a great tune!
I gotta break down some John Hiatt guitar stuff on here :-D
You're every drummers dream rhythm guitarist.
Dude thanks man!
I’ve played drums for as long as I’ve played guitar - it really influenced how I approach the instrument. I’m always aware of the kick and snare, the groove. Rhythm is everything!
That sounded so good this video just earned him a subscription to his channel. 👍
Yay!
Cooder Claw! That's a great name for a band! Great lesson. Thanks Eric.
Ha! Totally.
True story - I keep a "band names" note open on my phone. Whenever someone says something funny, it get added to the list. The most recent additions:
"Van Haugen"
"Toyota Celiac"
"Aunt Mom"
:-D
Hey Eric, I have another great band name you can add to your list. Country band called; The Brass Saddles.
Good one!
Your tone is insanely cool!!
+Matthew Byron Thanks so much, Matthew!
he gets that tone by failing-- the guitar as you would a banjo...the finger nail comes down on the strings-and the tone is fatter than you get with a pick or finger picks...don't know why but it works..been doing it for decades
"'flailing"
FRAILING --thanks to auto idiot spelll is now FAILING
I sympathize. I also typed "frailing" but spell check changed it to "flailing". I just noticed. No telling what it's going to be changed to when I try and post this.
Man this is very cool. I’m pretty adept at the Travis style stuff but this really opened up a whole new universe of nastiness!! Happy thanksgiving my brother.
Cool!
It's like the grittier groovier drunk cousin of Travis Style :-D
Eric Haugen I think you just named my next band. The Drunk Cousins. LOL!
once you get it going...yeah... great video man thanks.
Thanks Carlos!
Wicked cool as they say here in Massachusetts. The Ry Cooder rumble. I'm working on this riff with my National Duolian in open-E tuning using a bottleneck. Very old school.
It's a pissah! I spent a good amount of time up in Boston (went to school there), hung out in Andover and Milford a bunch too! I miss the New England sarcasm!
Brilliant idea to do this boogie on an open tuned resonator! I keep meaning to do a sequel to this vid with a slide and open tuning - you beat me to it! Smart!
That was cool, thanks for posting. I gotta learn these types of licks i want to head down this road.
choo-choo !!! The steam train is coming at full blast :) Love it..
I havent been practicing too much lately since I was working and had a class this summer but man you have gotten quite the recognition you deserve!! I got a 000-15m and this definitely seems like it would sound great on it, great rhythm playing man
Thanks Alexander! Yeah, the channel has really picked up steam this summer!
Congrats on your Martin, one of my students has that model and I'm jealous!
Disgusting funky jam there bud! Holy shit!
Long time no talk buddy! It's amazing to see your channel expand the way it has! You've come a long way in the past couple of years from doing Sturgill Simpson tutorials to now. Congratulations and keep it going!
Hi Dakota!
Yeah it's really exciting! I'm sorta TH-cam famous now :-D
Thanks great lesson . Love Ry Cooder
Yeah! Such a unique groove master!
Hey man, just discovered you with this video while I was searching for Ry Cooder. Really love your playing. It’s really refreshing to hear (for lack of a better term) “a real guitar player” hope you know what I mean by that. Anyway, sounds great man! Keep it up!
Thanks Joe!
Rhythm guitar is LIFE!
Great lesson Eric. Technique really clearly explained and fun to play! Thanks!
It's my pleasure! Boogie on, brother!
Your tone is stellar, as always
Thanks Drew!
Great sound, and on a Mustang, to boot! I had that model (mine was white) when I was in a band back in the '60s. Too bad I lent it to my brother when he started playing, because it is now only a memory.
This one might be yours! The original color was white I think - my older brother bought it back in the 90s. It was spray painted black then.
Хороший разбор и Мустанг звучит! Thank you from Russia!
Very funky and cool bluesy groove...well done buddy
Thanks Rick!
It sure is a fun one to jam on!
@@EricHaugenGuitar Damn, that is hard to get the brain and hand syncopated....its like learning finger style with training the thumb to subconsciously play the alternating bass line. Still love watching this over and over and has inspired my to revisit Ry Cooder music that I discovered after Crossroads movie may years ago. Keep up the good work....Southbound Again (Dire Straits) was really good too....another tricky Knopfler technique to work on
Ry Cooder is the man!
You show how the guitar is really a percussive instrument, as well. Lots of sounds to be coaxed out of that thing!
+San F Thanks! Yeah, the thumps, mutes, scratches, and crackles are all part of it!
Are you able to get more clicks and thumps because the pickup cover is close to the strings? I used to curse my T-60 for that, now I'm going back to see if it is useful for this.
Very cool! The guitar player in Syd Arthur does this kind of thing as well -- you can hear it in songs like "Dorothy," and "Ode To The Summer," if you're looking for more of a 60s-psychedelic thing.
I'm always looking for a 60s psychedelic thing! Thanks for the recommendations!
Awesome lesson as well! Subscribed
Great lesson, looking forward to more lessons on this. The rhythm keeps you on an awesome musical merry go round
Thanks Jonathan!
I've got this one here, where I apply this technique to Nina Simone's "Sinnerman": th-cam.com/video/dpijcQ8cNKM/w-d-xo.html
This is one of the coolest lessons I've seen on TH-cam , I just got to practice. Practice. And practice now , cheers bro , ps , really dig your guitar too.
Thanks John! Have fun with it!
Ok so the playing is always spot on, but your tone here is monster. Wow.
Thanks man!
Strymon deco, ribbon mic, and reverb - that's my sound!
Agreed!!
Great lesson. Thanks for slowing it down a couple of times. Just what I needed to "get it".
Yeah it's tricky at first! But then......so diiiiirty!
Been checking out your videos. They most helpful, and I can't help digging the Mustang through whatever amp you've got it into. Love this rhythm. It will find it's way into one of my songs soon.
Cool! Yeah, it's very adaptive to different tempos/genres.
Oh man that's a tasty trick. I dig that a ton. Off to the woodshed!
Yeah - it was a real happy accident discovering that pattern! A real blues game-changer!
This is lesson is fire. And I like your funky rig. Subscribed.
Great stuff and a very neat guitar!
Just what I needed to get outta my rut,thank you so much.
great little video, and so well demonstrated. The oft ignored right hand technique!
+Tony Evans Thanks Tony! A wise guitar playing friend of mine told me that when he watches the greats play, he doesn't watch the fretting hand, he watches the picking hand. There's so much magic on that end!
I'm more than ready for more of that magic! Soon I hope. Thanks ::)
This is my favorite of yours!
Thanks man!
that was very, very, very cool!
That’s a great cat
Really cool! ..I'm gonna work on that! Thanks Eric, great tone, great playing!
Thanks Terry!
It's tricky to get it going, but once you do it's really fun!
Eric- can I be super bold and selfish here. May. I make a request that you review and consider doing a video on Ry Cooder’s havana stuff, nothing obvious or buena vista. I was going to suggest Bodas de Oro from his Mambo Sinuendo album. I figured if you dug it it would fit nicely in the Marc Ribot side of this channel. What I was hoping to see was not a tutorial on playing the song, but rather, basically from a theory perspective explaining the chord progression because I think it will help unlock Cuban song writing habits. As well, since you can get by most of the song walking harmonic minor scales, to explain maybe how to switch between harmonic minor scales to keep up with the chord changes. That in itself is difficult or intermediates and amazing. There are some nifty little triad comps in there that you like. Basically, the engineering behind the construction of the song and what’s played over it, inside the lovely harmonic minor Cuban universe. If this sounds like a complete pain in the ass of a video to make, but would be something that’s interesting to tackle musically, I will 100% pay you for a lesson on this song this way. Name your price lol, and think about it. Just had to mention since I enjoyed this whole album tonight which had somehow gotten passed me. Loooooved this Ry cooder lesson. Cheers my man.
So much good stuff to unpack on that one! I'll definitely add it to the list! In the meantime have you seen this one: th-cam.com/video/V6A59WLirqY/w-d-xo.html
That's a good first step into the minor ii V i / Cuban thing
@@EricHaugenGuitar oh man. I can’t believe I hadn’t seen that one. I’ve done hoist that rag, and the thirds and six’s stuff you’ve put up. Also the instanbul solo. Not sure how this got past me. Ok cool, now I have work to do! Hahaha. Thanks a bunch eric!
@@EricHaugenGuitar ps- after sending in this request, I showed the song to a Cuban friend and two Puerto Rican Quattro players (I’m from Miami), and since none of them knew Marc ribot (shameful, but of course they know Ry cooder), I showed them Marc ribot via your videos and told them you’re my favorite teacher on TH-cam. They were super impressed. So tell your teachers at Berkeley you’re protecting the Berkeley kids of the world’s reputation down on Calle ocho.
I'm now obsessed with trying to get that shuffle thing down, great video man!
Yeah it's tricky to get it goin - but once you do, it's boogie town here I come!
Love John Mayer too ✌️
I don't usually write comments, but... one of the very best TH-cam channels out there, I have to say: tasty, useful... what more can you ask for? Thanx a lot!
Gosh, thanks so much!
I don't really comment too much on TH-cam either (fear of trolls), so I know how it feels. Sometimes some things are just so useful or well played that you gotta be like, "Dang! you played the crap outta that!"
Reminds me of Justin Johnson fingerslapping style, you might know his channel, one of the best too
Oh yeah, that dude has got skills! I've seen his work, but not that video - I'll have to check it out!
Man... That Sears Silvertone Twin 12 (not being recorded)... I had one of those back in the day. I want it back!
Maybe this one was yours! I got it from my buddy Tony Tost about 10 years ago. He picked it up in Arkansas, who knows where it's been before that!
Lowell George picked this style up from Ry when Cooder played on the first Little Feat album...
That amp is amazing. GREAT tones. The train's a comin!
Thanks James! Rock on!