Guitar Lesson: Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

[MISANTHROPY647]

Tune your guitar half a step down.

[Guitarzard]

thanks manm, easy to understand and u took it pretty slow, good job.

[schwill81]

Well he didn't finish

[colenicholson]

No one should ever "like" this boring ass dunce! And yet somehow, by sum sort of mysterious vortex of evil, this dude has 468 of em. Spooky shit man.

[KEPHALLE]

you're half step above the original

[musicforchewfaygs]

i don't care if he's gay or not, but he's got the rhythm all wrong.

that bothers me a lot more than his sexuality ever will.

[curlymolly70]

@musicforchewfaygs Even if he raped you?

[musicforchewfaygs]

@curlymolly70 totally, nothing is worse than poor sexual rhythm.

[curlymolly70]

@musicforchewfaygs Too true, lmao

A rapist with a bad temper is bad, but a rapist with a bad tempo is worse.

Serious, good lulz.

Well played sir :D

[smm8855]

all the chords and riffs are right...he is just in the wrong key and has no rythem

[TheLydianRocks]

@smm8855 wrong, it's almost right, but check the tab on the OFFICIAL pumpkins website, the authorized ones.

[2019blissyn]

anyone else notice that SMOKEWEEDNIGGA said "pierced right eye" get you shit right idiot befor you hate on people... its dumb fucks like you IS why america is going to shit. note the "is" because that makes sense in the english language you illiterate fuck.

[knuckleheadjones]

@SMOKEWEEDNlGGA America is going to shit because people like you aren't dead.

[vixie182]

Took me a week to learn to play the guitar. Thank you dude and thank you YouTube!! :D

[MrGhost321]

why is everyone such a douchebag

[rorygamble]

Your timing isn't quite right on the bit with the open A string (after the bend). If you play along with the record you'll notice that you move away from one chord too early, and then hold on to the next chord for too long. I appreciated the 2 chords before the chorus though.

[CalisCool]

On the actual song he strum the first 3 strings the entire riff. Mute the E string the entire time and thats how he really plays it.

[zs6djm]

People stop being so judgemental here on Youtube!

Would you rather him show you how to play justin fucking bieber

[hernandrix]

nice lesson thx

[brunobizu]

Yo! Thx man, very nice explanation. IM PLAYING IT! ♪ Shakedown 1979... ♫ ♪ 

[CJaviere]

Muy Buen Video POrfa11 Siganme En twitter Como @CJaviere

[hippygypsy1589]

I prefer Jen @ Mahalo

[bobberto60]

Your guitar rocks

[cactustactics]

Worth pointing out the single-note riff part isn't like this on the record, this is the rhythm Billy uses when he sings it live (because it's really hard to sing and play the normal rhythm together) but he plays the record version when he's not singing, like in the intro - it's basically alternating a single fretted note and the open A, 6th fret 4th 2nd 4th 6th 9th.

[The666thBowelOfHell]

No offence dude but that little thing round your neck is extremely gay

[walk4trot2canter3]

Nice job explaining. Your lesson and rendition is superb! Thanks!

[mrliamlego]

i didnt watch the whole thing it didnt even help if i did it still wouldent have helped plus i play drums lol!!!!

[Timmytard190]

FAKE AND GAY

[MetalLabStudios]

@Timmytard190 OneyG isn't right about everything

[Timmytard190]

@MetalLabStudios I was drunk when I wrote this...so...yeah...sorry about that

[MetalLabStudios]

@Timmytard190 lol its cool

[AstroCreep999]

I prefer marty because he breaks down the songs but they arent always 100% accurate and doesnt always teach the entire song but Jam play and marty are both awesome!

[tingly7654321]

u r aawsome dude tytyty

[xexodusx]

THIS GUY SUCKS!

[jesse9283]

you know what else sucks? having unappreciative watchers harp over a video they don't have to watch to begin with. you clicked on the damn video so please just keep the negative comments to yourself

[TheLydianRocks]

@jesse9283 if the world worked that we science and music wouldn't have advanced, people havea right to say if something is wrong, especially when you can click on a vid to the right and see that its wrong, people hating are going too far but don't be so self depricating, every person on the internet has the right to an opinion, maybe if you dont want to see negative comments then consider not looking at the comments, dont expect others to write what you want to read

[xXfsasXx]

this is in standard tuning and correct, but the actual song tuned half a step down.

[relajadazo]

bla bla bla bla bla bla que lento... deberias ser mas practico ...

[karltimorl]

@relajadazo encuentro que explica bien, porque siempre hay gente que le cuesta entender no crees ?

[Holykatzbob]

is it just me or did he materialize into this video?

0:00

[MrIhaveacat]

@Holykatzbob hes the ghost of guitars present, deal with it

[GouPong]

@Holykatzbob Green screen I'm guessing.

[jdurandr]

Apresura mas tus videos, en realidad vas muy lento ........

[crownvvc4]

you could def dress up as billy corgan on halloween

[electronicmedium]

first song I learned ten years ago.

[snower5554]

TUNE TO E FLAT DAMN IT!!!

[Yuntien95]

hey by the way...

you look like billy corgan...

:D Cool---

[ilikecake97]

@Yuntien95 no, he doesn't at all

[Yuntien95]

@ilikecake97 Knee Head...

;)

[pigeonofshitmetal]

i taught myself how to play and so i suck when it comes to the technical side of music i.e. the definition of pedal harmonic. you are extremely thorough and it is easy to understand everything you are teaching and saying. keep up the good work. i have been contemplating taking guitar lessons because my skills have pretty much plateued. you vids have inspired me to become more knowledgable of the "science of music" and to become a student of music, not just creativity. thanks & keep it up

[No1TwilightFanpire1]

I don't know why everyone hates this, he is really good. And I honestly don't think they could do any better.

[iBeKillinTime]

this guy is so gay

[methanandamide]

@iBeKillinTime and what the fuck does it matter if he IS gay?! How could that possibly be relevant? Sick of hearing people complaining over stupid shit, so shut the fuck up already.

[kramlyrehs]

@methanandamide they're maybe just look like somebody's whose not that good looking and don't have any talent at all.. envy? pity! Ignore them dude as long as this guy keeps on uploading good stuff! Ü

[curlymolly70]

@methanandamide How ironic

[jostaful]

@iBeKillinTime haha i looked at this video and said this guy is so gay.

I was thinking if someone thought the same thing.

I scroll down and find this post. lmao xD Made my day

[iBeKillinTime]

@jostaful :D thats pretty funny.he is though!!

[Macsk8ing]

It doesnt even sound like the original.

[itouchedisindo]

What pickups¿

[ebritt91]

@itouchedisindo either emg or seymour duncan

[michaelanthonyoneill]

love this song i covered it recently check it out :)

[Thejollygoodman]

He just wants to help....

So whats the problem?

[sunhineisonline]

everyone hates this guy lmao.

[Stigmata65]

i love this! this is my favorite song ever! and I've only been playing guitar for 2 days and i can play it!! :D

[freakleader7580]

If you are going to show people how to play the song... you should play it how it was recorded on the album..

[hoodia131]

All you assholes who arent satisfied with his teaching methods get the fuck of this vid! If all you do on youtube is criticize shit just go fuck yourself.

[ps3quinn]

Thank you SHITHEADS who said half a step down I fucked up my brand new guitars tuning and I hate tuning it fuck you guys

Great lesson to me

[Cornforger]

@ps3quinn hey uh dude i think the tuning is half a step down.

[ps3quinn]

@Cornforger I know but I cant tune for shit:(((((

[fenderstrat71]

@ps3quinn how did you mess up your guitar tuning it

[ps3quinn]

@fenderstrat71 I messed up the tuning I said haha

[yupcat]

Thank you so much! I've never played a song as well as I did after your lessons!

[raispartapa]

just one thing, i'm pretty sure i'm doing the first chord correctly, but it sounds a kinda awfully... i mean, the harmony is there in the middle of the chord, but the other notes sound awkward... but i suppose it must be normal at the beginning? i'm playing in an acoustic guitar.

[bigred5710]

@raispartapa i'm having the same problem, i tried tuning the low E and D strings differently because it ruins the sound of the A and G strings. Also, just like everyone else is saying, it's tuned a half step down, and i think maybe you're supposed to mute the D string, but I dont know. Lemme know if you figured it out

[RenamedProductions]

I understand its the way he plays, but it's really off. The strumming isn't correct.

[GaetanPro]

Private "Gomer Pyle"!

[strummersbrother]

Good job, Learned quite a bit, actually. You never said this was a beginner lesson, probably more like intermediate, whatever, although i might not play it note-for-note the same way, i was with you all the way, and got many good tips like the two16th notes on open e to turn it around, thanks.

[mooninites755]

very difficult for the new guitarist to understand. Good amount of incoherent rambling throughout the video. You knew the song well but did a fairly bad job of explaining it to someone who doesn't know what an A peddle is and you seem to throw out chords out of the blue.

1.5/5

[ReaperOfMen]

@mooninites755 He explains what a pedal tone is in the video, and I've seen Smashing Pumpkins play it like this, although it is all tuned a half step down.

[canaldokrustin]

great man! thanks from brasil !

[rrrtbds12223]

keep up the good work dude.

[blozzy22]

Where's part 2 for the chorus?

[AroundThePony]

haha he does looks like Corgan :D

[h20transmission]

billy is that you ?

[brandon101994]

your not really tellin us how to play

[raispartapa]

@brandon101994 what didn't u understood? I suck at guitar and only can play like 4 chords and i had no problems understanding it, so u must be retarded, i'm sorry...

[raispartapa]

@brandon101994 oh, and i didn't understand half he was saying cause i'm portuguese and here we don't say like "a,b,c,d" chord/string. so great video

[Clearks]

this guy is awesome. fuck the assholes.

[gsamvelian]

@Clearks

[joeylee666]

u did a real good job fuck all these poeple who talk shit i play and simple things are easy to play and enjoy its a nice break from metal.

[Danklin24]

This is all kinds of wrong

[Jayhova808]

watch?v=0UxqQ8xBpJY

[grassvalleystudios]

I prefer marty shwartz

[sharkfantast]

@grassvalleystudios You didn't even get his name right, its Marty Schwartz you dumbass!

[CalisCool]

@grassvalleystudios

Goodshit lol

[style2chien]

@grassvalleystudios

i like Marty too but he makes only parts of song, here you have full song !

good job JamPlay

[Usylys]

sigh it took waaay to long just for this guy to show a simple riff and chords... too much explaining

[bermotter]

@Usylys

Com'on man, learning a riff in 8 mins isnt thaty much, he's just trying to be clear.

Great job jam play!!

[taylorromeo]

this guy kinda sucks. he has bad control of the pick

[thomizz]

he`s gay!?

[safetosaydontquoteme]

your ton sucks my balls.

[Powderfinger07]

There goes my hero...he's ordinary yeah. same chords

[19talim68]

listen to the timing you idiot!

[monomachine]

thanks for the help. your great at explaining

[andristic]

thanks for the FREE lesson. i noticed it wasn't perfect but *ahem* it was free so... thanks for the effort!  i learned a thing or two :)

[kuponomc]

I truly appreciate the timr and energy it takes to do these lessons - would be AWESOME (sorry caps haters) if you posted tab for them somewhere. More time tho, I know. - Aloha

[mcr450]

u cant teach guitar

[andristic]

he's not that bad.

[UnfairJudge]

Hey guy,

some of the parts of the song are missing here (bridge, chorus...)

[btnheazy03]

dude why are you wearing a collar?

[UrNotVeryFunny1487]

This shit's frustrating...

[dork8307]

with the hell u should of least told us it was a half step down.

[lyingdead17]

future not for you, all pumpkins songs are half step down

[lyingdead17]

it was a reply to dork8307' s comment

[coryu711]

its insipring to see how passionate and knowledgeable you are about the guitar. thanks for all your great lessons.

[angelsmother666]

which pickups r those!? they sound fantastic!

[AToxicOrange]

they appear to be Lace Sensor pickups.

most likely, this is a stratocaster plus, which means those are either the Lace Sensor Golds, or one of the various combinations of blue, silver, red, and gold.

[2Stardumb]

He is slowing down on purpose dicks

[buddyholly07]

the original song is half step down

[musicequalzzlife]

dude nice lesson, i obviously know to take it up to speed but when i played along with the record its completely in another key

[bones1138]

Notes are ok, but timing is off :\ Figured it out tho..

[Leighbo1]

Sorry..but you need to learn the song before you teach. Problems with timing.

[s0ss]

agreed

[ardillarax]

THANK NICE JOB

[sabo99]

demasiado tecnico amigo

[iamdhump]

sounds good but is your guitar vintage

[badecvidea]

very nice , thank you for this! nice job

Marek, Czech Republic

[ColeDaGuitarist]

EveryBody that is commenting and saying he doesnt know how to play it shutup!!! he is teaching how HE plays it, he never says once that this is exactly how the smashing pumkins plays it. tabbers and teachers are NEVER 100% Correct

[elysium735]

@ColeDaGuitarist

Teaching a song with improper technique can retard how to play the song. If you don't know something, you probably shouldn't be teaching it.

[davethehostage]

@ColeDaGuitarist - Actually, this song would've been incredibly easy to tab correctly. It's not difficult. And uhh, when you claim to be teaching kids how to play "1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins", it's usually implied that he will be playing it CORRECTLY - not "however-the-fuck-i-wanna-play­-it".

[ColeDaGuitarist]

@davethehostage So are you telling me, you talked to the smashing pumpkins themselves and asked how they play it?? Im just wondering how "the fuck" you think you know the 100% accurate way to play this, and how this is incorrect?? just wondering??

[davethehostage]

@ColeDaGuitarist - Uh, I actually have the gutar booklet tabbed by Corgan himself, for sale at fine music stores near you. This guy ISN'T playing it correctly, and he knows it. If he wanted to play it HIS way, not the way it appears on the album, or in any performance, he should've named this video "How to Play 1979 (My Way)."

[thumbfacenot]

Buy the Pumpkins Guitar Book.. end of story

[indietone14]

the tuning is 1/2 step down

[SleepyMuse24]

i love how other people who also say this is shit get thumbed up and i get thumbed down soley for telling the guy where he is going wrong, contructive criticism obviously goes amiss on youtube, its not like i said it sucked because he played the wrong guitar or some stupid shit

[kozzuua]

Oh man i hate these guitar "teachers" that dont know how to play the songs as they are.. Maby this "teacher" should listen the 1979 song more to learn it right, and then post tutorial of it.

[andrewface]

you should learn how to play it yourself before you teach others how to

[WasUpMofo112]

actually hes right in the intro i have the smashing pumpkins tab.

[andrewface]

his timing is atrocious

[SleepyMuse24]

teach a song that actually requires a video, and not to be a kill joy but the actual parts of the song that need explaining arent even mentioned..bump, but i guess atleast you bothered to put a video up, shame that the bit after the open E with the B octave isnt even played properly,

p.s sorry to be a cunt

[lgnlint]

it helped me, so fuck yourself

[SleepyMuse24]

congratulations then, you learned to play it the wrong way, hey atleast it sounds damn close eh! here ill give you a tip flint, the mistake is around the part where the 6th fret bend goes down to the 4th fret then 2nd, dont say i dont give you anything..

[musashi247]

man i love this song and now i can finally play it. thanks a bunch

[albefort]

find back

[nonamist]

thats a serious musician there...... >.>

[TheLydianRocks]

lol you must not know any musicians then

[nonamist]

6 months ago why?! WHAT FUCKIN COMPELLED YOU TO REPLY TO A COMMENT FROM SIX MONTHS AGO AS IT I MADE IT 5 SECONDS AGO, WHY IS YOUTUBE FULL OF TWEENS AND TEENS?! EAT THE CAPS

[CFFDan]

caps lock is a one way ticket to coolsville, by the way what key is this guitar in? mine doesnt sound like that and I play this song completely different..

[taylorromeo]

yo man its tuned a half step down. so all the regular notes of each string are flat

[TheLydianRocks]

firstly, your talking about teens but you post a message of only caps proclaiming "EAT THE CAPS" as though that was a cool thing to do, you sound more like a teen mate, dont even know what a tween is, im not up with young people speak im 24. and as for why i felt the need to reply, well the age of a comment is a fleeting thing but a stupid comment is timeless, i dont reply to things based on when they were written, how that would make sense is beyond me, ppl should think about what they post

[nonamist]

you're a dumbass starting a convo up about so random comment i made 6 months ago is completely pointless because you are assuming i have the same opinion as that of 6 months ago. so go fuck yourself as im at the bar once week with a glass of Bushmills and Goose Island from the tap. dont play the victim you ignorant tool.

[TheLydianRocks]

ignorant? youre the guy drinking bushmills and goose island...oh yeah..from the tap. loser

why dont you go fuck yourself while im doing things that are more interesting than sitting at the bar as you probably do more than once a week, drinking brain rot talking about the same shit with the same people every day.

[nonamist]

@TheLydianRocks ROFL you are so fuckin stupid.. those drinks I mentioned are for those who actually like to taste alcohol and not drink until their piss drunk. And I said that because you called me a teen because you're too high and mighty to realize that commenting on a random comment that his half a year old is intelligient!!!!

[nonamist]

@TheLydianRocks plus there's a difference between and wife beating drunk and someone who has meaningful conversations with people he cares about. You are intellectually retarded and stubborn and you are a culture bigot who believes in stereotypes. go fuckyourself and that great band smashing pumpkins, because they fuckin suck

[skeebert]

youre an idot, i fuckin drink at bars with chicks, play guitar and work hard as fuck buiding houses, and i'm only 21, and if YOU think that nonamist is literally drinking from the tap youre a fuckin moron.. it means he's drinking pints instead of bottles... RETARD, and as for thinking bars arent cool, wait till your balls drop then maybe you'll have fun.. HAH

[TheLydianRocks]

@skeebert haha firstly, YOU are the tard if you actually believe i think hes drinking from a tap, only a moron would actually have taken me serious, you need some social skills before making a new account and bashing me or getting your friend to help.

Also i dont know if you noticed but you and your boyfriend are the ones with thumbs down mate. You need to stop trying to fight pussymists battles for him, the fact is i was simply stating only a moron trys to act cool by talking about alcohol..

[skeebert]

@nonamist WROTE THIS IN YOUR DEFENCE OVER MORON TALIN SHIT ABOUT DRINKING AND CHILLIN, ON SMASHIN PUMKINS 1979 LESSON ON JAMPLAY :::: youre an idot, i fuckin drink at bars with chicks, play guitar and work hard as fuck buiding houses, and i'm only 21, and if YOU think that nonamist is literally drinking from the tap youre a fuckin moron.. it means he's drinking pints instead of bottles... RETARD, and as for thinking bars arent cool, wait till your balls drop then maybe you'll have fun.. HAH

[16JAM77]

where's the chorus?

[thetenfold]

"Now up to tempo"

That wasn't up to tempo lol.

[ALLTHATREMAINSRULES]

This guy kinda reminds me of Billy Corgan mostly cause he has shaved his head but the facial structure is a little similar and the sound a little alike. Plz no yelling i only sed he kinda reminds me of Billy he's ot like the spiting image just some subtle similarities r we clear?

[Gamagachee]

I do. Well, I don't but that's not something I need to tell him.

[mrcoolguyfuntime]

lol i saw it 2

[richardAnoble]

Great lesson thanks. keep them coming.

[dued27]

i learned!!!

[JordyJedi]

nice work man. well explained step by step. i found it useful as hell and can now play it quite well.

for the wnkrs who are flaming unnecessarily, come round my house and we can discuss it politely.

[magicman1215]

kinda hard to learn the song when the teacher sucks!!!

[matacapetas]

thx man...a lot =D

[amchris66]

this lesson could be cut down to about 2 minutes if you didnt keep going.. ERRR.. and yeaa.. and playing the same little bit about a thousand times..

[JASMENTIA]

maybe he's playing the "same little bit" thousands of times because not everyone is fast learners. if someone is really trying to teach someone something, they would take their time and patience to repeat themselves in order for that person to understand.

[zvx490]

I have a comment-erm...

For the song to sound more accurate, y' have to tune it to half-step down.

'Tis all.