It wasn't until the late 90's that this riff was conquered....as so many tab books had it written incorrectly, with KZfaq the community put it's ideas on how it was played together and eventually it was cracked - absolutely great tutorial :)

I’ve recently gotten into Aerosmith again. Joe Perry is definitely not given enough attention, he is a riff master amongst riff masters. I love Rocks and Toys. Best records and fun as hell to play.

Live April 3, 2004 in Florida on Utube at around 22 seconds he plays it the first way. Nice job of helping us strain our brains and motor movements to get the right swing on the other ways to play it.

“Watering the pansies.” Good god, man… your sense of humor is off the chain! Love your material.

This is great - thanks so much for showing I’m not crazy. I started playing it the second-third way years ago, which as you point out sounds like how it was done on the album. The background baseline during the verse is also amazing and adds a lot to it.

LOL!!!! "I'm like your grand dad, but a little bit better on guitar" Hilarious! Thanx for the lesson and sharing your knowledge, outstanding work!

Loving your Joe Perry analysis vids. He’s a genius player and underrated. Let’s see more!

Never been a Aerosmith fan but i think i should thank you for introducing Perry's unique value.

Back in the saddle is a great tune as well

Sped, love all your vides but Perry has been underrated for decades! Please do more Perry stuff! Thanks for the lessons.

Your playing and channel are just freaking brilliant, just brilliant. Please keep them coming.

Hell yeah. Joe perry is the greatest. Aerosmith rocks!...(get it) . How bout some Combination . Thats always been a little tricky for me. Seen others play it, but not slowly. Would love to see that video. and yes... I have a few bucks. 😎

for years this rhythm has perplexed me. Thanks for breaking it down!

Sweet emotion please, especially the outro solo- love it- thanks asSpeddestra🎸

Joe is a bit of a genius really .. his licks are riffs are so original, raw and sadly difficult to do much of it . . but its good stuff no two ways about it, ALL OF IT .. he had the magic for sure

Superb thnx for the great insight on JP

You're a Genius Sped as always!! I still struggle with speed... I'll just keep on keeping on :)

Blessed be, this is the exact thing I needed after the solos.

Excellent! More! More!!

Another excellent and informative JP riff video

Well yes, want to know more!!

Nice work. Always good to try things in different parts of the fretboard.

Thanks for the Joe Perry stuff!

Great stuff❤

Great work dude. Love the vids.

Sped !!!! Another great vid. I like your thoughts on the double tracking and think you are spot on. Since I prefer a one guitar band I would have to go with variation two and then switch it up with four. Oh yeah, you are a very talented teacher with bonus points for the personality. Rock on !!

Thank you very much for version 2! I just cannot get that pinky stretch in v1 with any real speed. All I can say is more of this song and more Joe Perry!

I really love these video’s… your humor and talent combined, makes these lessons so much more fun. Like a friend in the room teaching you something new. I’m studying your Rain song video right now, this is next.

Great lesson thank you

Oh yes absolute killer slayed by Sped never could catch that “swing feel” grove

very interesting lesson. I liked your suggestion about slopping in other notes on the 10th fret, as well as the open string for double tracking. Those are great and I can never be reminded too much about them as useful tools for the toolbox I think you're missing one thing. What i am hearing are the first three notes (the low C) are not swung, but played straight. At least with the guitar panned left (the one panned right has a lot of variations). This gives it that Chuck berry feel over and over and over again, which I find very very cool

Eye opening. I’m now rethinking all my shuffle rhythms.Well done Sped as always. 🎩🎩🎩

Sped I know you have heard this so much but your Les Paul sounds incredibly amazing. Theres not a custom shop that Ive played that sounds any better than yours. Your playing is top notch, your videos are really good, your taste in music is the same as mine. Every video u put out is outstanding not just because of your ability to demonstrate but also because your personality is charming. Thank you for all the content. I would definitely make it a point to see your band perform if you ever come to the States.... When you come it would be amazing if you were ever to make it to Texas! much appreciation for everything!!

Learned it years ago, the "traditional way" but the switch is cool too, I find, palm muting helps it meld.

Great lesson! Thank you!!

I suspect Brad Whitford is the man responsible for the feel of that rhythm guitar part.

Oi! Is that you, Joe? On Sped's channel? all jokes aside, great break down. Youve rekindled my love for Aerosmith with this one.

Thank you for this! I've struggled with this song because this specific part for years and never quite got it right. I'm definitely going to attempt to learn this song again.

Keep it going Sped.

Awww yeah love me some Aerosmith riffage. Thanks Sped!

Sadly, I can only play this riff in step-dad speed, lol. Or as you put it, Grandad ... My nemesis, Walk This Way and Sails Of Charon. Oh to be young again!!! 🤘

I'd love to see you do vids on the main riff and all the rest of the parts!

Let’s do all the parts and then move on to the other great tracks on the TOYS record, mate. It’s a treasure trove of classic rock n roll. 👌🏻🎸🖖🏻

Hey another Joe Perry video let's go

Yes please sped .🎉🎉

HAAAA!!!! Pissin about in the garden!!! I was , I love playing that riff on me ole Les Paul!! My Fave thing is playing Draw the Line with my Firebird tuned to A , tuned up really really loud!! Aww life is grand Sped! Well I am back to the gardening now!! Cheers GREAT LESSON!!!

What a great set of alternative ways for playing this stretchy, and a little awkward, riff. Why didn’t I think of this - genius. Makes me wonder about other awkward riffs that can be played in different ways. Cheers.

Another great lesson. I like the second and last 4th way avoiding the accidental harmonic. At least they sound best with you playing to my ears 👂🌽 ... Thank You for sharing, the snarkiness is also appreciated 😂

WTH, I’ve never been able to figure that out….DUDE Thank you sooooo Much.

You are crushing the Jordan, I mean Joe Perry - old school Aerosmith ! Have you always liked Joe? Or is it a new interest? Either way you are bringing smiles to thousands of guitarists everywhere. Aerosmith was my first concert and my favorite band for a good while. Keep em comin man. You are the best instructor on You Tube Sped.

Awesome, love your style as always Sped thanks for all you do. Think this was the 3rd song I ever learned but not as well as you play it of course) after Stairway and Life In The Fast Lane. Love the deep dive into the variations. The challenge I always had with Aerosmith songs is I could never put them to use in public because I could never sing them ...and couldn't find a singer who could....so I stopped investing the time learning them. That said, this is a great exercise and great for one's chops. Tx again.

Jordan rocks🤘

Man, so I find that when you teach you stay so true to the sound. JP, Slash Perry..you really nail it. I enjoy these so much many times I listen while working without even watching. However when it comes to learning a Zeppelin solo, THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE place to learn. Well done. PS do you guys live in the Shire surrounded by rolling green hills and little ponds? Cheers from California

i like those variations but pretty sure #1 is how JP plays....blessings to you brother

All time favorite Aerosmith song! Thanks for the lesson. The lead lesson is bitchin' too - it's always baffled me.

You know you've subscribed to the right channel when you learn a riff and sign language during the same lesson...priceless! By the way, the second version is more how I think the studio version sounds to my ear, for what it's worth.

I saw a video of him, playing it, the main riff, he doesn’t go open, a first fret, first finger second fret, second finger, when he drops the first finger on the first fret, he slides it up to the second fret, for the next note

Nice job, very informative. I like how you use the bookmarks, most guitar instructors don't use them.

That my friend was brilliant...I've got a sore hand now and not from potting!

Sped, mate, I've got a special secret way of playing this one, for when you're the only guitarist in the band and you've got to fill the room: tune your A string down to G. Now you can bar the C chord at the fifth fret and reach all the tasty notes to make it swing. Also gives you access to the high notes for those signature 'deet deedee' moments. Sure, now you've got to move the main riff, but it's well worth a try x

What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

You have a great tone here. Sounding super good up to speed.

Awesome, thank you. I've been on an Aerosmith kick lately myself just learned seasons of wither and uncle salty. Was going to do adams apple next but now I might have to do this one. My ears liked the second way you played it the best, all ways sound great but the second one hit the spot.

Awesome lesson, thank you. Please yes, the main riff and chorus too?

Sped. You’re as funny as you are deft at the guitar. Great work,m’man ❤

Where's Brad Whitford? I mean, wheeere's Braaad? Edit: I love the new ending! Make that your trademark.

YES!!

But did he? 😊 If there could only be one channel for breaking down solos and riffs it is this one.

Thanks 👍🇺🇸

This is great. I’ve always struggled with this riff because of the stretch and my disobedient pinky. Did I think of transposing it to another part of the fretboard? No. No i didn’t. Too busy watering the garden.

Yer the best bro

Sounds good my friend. I think the first way sounded right although every band I was in that played that song guitarist always played 3rd position. Trying to remember how Perry & Whitford played it live I think a combination between the two of them. Love your use of the word piss in the UK. If I were sitting out in the garden I'd be drinking a cola slurpee don't know if you have them over there. Anyway best to you & Gab as always!!

Spedly, you need to see a JP with a ring for the Gab finger

I think Spud Pudding is the best YT guitar teacher out there. Just kidding about the spud pudding bit. Lol If only you lived in Melbourne i d take lessons of you for sure.

​ Great tutorial! Thanks! The easiest way for me is the one on the A string starting at the C using the open G. However I think J Perry played it at the 8th fret like you did..

first solo!

please do a complete lesson. thanks

Haha, I haven't the slightest intention of trying any of this! Too hard for me, at my stage, and anyway, I like watering pansies! Not really, but adding Perry Peri 🌶 and the Purple Pansies to the future group name list. Love the deadpan throwaway lines 🤣. God knows what your US audience makes of them 🤣🤣 Rock on!🙌😮

Never forget, and I think he did it again in 2021, Slash playing this completely different. But theres some video, know idea where they were, where Joe and Slash play Walk this Way together and Slash's playing it wrong and Joe smiles at him and shows him where it is and Slash smiles and joins him. It's like an epic moment of teacher vs. student and Slash smiles and plays it Joe's way. But back to 21 Tyler and Grohl and Slash play it and Slash is playing this part different again. I imagine like myself, years before we could pull up a youtube video you just played what you heard and if it was close enough youd dtick with it. But Walk this Way, as famous as it is, gets brutalized by cover bands all over the world. From the opening drum part being the wrong tempo or not enough swing in it to the solos in between...and forget the end...that outro is so out of this world I've never heard it played like it was recorded with Jack Douglas. Even by Aerosmith. Thats an incredible recording. But I've listened to this song countless times and im convinced, and ill die on this hill, that the second go round for the verses the accents are different on that recording making it nigh impossible to replicate. Which isn't that far fetched considering live recording in studios back in the day and Douglas cutting tape. Even isolated i hear a difference. Man i love Aerosmith. What an amazing body of work!

Never mind the cool riffs, tell us more about how we're screwing up our big break. I was going to do some gardening, but I'm not taking any chances now

The 1st way the correct one, and I assume the extra bite is coming from Perry doing a Page and rolling off all the bass on his amp. Edit: just seen Tim Pearce say that Whitford was playing an LP, and Perry was playing a Strat. Panned left and right.

Sped, please please do a short video on Slash’s second solo in Used To Love Her. I can’t find a good lesson on KZfaq. 🙏

Hey Sped you need to check out the outro solo at the end of Amazing. Like the title of the song it's amazing guitar solo. Maybe you can teach us that next?

I used to be able to play the intro riff really well. This was 20-25 years ago. Nowadays, after a wrist injury on my fret hand, carpal and overall neglect of a regular practice routine, I feel like a beginner when I try to play this song. Probably sound like one too. The verse riff always gave me a hard time. Never saw the 3rd variation, I'll have to try that one!

Kind Sir , I am new to electric I've been playing acoustic for 45 years. I would love if you could spend a couple minutes showing amp settings on your tutorial. Tone chasing kills my motivation. I feel Id be better off just practicing the wooden Goblin. Thanks for the great content

Too much Comedy on these tutorials, Sped!! Really good lesson on this Joe Perry style!!!

I’m gonna try the variation 2, the first variation is tiny bit problematic for me when I am playing on stage, standing up. I find myself raising my guitar just for this tune and then lowering back, may be I can avoid that with variation 2. Thanks for the lesson! A lesson the “Crazy” solo would be nice if you can do it!

Magic! The Ole 3 4 1 trick😉, ( back to the watering.)actually)Sod the garden ,gonna grind me axe!😂2

Sounds great! What amp are you running your LP through?

I play it #3 in the open position. Seems to "bounce" better.

Great vid man. 3 years into pakying guitar (age 46) and just cant get my pinky to play ball when I've tried to learn this tune. Do you have a tab sheet you could share?

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Love your channel. This may sound off-topic, but, does that Les Paul have an ebony fretboard? Just curious. My two favorite fretboard woods in order are maple and ebony. Again, just curious

Have you considered covering Led Zeppelin "Going to San Francisco" part during live Dazed and confused at msg?

It is indeed the former that I am here for.

I am drinking a variation of that right now. A Canadian Rye and Luxardo Amaretto. It's called a Godfather FYI.

🔥😎🙏💖

My little finger is the black sheep of my hand family. It is difficult to get it to do what it is told. It is good at fitting in your ear however, a real wax weavel.

What pickups you got in that thing man? Sounds awesome

Dunno about anyone else but I play it in the C major cowboy chord shape right down the bottom of the neck.