daveinspain Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Learning the intro to Johnny B. Good... It's a b¡tch... I can finally play the whole intro fluidly at 130 bpm. Will I ever get to 168 bpm and be able to play it clean without messing it up?? Time will tell but never even thought I'd get it this far either. just sayin'.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 'Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering (riff); to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee...' Yeah, I reckon you'll nail that sucker Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Practice, practice, practice... Sadly there are no shortcuts.... If you wanna do it right, that's what it takes... And im sure you will get there too (I need to practice way more, got a bit lazy with my playing recently) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I've never attempted to learn it "the right way". I just try to get the basic style and improvise. I've probably never played it the same way twice. Keep working on it Dave and I'm sure you will eventually nail it. I've posted this version before. We were jamming at a Memorial Day cookout back in 2009, and my old buddy Ed fired up his recorder halfway through. I don't think he realized it was even recording yet. Good times B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Anyone else interested... Check out this guys lesson, excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Funny! We recently did a couple nights with a fill in guitar player. When Bass Player is tired singing he says JohnnyBGoode and away we go. I sing it and go around a few times with the break and the chorus and he gets a rest. Fill In Guitar guy is like whaaaat? He does the song like Chuck Berry. We do it like I did it since back then, in G, none of the riffage Berry used. We got it from somewhere, somebody did it live I guess, and that's how I've always done it. We spent a good half a beer trying to figure out who covered it in the 70's that I got it from, but came up empty. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I've never attempted to learn it "the right way". I just try to get the basic style and improvise. I've probably never played it the same way twice. Keep working on it Dave and I'm sure you will eventually nail it. I've posted this version before. We were jamming at a Memorial Day cookout back in 2009, and my old buddy Ed fired up his recorder halfway through. I don't think he realized it was even recording yet. Good times B) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P5l8R2wpmc I really enjoyed that video, thanks for posting it. Keep playing it your way, it works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 it's only rock and roll Dave, get in the zone, and just go at it like ya mean it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Don't worry, Dave. It's been butchered by sooooo many guys over the years no one will notice if it's not spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Anyone else interested... Check out this guys lesson, excellent! Yeah! I would say he gets it right. That's pretty much what I try to do - though not nearly as precise (and not in Bb). Those descending Dorian notes make it pop. So does that bluesy little hammer on the the G string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Yeah I know but trying to get is as good as I can… Then faking it will be easier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Mac Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Hey,daveinspain! I think you are wise to learn Berry's version... not only will faking it be easier but, you'll recognize those who have given it a thorough listen. Chuck's playing was truly groundbreaking on this and other songs. He once said that everything he played, he learned from T-Bone Walker. With that in mind, go listen to T-Bone. He wrote Stormy Monday but, everybody plays either the Allman Brothers version of it or Bobby "Blue" Bland's(the versions with the ascending minor chords). One of my mentors once told me,"Always learn the original version of a song; that way, you've got somewhere to jump from.". Wise advice from a wise man, that was. Good Luck with your quest... it takes a while but, you'll be a better player for it! Whatever you play or however you play it, take kidblast's advice and play it like you mean it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 1473325215[/url]' post='1797924']Learning the intro to Johnny B. Good... It's a b¡tch... I can finally play the whole intro fluidly at 130 bpm. Will I ever get to 168 bpm and be able to play it clean without messing it up?? Time will tell but never even thought I'd get it this far either. just sayin'.... Wow, tough song to learn. Wish I could play solos. On a scale of 1-5 one being easy songs and five being difficult I'm at 3. In three years now. I've ventured into 4 and learned some songs but get up to the solos and stop. Stairway to Heaven is one. I have a DVD that teaches it from Led Zeppelin that came in the music book and didn't think I'd ever learn what I know now. Sad is it's taken me 3 years. Sometime I'll take a stab at the solo but doubt I can do it. I've done some 4 star rated songs all the way through. 1473373083[/url]' post='1798055']Don't worry, Dave. It's been butchered by sooooo many guys over the years no one will notice if it's not spot on. Boy my wife knows. She knows piano and if I hit a wrong note she's in my room telling me all about it or tempo, she harps on me about that to. And she's never played guitar! Lol 1473373421[/url]' post='1798057']Yeah! I would say he gets it right. That's pretty much what I try to do - though not nearly as precise (and not in Bb). Those descending Dorian notes make it pop. So does that bluesy little hammer on the the G string. Hammer ons and hammer offs kill my pinky. I can do it for a song, maybe two if I'm lucky then that darn arthritis acts up and hurts like heck. The finger is crooked and has a large bump at the joint. Guess I'll never be as good as you guys here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 And - Original is sped up - Berry played it in A, slightly slower of course but Chess records sped it up as they thought (rightly) it would sell more. Downstrokes; no alternate picking going on here. Berry took lots from T-Bone (like everyone else) but also cited Lionel Hampton's jump bands as an influence, in his Guitar Player cover story way back when (late 1980s?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 It's getting there, thanks for all the encouragement! Starting to get it up to speed. The real test will be at band rehearsal when we give it a go... That's typically when all my fingers turn into thumbs... :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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