"I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash Preview Lesson

[callumlfc69]

236 people liked a commercial

[denverSkip]

Not much of a lesson....

[evolutionfineart]

Commenting on Youtube is kinda like the Special Olympics. Somebody eventually wins, but everybody looks like a retard.

[ventea]

@Saint305XL You know whats really funny? I didnt even know it was a word, just didnt feel like saying "sh-t" that day. I just looked it up, and one of the slang meanings is - Harshness of treatment, abuse. What are the chances of me "making" up a word on the spot and having it actually mean what I wanted it to.... Anyways, just thought Id return the favor and share a thought :)

[evolutionfineart]

@ventea WTF??

[pappymcdamnit]

GOT IT! Thanks ivideosongs!! =\

[BrentAllanJohnson]

thought it was pretty cool

[alissa8cookiez]

Whoa. That is one talented guitar. Drums included and everything.

[alex56721]

thumbs up if you realize hes so good drums start magically playing

[Palladin727]

what brand capo are you using?

[HUNDuffman]

@Palladin727 Tesco value -.- what the hell is the brand of the capo about?

[Punkrock1807]

Thumbs up for hot Taylor Guitar!

[Nick24Dr]

When Johnny actually played, there was a second guy playing the "lead" part Johnny mainly did the strumming, with a dollar bill laced between the strings to give it that chicka-chicka sound, while still playing the chords.

[Jrebindixie]

@Nick24Dr ......the "second guy" was Luther Perkins or Bob Wottoon.

[COOLBIAN57]

@Nick24Dr Huh.  That's a good idea!!!

[misseverglades]

i like it

[PetergoldXD]

@imakebrown

Its the lesson preview? Calm down

[toad4eva]

what are the chords for the verse?

[bkhaskins123]

Johnny Cash wrote "I Walk the Line" and originally recorded it at Sun Records Studio, Memphis, TN, in 1956(Sun is the same record company where Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis started their recording careers). Johnny did not use a capo on the original, but he was also known for weaving paper in between the strings of his acoustic guitar to create a snare drum effect.

[rebelbhoy1888]

you are spot on man.

[ventea]

Half the comments on this vid are pretty funny.

The guy is showing you a way to play it, if you dont like it, dont play it like this guy shows, you dont need to share your opinion that hes doing it wrong, cos frankly, no one is going to care.

Like anything information on youtube, take it for what it is, keep your negative gaff to yourself :)

[LostAway77]

@ventea true that! i second that! :)

[sniperfxxx]

@ventea wow that was negative...

[diabloRock7]

verry gd bro thanx

[StrPhoenix]

Jhonny use capo too

[happyhour2624]

Hey everyone, my dream is to play at pubs/ bars when I'm older but my voice is pretty terrible haha can you please check out my vid of me singing/guitar give me a few pointers?.. thanks guys! :)

[lipe19961996]

nice

[Laluna8787]

i love Johnny Cash

[reallybored32]

well, even though it was advertising, at least they said in the title that it was a preview, unlike all those other sites which just want ur views.

[TheBobo56]

you are pro at strumming

[tim52160]

Dude , you rock . this is the kind of teaching i need. Just show it a little slower. Thank you!!I hope you have some Willie Nelson in here too.

[anarchy4theuk]

what version have you heard? every one knows that the main riff is played on electric guitar and the acoustic played by mr cash himself puts a piece of paper between his stings to get a 'snare drum' sound.

[Gilligan346]

No one has yet, to my knowledge, mimicked Luther Perkins painstakingly simple method of getting that twangyness out of a telecaster.

[anarchy4theuk]

no one can create that sound, its too unique, he was a brilliant guitarist, he didnt play the hardest riffs in the world but what he did play he played the shit out of it. i think what cash did with the paper in the acoustic was smart aswell.

[Gilligan346]

Indeed. He played to his strengths. That raw, driving, punchy sound in many ways defined the country music of earlier decades but when juxtapositioned against the rock and roll era, and with the advent of the electric guitar, hadn't ever been heard.

[fenders4life]

i miss my taylor...

[scudsy2]

No...Regge started in Jamica.

Rap broke away from that gerne in America (Chicago) first...it just caught on in Jamica before it became popular in the U.S.

[LNMagic]

Well spoken and delivered, but putting a capo on the bottom string does NOT turn that into an A chord. It's A#, and I am tired of seeing these kind of mistakes in bar tabs.

Technical mistake, but otherwise well instructed.

[Raoena]

It doesn't matter where the instructor puts the capo. He's playing an A-chord shape.

The capo just makes everything a half-step higher, so yes, it will sound as an A-sharp (more commonly referred to as B-flat) chord. But it would be really confusing for everyone if the instructor talked about playing Bb when everyone can see the chord he's playing is an A.

[NeilThompson30]

I agree with you - I found this annoying too but -

It's not an A sharp -

it's a B flat cause the song's in F.

[iVideosongs]

Good point. I'll add that note right away. Unfortunately the rights owners wouldn't license us North American rights. Bummer indeed.

[iVideosongs]

Sorry you feel this way. You might be able to get the tabs for free, but our song instruction goes way beyond that. And we've licensed the rights to the songs from the publisher so that we can present the material in a very authentic way. We pay a good chunk of the fee to the rights owners.

[Thomasa95]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

[UltraManX10017]

RIP

The Man In Black

[ATEClan554]

thanks, very nice

[kjlsder]

Merci c'est sympa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!