Does it happen anyone has any adice to reach the sound, the tone of the guitar(s) / what kind of equalization can give that "golden" tone/sound to the guitar lines in Get Lucky? Thanks anyway, the video is already a gift, Kudos!
THANK YOU. The oh-so-subtle Brit shade when you said "I don't think any of them get it...QUITE right." and the facial expression that followed spoke VOLUMES [chef's kiss]. This is the best tutorial I've seen for "Get Lucky" and you break it down like baby food. And you said you didn't think yours was 100% either, but it's VERY close. There is even more magical minimalism going on that I have yet to hear somebody other than Nile replicate note-for-note and rhythmic accent-for-accent. It seems simple but is in fact, a deceptively complex part. I'm off to go learn "Lose Yourself to Dance". 🎸😎
great lesson as always... you get straight to the point in your videos, no time wasted , and unlike some youtube "teachers" no endless showing off playing the same licks
Yep, great lesson. Really helpful as I play in a band with 2 guitars and was wondering what the 2nd guitarist was going to do - now I know! Thanks very much.
Oh wow! This is the best "Get lucky how to" video I have come acrossed online. It's genius! Thanks a lot for recording it and leaving it open for everyone to see.
Excellent lesson, as always. What I'm noticing listening to the track is that there's also a third part : for large parts of the song the guitar plays a simple octave pattern - 3 bars on F# and 1 bar on E. This happens in the second half of the Verses and throughout the Choruses. The closest I can get is to play x 9 x 11 x x for the F# and x 7 x 9 x x for the E.
one important thing that this lesson points at is that the rhythm lies within your fretting hand and the way you mute the strings. some might get confused trying to get the rhythm with their left hand a good lesson indeed 👍
I can't mute the A string with my thumb ! I don't know if my thumb is too small but it seems impossible no matter how hard i try. When i reach and mute the A string, i'm actually fretting the low E string at the same time.
You might be the only one on youtube who plays it well here on youtube!! Now I also understand why i 'as a producer' why in a distant past... i did often get a discussion, when I told that the reefs were not played well. Because really 80% of the guitarists play completely wrong chords, on this song here on the internet!! But you play the accord scheme well! So it seems that many of them..., can not even hear 'the essential nuances' in such a chord diagram ;-) And that is very shocking to discover... or not?
OMG. I just thought oh I’ll have a listen to this when I looked at how long ago was recorded and I can’t believe this vid was recorded nine years ago. Oh my Goodness …if you’re young please take note…….that time really does fly…so make the most of it
If you ever watch Rodgers discuss his style, he is quick to say that many people get his style wrong. He mostly plays only the treble strings on his licks and rarely a full six string strum. He has a bass player to take care of the low end.
I used to have a G&L ASAT Classic in the same finish. Leo called the G&L model "Butterscotch Blonde". I'm sure he had to change the name that Fender used as to avoid any "Imperial Entanglements" (since you also used a Stars Wars reference). Just a classic finish for a tele. Makes me wish I still had mine.
thank you excellent lesson! Im an old metalhead learning funk soul and jazz it sounds sweet on my jem with clean settings....please more nile rodger lessons aand bowie guitar type lessons.....triple j from the big d
Regarding the main Funk strumming part (I haven't got to the lead lines yet), I'm cool with it all at a slower tempo than the original, except for the E chord at the end of the progression where the strumming pattern changes. I can't tap my foot on the beat, and make that change, when the whole riff starts on the AND AFTER 1. Either my foot tapping on the beat loses it, or I screw up the pattern, or both. I can do it fine without tapping my foot. I can do it fine if I keep the same pattern as the other chords on the E. I can do it fine if I start the whole strumming pattern on the 1 instead of the AND AFTER 1. But I can't do all three together faster than about 80 bpm! I'm gonna try and just focus on that different E chord strumming pattern, slow it right down, and work it up in tempo again, but I've done this before and I always start to lose it when I get to about 85 bpm. It's INFURIATING!!! :) Any hints?
Strangely enough in the video Nile switch between playing full chords to the muted chords, however when you see him playing it live he rarely plays the chords with the thumb over the top.
Thomas Williams Nile says he doesn’t play the full chords. Basically sticks to two or three strings. There are several videos of him discussing his technique and thought processes for playing and writing.
Amazing Channel. Amazing bands you choose. Pleuse Dura Duran Early days Andy Guitar riffs and Sigue Sigue Sputnik Flaut it Album no one put NealX guitars ! Regards From Portugal !
heeey, I am learning misirlou and this one. can we also have a lick/song/riff that includes tapping? I would love that. you are amazing anyway, I have learnt so much and I love your choices and the way you explain things. best guitar teacher ever. bless you 💎
Do a search at the converse website for the "jack Purcell" shirt - there are several but one is nearly identical.. It's VERY close - "Jack Purcell Smiles Resonate Pullover".
Sorry to bother, great video! Does it happen anyone has any adice to reach the sound, the tone of the guitar(s) / what kind of equalization can give that "golden" tone/sound to the guitar lines in Get Lucky? Thanks anyway, the video is already a gift, Kudos!
Tone wise you must plug a strat on neck position with a vintage pickup single-coil with volume and tone on 10, send it to a compressor pedal then split the signal chain into 2: 1 goes straight to the sound desk/interface preamp into a neve-style preamp and compressor and 2 goes to any mic-d fender blackface amp (pref. Twin, Deluxe Reverb or Hot Rod). Get your high and middle end from the direct sound and mix it with the low end from the amplifier till you reach your desired sound. Then you go to final EQ, maybe another compressor then the reverb.
Ah, and Get Lucky has two guitars. One plays the chords line you see here and the other one keeps playing that almost palm-muted melody line from the beginning.
love this lesson! it spot on. only thing i watched the daft punk video. nile looks like he is playing the full chords during most of the song but playing the triads during the chorus. yes?
+G Rich Niles never plays full chords, always triads ,while strumming in a piano licks style....ala Giorgio Moroder (keyboards) Nile's said he tried to pattern his strumming in the way that Giorgio played the synthesizer in the 1970's.
When I watched the Daft Punk video it does look like he is playing full chords at the beginning, but bare in mind when people make the video very often they are miming to the soundtrack even though they can play it. As there is no way the guy out of daft punk could play a bass with metal fingers LOL. However I have seen him do this song on his own on stage and it looks like he is using full chords there too.
That was my first instinct, but I definitely can't hear any flat 7ths in the actual guitar parts on the record. I think the piano is probably playing minor 7ths though, so that's the overall harmonic feeling. I could be wrong too though. Only way to clear it up would be a private lesson with Mr Rodgers himself!
Hi, thanks for this, I just notice à little Thing listening to the original, Nile doesn't play the A on the F#, i mean to get the exact feel of it, just play the two first note on this one. I like, your way specialy on the E chord, didn't Heard this part as well as you did. Good Job.
seems to me it's in the key of A - except it never resolves to the home chord. So it's II-IV-VI-V Never resolving to home chord is what gives the sequence its feeling of being constantly on the move... like being out all night for the fun
What kind of witchcraft is this!!?? If only I had 8 double-jointed fingers on my left hand I’d be strumming along with you. Fantastic lesson, I hope to grow into it one day.
Tried that lesson 2 years ago, but my level wasn’t up to it. Just tried it today, and it is a blast. Thank you. Great explanations!
Best tutorial of this riff on the web!
I love it when someone gets it RIGHT!! Tone is dead nuts on too!! Great job!!!
Very kind of you to say so, thanks!
Does it happen anyone has any adice to reach the sound, the tone of the guitar(s) / what kind of equalization can give that "golden" tone/sound to the guitar lines in Get Lucky? Thanks anyway, the video is already a gift, Kudos!
from post punk to daft punk - is there no end to this man's talents???!!!
Post daft punk might be pushing it a little
Gang of four always felt like funk guitar without the swing and all downstrokes.
When working out Nile Rodgers' songs use this rule: if it sounds like a minor chord, play a minor 7th. Peace. Another excellent tutorial.. as always
This guy is the one of the best tutors on u tube, especially for the variation of songs he selects.
Thanks, mate. Rhythm Pattern I 8:30 and Rhythm Pattern II 10:04
THANK YOU.
The oh-so-subtle Brit shade when you said "I don't think any of them get it...QUITE right." and the facial expression that followed spoke VOLUMES [chef's kiss].
This is the best tutorial I've seen for "Get Lucky" and you break it down like baby food.
And you said you didn't think yours was 100% either, but it's VERY close.
There is even more magical minimalism going on that I have yet to hear somebody other than Nile replicate note-for-note and rhythmic accent-for-accent. It seems simple but is in fact, a deceptively complex part.
I'm off to go learn "Lose Yourself to Dance". 🎸😎
The best lesson for this song ! I've tried several others but this one is right and well explained. Congratulations !
Excellent tutorial. Worked my way through it with you quickly, easily and logically and very happy with the result.
The tutorial that gives the best explenation to the strumming pattern and also the best sound! Thank you!
You can get the strumming very easily by listening to the recording
Thank you for this excellent lesson. Very well explained and clear to follow.
Danke!
great lesson as always... you get straight to the point in your videos, no time wasted , and unlike some youtube "teachers" no endless showing off playing the same licks
Yep, great lesson. Really helpful as I play in a band with 2 guitars and was wondering what the 2nd guitarist was going to do - now I know! Thanks very much.
+The S Man Thanks - glad it was helpful to you. Bet this one's fun to play live.
Great.Love your style and taste.Great teacher
Finally a lesson that shows off the strumming pattern! Thanks man, you've made my life a lot easier!
Well Done Acdrian
yep. best and surely most accurate tutorial on yt. cheers! thx
Oh wow! This is the best "Get lucky how to" video I have come acrossed online. It's genius! Thanks a lot for recording it and leaving it open for everyone to see.
By far the best lesson I've seen on this. Not surprising to see that the thumbs up count is inversely related.
The best funk groove teacher. Subscribed. 😊
Excellent lesson, as always. What I'm noticing listening to the track is that there's also a third part : for large parts of the song the guitar plays a simple octave pattern - 3 bars on F# and 1 bar on E. This happens in the second half of the Verses and throughout the Choruses. The closest I can get is to play x 9 x 11 x x for the F# and x 7 x 9 x x for the E.
Thank you for this funky groove
Great video's Adrian, really well presented and easy to follow, which is so important in my opinion. Well done and thanks !!!
" Nile Rodgers " . . . he got the Funk !!! Great job with this.
Awesome lesson and transcription on the website
Looks like I finally found the proper tutorial on this song. Thanks!
one important thing that this lesson points at is that the rhythm lies within your fretting hand and the way you mute the strings. some might get confused trying to get the rhythm with their left hand
a good lesson indeed 👍
Ditto,,at last,,,been looking for that part,,spot on and really well explained,,thank you
Very, very well done. Thank you!
The strumming part and timing of that was very useful. Will take a while to get that down.
Awesome lesson!! Thank you.Greetings from Galiza!
Your lessons are a great great help!
Fantastic lesson. Now it Funks! Thanks a lot!
Another brilliant lesson. Thanks!
I can't mute the A string with my thumb ! I don't know if my thumb is too small but it seems impossible no matter how hard i try. When i reach and mute the A string, i'm actually fretting the low E string at the same time.
Great teacher!!! Thanks for the lesson!
Just subscribed. Excellent teacher. My new guitar Sensei. Thanks a lot. Peace.
Very nice!
YOu play it very well!
It's the best tutorial I've seen!
Very very very close to the original song!
You got a suscriber right now! :D
You might be the only one on youtube who plays it well here on youtube!! Now I also understand why i 'as a producer' why in a distant past... i did often get a discussion, when I told that the reefs were not played well. Because really 80% of the guitarists play completely wrong chords, on this song here on the internet!! But you play the accord scheme well! So it seems that many of them..., can not even hear 'the essential nuances' in such a chord diagram ;-) And that is very shocking to discover... or not?
OMG. I just thought oh I’ll have a listen to this when I looked at how long ago was recorded and I can’t believe this vid was recorded nine years ago. Oh my Goodness …if you’re young please take note…….that time really does fly…so make the most of it
Thank you. So simple, yet so cool.
YOUR VERSION SOUNDS VERY CORRECT. THANKS FOR A VERY CLEAR TUTORIAL. MUCH APPRECIATED.
Thanks! Great lesson. Cool song.
Niles calls it the Chukka (scratch) and he is the King of Chukka, a hard thing to teach, some folks can just do it.Nice job excellent explanation.
I love your telecaster.
Took me two months to learn to play but it's great! Thanks so much!
Like the way you`re doing it and it sounds good! Thanks and enjoy the music.
Outstanding lesson just subscribed brilliant
If you ever watch Rodgers discuss his style, he is quick to say that many people get his style wrong. He mostly plays only the treble strings on his licks and rarely a full six string strum. He has a bass player to take care of the low end.
It’s the right hand to concentrate on and syncing the muting of the strings with the rhythm. It’s like a guitar step time sequencer. Off -off-on-on.
Smart. Great video.
Excellent, thanks
Think Fender call the finish butterscotch blonde.
anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Fender names that Telecaster yellow "TV yellow"
I used to have a G&L ASAT Classic in the same finish. Leo called the G&L model "Butterscotch Blonde". I'm sure he had to change the name that Fender used as to avoid any "Imperial Entanglements" (since you also used a Stars Wars reference). Just a classic finish for a tele. Makes me wish I still had mine.
Thank you, this was really helpful ! Like !
thank you excellent lesson! Im an old metalhead learning funk soul and jazz it sounds sweet on my jem with clean settings....please more
nile rodger lessons aand bowie guitar type lessons.....triple j from the big d
Same with me
Well done. I'm into funk now. Thanks.
Regarding the main Funk strumming part (I haven't got to the lead lines yet), I'm cool with it all at a slower tempo than the original, except for the E chord at the end of the progression where the strumming pattern changes. I can't tap my foot on the beat, and make that change, when the whole riff starts on the AND AFTER 1. Either my foot tapping on the beat loses it, or I screw up the pattern, or both. I can do it fine without tapping my foot. I can do it fine if I keep the same pattern as the other chords on the E. I can do it fine if I start the whole strumming pattern on the 1 instead of the AND AFTER 1. But I can't do all three together faster than about 80 bpm! I'm gonna try and just focus on that different E chord strumming pattern, slow it right down, and work it up in tempo again, but I've done this before and I always start to lose it when I get to about 85 bpm. It's INFURIATING!!! :) Any hints?
Sound of the summer
Great lesson.. thank you.. I Think Tele works perfectly for funk
Strangely enough in the video Nile switch between playing full chords to the muted chords, however when you see him playing it live he rarely plays the chords with the thumb over the top.
Thomas Williams Nile says he doesn’t play the full chords. Basically sticks to two or three strings. There are several videos of him discussing his technique and thought processes for playing and writing.
My hands are too small to get my thumb over the top for muting the way the video suggests- what’s an alternative technique anyone pls? Ta!
Nice one !
Great lesson. Thanks.
Excellent!! Thanks à lot for this super video
Amazing Channel. Amazing bands you choose. Pleuse Dura Duran Early days Andy Guitar riffs and Sigue Sigue Sputnik Flaut it Album no one put NealX guitars ! Regards From Portugal !
Nice Video ... thx for it !!!
That tele looks awesome
Excellent
Could you do a lose yourself to dance lesson as the guitarist plays for Pharell live
Excellent!
heeey, I am learning misirlou and this one. can we also have a lick/song/riff that includes tapping? I would love that.
you are amazing anyway, I have learnt so much and I love your choices and the way you explain things. best guitar teacher ever. bless you 💎
Dude where did you get that great shirt??!!!
Do a search at the converse website for the "jack Purcell" shirt - there are several but one is nearly identical.. It's VERY close - "Jack Purcell Smiles Resonate Pullover".
Sorry to bother, great video! Does it happen anyone has any adice to reach the sound, the tone of the guitar(s) / what kind of equalization can give that "golden" tone/sound to the guitar lines in Get Lucky? Thanks anyway, the video is already a gift, Kudos!
Tone wise you must plug a strat on neck position with a vintage pickup single-coil with volume and tone on 10, send it to a compressor pedal then split the signal chain into 2: 1 goes straight to the sound desk/interface preamp into a neve-style preamp and compressor and 2 goes to any mic-d fender blackface amp (pref. Twin, Deluxe Reverb or Hot Rod). Get your high and middle end from the direct sound and mix it with the low end from the amplifier till you reach your desired sound. Then you go to final EQ, maybe another compressor then the reverb.
Ah, and Get Lucky has two guitars. One plays the chords line you see here and the other one keeps playing that almost palm-muted melody line from the beginning.
Song is F# minor?
Excellent! Thank you.
good job man.. thanks
love this lesson! it spot on. only thing i watched the daft punk video. nile looks like he is playing the full chords during most of the song but playing the triads during the chorus. yes?
+G Rich Niles never plays full chords, always triads ,while strumming in a piano licks style....ala Giorgio Moroder (keyboards) Nile's said he tried to pattern his strumming in the way that Giorgio played the synthesizer in the 1970's.
When I watched the Daft Punk video it does look like he is playing full chords at the beginning, but bare in mind when people make the video very often they are miming to the soundtrack even though they can play it. As there is no way the guy out of daft punk could play a bass with metal fingers LOL. However I have seen him do this song on his own on stage and it looks like he is using full chords there too.
Perfect!! Thanks man!!
Great song in they key of A major :)
Great lesson. I like your music stand. Is the light incorporated into the stand?
Hey. Was wondering...I always felt like he was playing minor 7 chords instead, could be wrong though.
That was my first instinct, but I definitely can't hear any flat 7ths in the actual guitar parts on the record. I think the piano is probably playing minor 7ths though, so that's the overall harmonic feeling. I could be wrong too though. Only way to clear it up would be a private lesson with Mr Rodgers himself!
Hi, thanks for this, I just notice à little Thing listening to the original, Nile doesn't play the A on the F#, i mean to get the exact feel of it, just play the two first note on this one.
I like, your way specialy on the E chord, didn't Heard this part as well as you did. Good Job.
Can Give Life Back to Music by Daft Punk another song with a 2 guitar part done by Paul Jackson, Jr and Nile Rodgers!
seems to me it's in the key of A - except it never resolves to the home chord. So it's II-IV-VI-V Never resolving to home chord is what gives the sequence its feeling of being constantly on the move... like being out all night for the fun
A major, B dorian, F# minor, E mixolydian. All the same chords. Whatever makes sense. For me it's B dorian.
What kind of witchcraft is this!!?? If only I had 8 double-jointed fingers on my left hand I’d be strumming along with you. Fantastic lesson, I hope to grow into it one day.
Very nice job....Can you tell me what amp you use and what setting? Cheers
Love it!
Sounds same in music video nice vid
interesting the way you match the radiator
GENIUS 😲😎
Thank you, Sir!
Just need a graphic to give a visual for the chords.
Does anyone know medium songs to learn? This one is to funky and complex
In the single note part you're playing the harmonics right?
can you do alesson -getting lucky by Head East
What does Kiki of Montparnasse have to do with funk? ;-)
Do I need a pedal for this?
You just need a nice clean sound, no pedals needed. You could try a compressor, but it isn't required to make this sound good.
Sounds correct, but i think its in the key of A maj. ( ii, IV, vi, V) progression... great lesson though!
BTW love the song