Learning the intro riff to OLD MAN by Neil Young

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Get my PDF chord sheet for this lesson @ songnotes.net/lessons/326/
Hey friends! Here's an entry in my "practice log" series of videos, where I share with you tips & tidbits as I make my way through tougher sections of certain songs. This specific video will be focusing on "Old Man" by Neil Young -- particularly that opening chord (Dm9), and how to strum it and sound just like Neil. Even given an exact tab, this is by no means an easy feat. As such, I'll share with you here the 5-6 exercises I created for myself when learning this opening chord -- in the likely event they may be helpful to you.
NOTE #1: My full lesson for the song is coming the weekend of September 12, 2020.
NOTE #2: this lesson doesn't get into the "D" riff in the 4th and 5 measures. I'll tackle this in my full lesson. However, I do show the tab for it -- see "Step 6" in my PDF.
Timestamps for this video:
- 0:00 Lesson overview
- 1:45 1. Learning the two chord shapes
- 3:12 2. Understanding the basic timing
- 5:37 3. Fingerpicking & the role of dissonance
- 9:40 4. Learning the hammer-ons
- 11:26 5. The role the thinnest string plays
- 14:48 6. Putting it all together
- 19:00 Farewell & final advice
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@songnotes 3 жыл бұрын

PDF w/ my tabs 👉 playsongnotes.com/lessons/326/ Timestamps: 0:00 Lesson overview 1:45 (1) Learning the two chord shapes 3:12 (2) Understanding the basic timing 5:37 (3) Fingerpicking & the role of dissonance 9:40 (4) Learning the hammer-ons 11:26 (5) The role the thinnest string plays 14:48 (6) Putting it all together 19:00 Farewell & final advice

@dagwoodacid Жыл бұрын

The best lesson of this song I’ve seen! Great job!

@mrcashannon 3 жыл бұрын

Really love this step by step break down ...this song has perplexed me forever and could never really get it sounding right

@aretejamodi 3 жыл бұрын

I like seeing the struggles you've had and the breakdown of the different sections. Great lesson ☺️

@Barefeet200 3 жыл бұрын

Holy cow that’s an in depth lesson! Going to be a real challenge. Thanks !

@danahendrickson3785 3 жыл бұрын

Great Lesson(s), David. Happy to be a patron!

@richardhudson2423 3 жыл бұрын

Very well done. You seem like someone who deserves to have many friends. Thank you for the lessons.

@freeindeed5393 2 жыл бұрын

You are a great teacher! So relatable!

@predragsinko2513 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. My favorite Neil Young song.

@scottdowney4250 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave. I’m a very slow learner and a very visual learner. I appreciate the time you take….

@BenWebb-qh4oh Жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you David. Now I get it. After years. Subscribed!

@motioninmind6015 3 жыл бұрын

So glad you have this channel, you're great 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@engine-room 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, a challenge but so worth your effort.

@louisdirect Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing lesson on a very difficult intro. I was looking for a challenge, This one will surely challenge me and help me get better. Thank you.

@dmagnin 3 жыл бұрын

you are always amazing and so helpful!!!!!!:) thanks so much for sharing

@MrAberstar 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lesson! I love the way teach!

@michaelpadula2943 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Neil makes it look so easy......

@wiseman007100 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome break down mate! Ty!

@Lasgoo 3 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome!

@freestyle94ibz 3 жыл бұрын

Great lesson !!

@hosseinece 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing lessons! I self thought Hotel California and Heart of Gold just by following your videos. This is another awesome one. Can you also create a lesson for Losing my Religion from REM?

@smiley50ish 28 күн бұрын

Thank you my friend from wales uk

@pieeaternm1 3 жыл бұрын

love your vids!!!

@Martin_HD28 9 ай бұрын

This song has been so hard for me to master. So simple yet so complex

@flouisbailey 7 ай бұрын

Great song well played, I hear elements of other CSNY songs within this lesson, ,example Guinevere ect.

@christineberge9324 2 ай бұрын

Excellent🎉I'm busy learning this intro. It was very helpful,wow! Doesn't he do a muted strum though? I'm sure I watched another lesson showing the intermittent muting.

@parneypots 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your admission to struggling with this and the amount of effort you had to put into learning this song. Only request would be to not have added the finger style option to the lesson. IMHO those are two totally different techniques and it only Added to the length of the lesson. Still a thumbs up 👍. Thanks for your work and honesty!

@dagwoodacid Жыл бұрын

Would love to see a break down of Pocahontas!!

@alexadams1627 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining the intro. That 1st string was hurting my ears and nobody else explained to leave it out once in s while.

@isaiahmello6630 2 жыл бұрын

You're the shit dude!

@BARKINGattheMOON100 3 жыл бұрын

Hammerons??? Is that like those really Scary Guys in Star trek???👽👽👽

@tomcotton5886 2 жыл бұрын

Old rugged cross

@billyjoe8759 3 жыл бұрын

Well done, but the fist chord is not Dm9, It's Dm7Add9!

@dronai 3 ай бұрын

In His live version, he strums that opening with a pick and hammers on the index finger. Are you just showing fingers style here for a reason ?

@johngale6186 3 жыл бұрын

How can you possibly turn a 20 second lesson into 21 minutes of ridiculous overexplanation. No wonder you say you are not a good guitarist, just confusing.

@geraldwest3428 3 жыл бұрын

Can show us the 20 second method?

@dereklong801 3 жыл бұрын

@@geraldwest3428 It's a standard open D chord with some hammer-ons and an F/D. Not worth 20 minutes.

@chriselliott726 3 жыл бұрын

Rude, simply rude.

@SaintKimbo 3 жыл бұрын

It seems to too concerned with perfect strum timing, which just says to me that if can't strum 4/4, and it's derivatives, naturally without thinking about it , you need to take basic drum lessons, or practice strumming with a metronome before you try and play actual songs, otherwise you'll wind up doing this, spending 20 minutes trying to learn the strum pattern of phrases of songs, and that'll just end up ruining your guitar experience.

@garyhud8278 3 жыл бұрын

Without being rude I understand what John is saying...