5 Cornell Dupree Licks You Should Be Playing

5 great licks from the master of rhythm guitar Cornell Dupree. Cornell Dupree played on over 2500 sessions with the biggest names in music, learn some of his signature licks here. These subtle but very tasteful fills are perfect for adding color to R&B and soul tunes.
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eddieisfiction he has a really great video on rhythm playing here on KZbin

[@lindadanielson3313]

Hi, TG, Great licks. However, lick #1 should be written with 2-16th notes followed by an 1/8 note after the opening grace/appoggiatura note(b natural) ie: B appoggiatura/C#E(16th's)/B 1/8 / tied to B 1/4 note. That's how you play it.

[@stephenbowyer7269]

@@lindadanielson3313 maybe in your world of latin theory - I play what I like to hear.

[@tonyhume100]

Ive been teaching my 10 - 12 year old girl and boy students lick number 3 this weekend. the best thing was I showed the lick to one young girl and she said "there's no way I can play that!!" 10 minutes later she was playing it almost as well as Rick here! they all really got into that lick and one even made a variation of his own. Rick, your Cornell Dupree style licks are taking over south London with a vengeance...keep em coming

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antonyhume hume lol, that's awesome!

[@westcoastgrumbler527]

Great choice of content on your channel, there's lots of guitar lessons around but you are filling a real niche here, thanks

[@jeffreyburton7284]

I just want to say I love your channel. I'm sure you could put out a complete comping video course. If you ever do, you've got one sale, right here. There are thousands YT channels showing folks how to spit notes out at a brain-numbing speed and very few dedicated to musicality. I'm very glad I subscribed. Thank you.

[@sosmooth7]

Your licks are so handy. I really like that you take the time out to explain how the licks are played. The chart music is also very handy. GREAT WORK.

[@298z4143]

Thank you, Rick. You are that rare combination of a great player AND teacher!

[@alexxaviermusic]

I love your feel!! Your videos have made much better in just a day. It would be awesome to see more rhythm guitar oriented videos with the finger style strumming technique, with some embellishments added in! Thanks!

[@bajawkamare]

You made my day! I've been listening to Cornell Dupree for sometime now and you've given me insight into how to begin to play like him. Jah Bless!

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You're lessons are awesome and groovy! I'm lovin' it!

[@tweedguitar9103]

Thanks for putting together such a great resource for learning R&B guitar. cheers

[@thechunkymouth]

I just learned who Cornell Dupree was today (though it turns out I've been hearing him my whole life). A simple Google search to learn more about him brought me here, and I'm so glad it did. Your stuff is exactly what I look for when I'm watching tutorial videos. You're friendly and personable, but you don't feel the need to spend 20 minutes telling us about what you had for breakfast or whatever. You jumped right in to the good stuff, and you didn't dumb it down. As somebody who is going back as a 40-year-old and learning all the music theory I ignored as a kid, the way you explain things is a big help. Watched three great videos and subscribed immediately. Thank you for being awesome.

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Right on Brook, welcome to the channel!

[@travelingman9763]

Simple ain't simple reminder! He was a monster artist! You have studio chops and that "thang" sensibility. Good Luck and keep playing!

[@grosebud4554]

Hands down the tastiest guitar channels on KZbin. You’ve taken my playing to the next level.

[@TastyGuitarcom]

awesome, glad to hear that!

[@jipes]

Wonderful lesson an so ueful as youexplain them in a context. My favorite of him is the Live with Donny Hattaway

[@w1ckedbackhand]

Very nice....love your channel! Thanks so much!

[@Sammyboy72]

I love your channel man. The stuff I get from here, I can use in so many styles. I put together a solo and some fills because I was invited to guest on a Gram Parsons number with another band; I looked at what I was playing, and so much of it was coming out of your "soul licks" video. Like, not whole licks, but the shapes, and that way of thinking about guitar. Thankyou, I'll keep coming back and watching everything.

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+Sammyboy72 love to hear this!

[@luisLopez-uz3mv]

thank you for your videos !

[@Frigoni]

This lesson got me on board with Tasty Guitar. I'd been struggling to decode Cornells Hot Licks video and you have bridged the gap! Great content

[@TastyGuitarcom]

Right on, glad you found the channel!

[@albifree21]

Hey, Tasty Rick. I want to say thank you so much for your vids, Amazing!!!! Even though I am not a spring chicken and have probably heard Cornell Dupree many times. I would say credit goes to you 100% for introducing me properly to Cornell, Thank you so much

[@brianjarvis794]

RIP Cornell. Nice tribute!

[@TastyGuitarcom]

thank you for watching!

[@edjazz39]

Love the way explain the Motown guitar rhythm Dynamic attacks on the guitar Awesome!!...Peace

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Thank you!

[@MrJstartt]

Cornell Rocks! Bring on the Stuff!

[@gRosh08]

I knew Cornell Dupree from Chicago, Maxwell Street.

[@coochiebluz1]

once again, I found your lessons very well done and very helpful to me. the addition of the Tabs helps with chord changes and timing. one song which I have always found challenging is Can I Change my Mind by Roy Buchanan. he was mainly a blues guitarist but after I saw him play live the first time, I couldn't get that riff (from Can I Change my Mind) out of my head. LOL any chance of you doing a lesson on that one?? thanks again.

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I love your stuff!

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great videos, for me best ones at youtube. Thanks..

[@mikeg3660]

Nice work.

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Thank you!

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Great content. Great teaching. My new favourite youtuber

[@MrWeedpatch]

Awesome stuff.....

[@mcdee56]

Truly excellent tone and chops. What would help me is if you'd show us how to self-accompany rhythm guitar while singing this genre of songs! Many thanks!

[@jitsroller]

These r n b licks are easy to incorporate in your playing if you have been playing a couple years. Thanks im totally grooving some r n b now.

[@TastyGuitarcom]

right on, many more of these R&B vids on my channel, enjoy

[@billybobb11]

I did a session with Cornell many years ago. He showed up late and the artist (Otis Blackwell) gave him a hard time, and let him know I was the lead guitar. By the third tune, Otis calmed down and Cornell and I played a cool counterpoint together. His part was smooth. Too bad I can't demonstrate what he played here. It was one of those sliding sixth things.

[@TastyGuitarcom]

Very cool, what was the name of the tune?

[@billybobb11]

@@TastyGuitarcom I couldn't possibly remember. The record company (Avco) never released it. Someohow, they thought Otis would be like the Stylistics (their big act at the time). When they heard his country/blues tracks, they passed. But I got paid scale.

[@arman6119]

got to know Cornell in LA area ...he'd sit in with a friends band for a few bucks (Hodge Bros)...I cud listen to him all nite....His wife told me he never practiced at home.....jus watched TV and ate....ha....he'd tell me he jus heard one of his tunes on TV and didn't get royalities

[@patboudotlamot]

formidable mec ! aaaah Cornell...

[@congorianso]

Good Lesson

[@dostfez]

CD was a beast...tasty upon tasty!

[@emrysbaird1013]

HI Rick great lesson as always thankyou! How about a neo soul lesson those great trills on the minor chords would be nice to be seen broken down

[@TheJumpingjim]

Many thanks!...mighty useful.

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Thank you!

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great videos :)

[@bk52355]

Great lesson!

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Thank you!

[@chrismcloughlin163]

Good lesson

[@deweypug]

Tasty, simple and very usable licks that fits so many styles.

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Thank you

[@loredo97]

Your rhythm chord chops are the thing I prefer!

[@loontil]

ok...

[@estanochebien]

Awesome. Thanks

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Thank you for watching!

[@tonepoet]

I like the fact that you cover what you do, very unique and helpful and not like the 99% of the shred garbage that pollutes KZbin. Keep up the good work.

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Thank you!

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so good! :)

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Great fun Lesson, Thanks! Man, the View in that corner apartment high-rise was a little nicer than this prison!

[@robertwrenn5878]

Nice!

[@Sammyboy72]

And if you're taking notes on what people want, Steve Cropper licks and (stretching the envelope) David Rawlings licks would be amazing.

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Thanks Rick love it DC

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Thanks Danny!

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[@Skipperj]

Well done man!

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Thank you Clifton, Cornell is the man!

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[@fattyfinn]

New Guitar Hero for me :-)

[@elmanitasdeplomo]

Donny Hathaway sure knew who he picked to play with! Willie Weeks also played with loads of artists in different genres and he too was on the Live album with mr Hathaway.

[@Kuhlyedascope69]

yo you rule man love how your straight forward with it. . . . you got any good major or minor pentatonic runs? something smooth and not too crazy

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Kuhlyedascope69 thanks for the suggestion, taking notes on what people want and will get around to it in the future

[@citoyendumonde9083]

Thank you, very nice. Lick #2 matches shown tab when you played it slowly, but at full speed it seems to me you've added an extra note at the end (after last hamerring on, BTW it's nice too ). Am I wrong? I appreciate your tasty teaching, as your playing...

[@TastyGuitarcom]

What you are hearing is the A note coming from the bass line on beat 1, it's the exact same pitch as the last note in the lick so it sounds like an extra note but it's not

[@sandrashermanjazz]

Hi Rick, excellent lesson again! Are those custom made headphones you are wearing? Are they wired or wireless?

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Sandra Sherman called m6 pro, wired got them on amazon, under 60 bucks I think, sound great

[@ruffneckdon]

Thanks for this! I really dig your spontaneous groove tracks, Rick. the bminor to e7. show us how you play that with bare fingers with the lick on the change. that's a great touch. all of the backing tracks in fact. great feeling.

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ruffneckdon will try to get around to this when I can find some time, thanks!

[@Bluescat13]

Hey Rick. Super lesson. See you in Bangkok anytime soon? :-)

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Christian Desarmes hey Christian! Yes will be back there in october

[@nhlanhlajonathanmasuku3650]

Please teach “good girls “ by Joe Thomas.

[@pmay222]

#2 . . . stirr it upp...little darrlinn

[@seenochasm7101]

god damn this guy really is tasty. subbing now.

[@Sooper8]

Love it! You asked for requests...any thoughts about maybe doing something on Jesse Ed Davis? I love his fluid style but can find next to nothing in terms of tutorial/lessons on KZbin. Thanks

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Sooper8 will research it and see what I can do, thanks

[@alanhowell3646]

Lick at 3.22 is like the hammered run down in Dire Straits Sultans of Swing.

[@surfinwax58]

Another guitarist that comes to mind, for me, is Curtis Mayfield. Wonderful fretmen!

[@TastyGuitarcom]

going to do a lesson on Curtis Mayfield later this month, stay tuned :)

[@surfinwax58]

@@TastyGuitarcom One of his biggest regrets, after his accident, was not being able to teach his playing techniques. I think Hendrix picked up on some of Castles Made of Sand has some Mayfieldism in it.

[@markmcmyn8967]

How do i remember all these great sounds? I can understand and play them, but retention is something else.

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You must use them in your playing asap and often, use it or lose it

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This channel makes me hungry. And it ain't for more Cow Bell.

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This guys like the Bob Ross of guitar teachers.

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Haha love me some Bob Ross....think I'll put a happy little Bb13 here...

[@richlinlaw]

tasty!

[@junhosong4285]

I think it would be awesome if you can show us the albums where you transcribed the licks =)

[@TastyGuitarcom]

I can't remember exactly where I found everything but most of it came off Donny Hathaway's live album and Stuff live at Montreax

[@jensenbell]

Anything I learn or hear of Dupree makes me love and respect his playing even more. I want to be Cornell Dupree when I grow up.. and if that never happens... in my next life.

[@TastyGuitarcom]

right on Jensen, he is a great hero to have, you will learn alot listening to him

[@austinhall2362]

Can you do some Eddie Hazel guitar. Lead and rhythm.

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I did an Eddie Hazel lesson a while back

[@erikspicer3718]

Uncle Funky!!!

[@gregleroy1]

👍🏼

[@bk52355]

Fort Worth’s own.

[@LittleV7]

The II sub chord Cornell goes in place for V dom. chord don't sound right the way you play man. You need to look at the fingerings one more time. And learn actually what he's doing. He's playing the same V chord however he starts off the fifth(minor) of the chord. Cornell loved the minor chords living in major harmony. Therefore he plays an E minor over an A7. so it's more of an E minor chord starting from the 3rd. Good to see this video. Thanks

[@KamiKarma006]

What’s the song from lick #4? I know it but I can’t remember the name!

[@TastyGuitarcom]

Sorry I can't remember where I heard this

[@austinhall2362]

How to use the whammy bar in urban gospel and neo soul.

[@TastyGuitarcom]

I never use a whammy bar

[@aidanduncan8187]

In lick 3, why not slide up with an f shape to easily catch the top string?

[@TastyGuitarcom]

You could do that also

[@geoffmoore5177]

I just wanted to let you know It's hard to read the tab. Otherwise, I enjoyed learning about CD. Thanks

[@MichaelCrutcher]

As far as lick #1 goes, I can't see ever playing 6th intervals with a barred 1st finger. To play the interval with fingers 2 and 3 or fingers 3 and 4, and then grab the root note with the first finger 2 frets below makes far more sense.

[@ralex3697]

Pretty much Jimi Hendrix licks too

[@christianchenevert1443]

Great stuff but maybe make the Tab just a little bit larger?

[@TastyGuitarcom]

You can download the tab as a pdf file free at tastyguitar.com, in free lessons, r&b pages

[@BrentMurray94]

Came here for the bent looking neck

[@abrigospardos]

Fantastic lesson! Lick number 3 comes from "Blue Nocturne", I presume?

[@TastyGuitarcom]

Thanks for watching, it's been years since i did this one, I can't remember what tunes these were lifted from

[@abrigospardos]

@@TastyGuitarcom I listened again and now I'm convinced it is.Thanks anyway!

[@meadish]

As cool as your wiener guitar logo is, I feel these licks are more along the lines of shiny, sweet translucent candy. Sorry, just my semi-synesthesia talking. I love your work. Thanks for great licks and riffs. :-)

[@TastyGuitarcom]

Thanks Mea!

[@brtmont]

Tab is too tiny to read.

[@coochiebluz1]

once again, I found your lessons very well done and very helpful to me. the addition of the Tabs helps with chord changes and timing. one song which I have always found challenging is Can I Change my Mind by Roy Buchanan. he was mainly a blues guitarist but after I saw him play live the first time, I couldn't get that riff (from Can I Change my Mind) out of my head. LOL any chance of you doing a lesson on that one?? thanks again.

[@TastyGuitarcom]

I'll take a listen, thanks!

[@pmay222]

#2 . . . stirr it upp...little darrlinn