African Guitar lesson

[misterwillguitar]

Great lesson! Where are you based?

[weltenbummler66]

nice....THANKS for posting!

[TheGuitaristKinzonzi]

how did she get to a F to a G Like that :S even i cant do that i have to use the cheat G

[ngapuhihardd]

i realy like it comment back

[CharlieMoher]

Nice video. I don't know if the sound was distorted along the way, but your tuning is coming out a tad flat. Sounds great but hard to play along. Cheers.

[CharlieMoher]

Thank you JohnMalcolm. Please feel free to PM me with any other pointers. Its wonderful stuff !!

[JohnMalcolm]

Respect: please allow me to offer a few point that might help non-beginners.

Africa has many different styles of music.

This a progression common in Zimbabwe , but usually played in 6/8 time. Most African styles use thumb and index finger only.

A lot of different tunings are used to get the right sound. Try D G D G C D

Work out where the following notes fall on the fretboard:

G Bb C D F

Draw it up as a 12-fret pattern and explore

Try other time signatures.

[rukash89]

can you teach the last party. i heard an other style song

[rukash89]

very nice

[gomifca]

Very nice rhythm is it a gospel one?

[neoshaolin1]

This is awesome! It's so simple. But, it gives you a whole different sound! :D

[IrisMG]

I love the African style guitar like the guys who played on Paul Simon's Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints albums and even Johnny Clegg's albums. It's good someone is giving tutorials on this style, I would love to learn.

[Abovolou]

can you exchange the tablature of the arpeggio, right hand, please

for a little french guy

Pascal

[6cobby9]

If you cant hear it you cant play it!

[JohnMalcolm]

Beethoven ?????

[JohnMalcolm]

p i m a m i

As played here, although most African styles use thumb and index finger only..

[macaroni185]

nice rythem. Wish I could play like that.

[skills2185]

Could you please do another lesson.

[street429]

Really cool

[ecmorgan100]

Great stuff, just what we need to get more people playing some African guitar. Greetings from Swaziland.

[Mkbgirl79]

wooow really cool keep it coming

[sweetcalamity337]

Love it. Thanks for posting this!

[alfiesnell]

please tell me which tabs you are picking....Real nice!!!!

[bsjunior]

nice.

[evilgenius008]

Nice work. Keep posting more!!!!

[dimlocator44]

Excellent! I yield to no man in my admiration of the great Franco. You can keep your shred - he always played wonderfully & told a story. IMO the greatest guitar solo ever is his "Infidelité Mado"

[yelkoof]

thanks for the good work

[loui0008]

great! liked it - thanks for posting!

[hutzbootsroots]

nice! i'm starting on guitar. the african vibe is, for me, a incentive and passion to play. i will try to play, as you, this rythm :D

[gpatryder]

Terrific - there is so much fun you can have with that strucuture as well.. thanks!

[blazer21aysan]

ananın amı

[misterwill9066]

nice playing bro! How long you been at it?

[berean315]

Very cool! Thanks for posting this. Would like to see some more.

[musinoli]

glad u like it!