how to play "American Woman" on guitar by the Guess Who | guitar lesson | Acoustic INTRO

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    An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play the intro to “American Woman” by the Guess Who from the album of the same name released in 1970.
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  • @ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials

    For more information on this lesson go here: www.shutupandplay.ca/american-woman--acoustic-electric-rhythm-and-solo.html

  • @gojoe36
    @gojoe36 Před 7 lety +15

    This song got me playing guitar. When I heard that third note hang in the solo I knew I wanted to learn to play guitar. The Guess Who is one of my all time favorites

  • @geraldbrown2875
    @geraldbrown2875 Před 7 lety +14

    Great Canadian story! Another interesting story about the song- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet- Randy's brother Garry has a stutter when he talks that's where Randy got the idea to use the stutter on " B-,b-,b-, baby, you just ain't seen na, na, nothing yet" lyric in the song. Also I would like to thank you not only for the time & effort you put into your tutorial videos but also on your effort on detail and getting the song down right ! In my opinion hands down best videos that I've seen in this category! 🇨🇦

  • @mikemeedia
    @mikemeedia Před 7 lety +16

    This is such an underrated channel, keep up the phenomenal work sir! Request: Gary Clark jr - please come home .. thank you!!

  • @pixkeyser
    @pixkeyser Před 7 lety +3

    This is one of the best lessons I have seen. You do a great job of explaining everything.

  • @AbeAleman
    @AbeAleman Před 7 lety +4

    it does sound great!...can't wait to practice this. Thanks!

  • @marierobinson2583
    @marierobinson2583 Před 7 lety +3

    Thank you so much. I just worked through this today and can actually play this!!! You are an awesome teacher. I had to look up what the harmonic even was. (I've only been playing for about 7 months)

  • @craigjones1115
    @craigjones1115 Před 6 lety +1

    Enjoyed that very much! Thanks. Very helpful.

  • @joshtimmons7332
    @joshtimmons7332 Před 4 lety +4

    This is great. Thank you so much for the lesson man

  • @fervela9650
    @fervela9650 Před 4 lety

    Great, it's so really easy and amazing tune in open G.

  • @dennisfraney7896
    @dennisfraney7896 Před 2 lety

    After all these years, you turn on the light and it becomes so easy and simple. Thank you for the breakdown of the song. Open G...(Guess) who would of thought?

  • @scotttaylor3205
    @scotttaylor3205 Před 7 lety

    Thanks BRO - Great lesson!! Live you I have been playing the main lick for 40 + years and I never knew how to play the intro.

  • @markomatic-ge2pj
    @markomatic-ge2pj Před 7 lety +1

    On point with the open G dude. I love the busted string story, I saw BB King bust a string on stage and he just replaced it with ease while still picking like it was nothing

  • @willkupers
    @willkupers Před 7 lety +6

    Wow. That guitar sounds awesome. Thanks. Great lesson.
    Love open tunings.

    • @Mrgheck
      @Mrgheck Před 4 lety

      Will Kupers Taylor’s are good like that. It’s a Taylor kind of thing

  • @doctorloveboat5836
    @doctorloveboat5836 Před 6 lety

    thanks for putting out the intro, and the open G tip too!

  • @timhadzisavas6573
    @timhadzisavas6573 Před 7 lety

    thats fab man. cant wait for the solo... don't make us wait too long. cheers 😎

  • @dphotos007
    @dphotos007 Před 7 lety

    Thanks for a great lesson

  • @rudai123
    @rudai123 Před 7 lety

    Great lesson. Great channel. Thanks.

  • @user-nu6cg9cb2e
    @user-nu6cg9cb2e Před 6 měsíci

    Like all stories, by the time it got to you, it had changed from what actually happened . You got the general gist right.
    You can find Randy telling his version on You Tube, as well as Burton Cummings telling it how he remembers.
    I Love your lessons, please keep up the good work.

  • @andresm-h6280
    @andresm-h6280 Před 3 lety

    Never seen this channel before but this really helped with this song. I'll be sure to check your other vids 😁

  • @marierobinson2583
    @marierobinson2583 Před 7 lety

    you make it look so easy!

  • @hepgeoff
    @hepgeoff Před 3 lety

    Great lesson! So much easier in open G tuning. Now I just need my electric for the rest of the song.

  • @richardyescas8197
    @richardyescas8197 Před 3 lety

    That was clear and great.

  • @markmuench3420
    @markmuench3420 Před 7 lety

    Awesome lesson, Great channel, Amazing skills. Greetings from Idaho! Request: The Guess Who: No Sugar
    Thanks and cheers

  • @jayg3559
    @jayg3559 Před 7 lety

    Great lesson as usual!! Do you think the rhythm part can also be played in open G by barring the A& D strings at the 4th, 7th , and 9th frets ? You can still get the full sound on the 7th & 9th frets by doing a one finger full barre. What is your thought on this? JG

  • @golflre7179
    @golflre7179 Před 2 lety

    Great story and demo.

  • @Valerifon1
    @Valerifon1 Před 7 lety

    So, on the electric part where you played the solo, what were you using to get that tone? It's very similar to the original... thanks!

  • @theroadking547
    @theroadking547 Před 4 lety

    Nice. You are the man.

  • @geraldhartley
    @geraldhartley Před 6 lety +2

    Great lesson! As a Canadian though, you should pronounce Bachman's name like Randy does himself: BACKman. :)

  • @jonbrooks390
    @jonbrooks390 Před 7 lety

    thank you, i had it standard,sounded good, but not like in g , made sense. the music is much more in other tunings

  • @nn567
    @nn567 Před 10 měsíci

    Excellent!

  • @biblybims9868
    @biblybims9868 Před 3 lety

    Cool story to a cool song,thanks

  • @dannullmeyer7378
    @dannullmeyer7378 Před 6 lety +2

    well open G and there are 3 guitars in it live with Burtin solo

  • @NigelNaughton
    @NigelNaughton Před 7 lety +1

    Great lesson...Is that a Taylor right? 314CE? what model?

  • @MilestoneMediaUSA
    @MilestoneMediaUSA Před 6 lety

    Brilliant

  • @sargentosenseicavernicola3983

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏☝👌🔝👍 you're the man 😎

  • @arnelmanalo70
    @arnelmanalo70 Před 3 lety

    Can you able to play Love me somebody by Bad company

  • @imannonymous7707
    @imannonymous7707 Před 5 lety +1

    Im impressed by how he used open g
    At the time of this recording...68 i believe, it wasnt done alot in rock music yet...in fact even keith hadnt really started using it
    And he started in open e and open d first jack flash,prodigal son, oh , and street fghtn man . But i cant think of anybody else at that time that did play in open g yet
    And it took a canadian lol just sayin....i could be wrong tho

  • @alanwallace5342
    @alanwallace5342 Před 3 lety +1

    Open G.
    Dang, who knew it was that simple. Sneaky Randy.

  • @crisrose521
    @crisrose521 Před 3 lety +2

    Yes , the Guess Who were the first Canadian band to have a #1 hit in America and ironically, the did it with an anti - American song . Johnny G

  • @Meehowski
    @Meehowski Před 3 lety

    Epic.....

  • @Torontoguitarman007
    @Torontoguitarman007 Před 7 lety

    Great Lesson. Thank you so much.

  • @jesustercero7741
    @jesustercero7741 Před 7 lety +2

    can u show us a demo before u start the video so we can see wat it sounds before i try to learn the song

  • @VmarcogV
    @VmarcogV Před 7 lety

    Lester Burnham liked this! 😃

  • @Guitaroverkill
    @Guitaroverkill Před 5 lety +1

    That’s what the tab book says. 👍

  • @JTPMcC
    @JTPMcC Před 7 lety

    Thanks so much for teaching this song.
    It's one of my favourites.
    I've seen lessons for this but not as good as this.

  • @soldanovht
    @soldanovht Před 4 lety

    I broke hundreds of strings to date, when am I going to get a major hit song out of it. I'm on my way to break another one now. lol

  • @robertlepine8801
    @robertlepine8801 Před 7 lety +1

    Awesome!! One of my favorite intros ever. never heard anyone play it before. thanks man!!! such a great song. sure Lenny kravitz did an ok job on it but just doesn't have that same feel as the original. Some folks improve originals and some ruin them. thanks again.

  • @ronaldomourao2811
    @ronaldomourao2811 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Fala muito.

  • @7caesar719
    @7caesar719 Před 7 lety

    Awesome!!

  • @drakonwulfkozeidon8907

    Thank you for sharing a bit of history behind this classic tune.

  • @dringavlogs8120
    @dringavlogs8120 Před 4 lety +1

    I’m Dringa vlogs
    I’m completely blind, autistic and have a chronic heart condition.
    When I was a child in the nineties, I LOVED this song because when I was a child, I used to think that the acoustic guitar in the intro, sounded like it was saying “daindy daindy daindy daindy.”
    Now that I’m an adult and realize that guitars don’t have mouths nor vocal cords, guess what?
    I still think it sounds like it’s saying “daindy daindy daindy daindy.”
    I have a youtube channel.
    My channel is Dringa vlogs
    Yes, blind people can make videos do to screen-reading technology.
    We’re actually smarter than you might imagine.

  • @MilestoneMediaUSA
    @MilestoneMediaUSA Před 7 lety

    Excellent

  • @terset9912
    @terset9912 Před 7 lety

    .... from Victoria, BC. nice to see some Canadian content. Love your tutorials. Thank you. ( ps, what about Chilliwack's "Raino" ?)

  • @Leon-qk6dh
    @Leon-qk6dh Před rokem

    Rather easy (for him) but my fingers don't agree when I try to do just that intro. LOL

  • @chanoc455
    @chanoc455 Před 6 lety

    A great tutorial and it's easier playing it in "Open G". Thank you .

  • @GiannicolaBonora
    @GiannicolaBonora Před 7 lety +1

    I think it would have been appropriate to specify that this acoustic intro is from the Led Zeppelin's cover of the song.

  • @brianbiggs3484
    @brianbiggs3484 Před 2 lety

    ✌️✌️🇨🇦🇨🇦👍👍👍👍👍

  • @rickhamlet1920
    @rickhamlet1920 Před 5 měsíci

    That's not correct about the beginning of how the song started.

  • @111oooo
    @111oooo Před 6 lety

    More to the story they were going to cross the border but heard that they could possibly get drafted for the war in Nam since they had green cards so they went back to Canada and found another place to play on the fly. Here is a link: czcams.com/video/f2AJNs-4v7k/video.html

  • @practicallysocial
    @practicallysocial Před 13 dny

    Lenny should have never touched it.

  • @austenmann6218
    @austenmann6218 Před 4 lety

    No shit he became a Mormon . Good luck with that bud, it's like rehab but everyone's already a square