How to Play Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright [Bob Dylan Guitar Lesson]

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

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[@alfredromero4784]

I closed my eyes and imagined the kid in deliverance the movie ( Burt Reynolds) was jamming something the kid be cranking out

[@tim2013]

There have been a ton of tutorials on this song but none of them sound exactly like the Dylan studio version--until yours. I've been playing this one for a few years but I've always known my version was just "off" somehow. Looking forward to going through your version, it sounds f&%K*ng perfect.

[@honeybadger4660]

search up Billy Strings, that guy is the bomb

[@midomaged6239]

Man! Bob Dylan is my favorite artist! And I love your tutorials of those goldies - tears in heaven and now don't think twice! Thank you so much :)

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Glad you like them, Mido! Thanks so much for checking them out - more to come :)

[@pigeonoverlord9433]

When I first heard this song I loved how beautiful that hammer on during the G sounded. I *needed* a video that would teach the song properly and this one nailed it. Thanks a ton.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

You got it, happy to help!

[@jimclip2012]

Dude you crushed it, you really nailed the nuance of this brilliant piece by the master.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thank you. Wow, appreciate your comment and hope you have a great day. Play On!

[@tommyparker6466]

Been looking at tutorials for this song for months and I haven’t committed to any of them because they didn’t sound like the original. Yours does so I’m committing the next few weeks to this. Thanks for the time you put in. 🤙

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thank you, Tommy. I really appreciate that.

[@joeb5765]

This is by far the best version on the internet. One tiny comment- it would be much more helpful (for me at least) to have the right hand zoomed in on rather than the left because the chords are easy enough to look up whereas the actual picking is very difficult to see.

[@RandMMadness]

thank you brother this has been my favorite song since I was a boy and I never could get the exact picking for it but youve hit the nail on the head here

[@musicheinaudite]

Thank you for teaching this incredible lesson, with all the beautiful nuisances and details of this great song.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for taking the time to comment and I hope you have a great day!

[@stanleyturrentine641]

I've been playing this one for many years ... wrong. I'm going to dive in on this and pick up these licks. Thanks John!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Good luck as you work on it, Stanley. Play On!

[@erprofessore9779]

A great big thank you! I've just completed learning the song and I'm on top of the world ❤

[@dieselman7453]

Thanks my man ur a super good teacher and I’ve learned a lot of tunes with you thank u it is much appreciated!! Especially deep river blues it’s hard to get the picking right on it !! But slow and steady wins the race !! Thanks for this one take care Brian !!! Ireland 🇮🇪

[@germanfast]

I really thought only the intro would take me months 😭 I got it in a few days im so happy. Thank you

[@fondoman3884]

.. oh .. congratulations! .. okaaay .. I will give it a try 😬

[@germanfast]

​@@fondoman3884give it a try! It's all about the rythym. When you feel it, and practice, it goes easy

[@Aldoistaken]

Wow thank you so much for this, I've been playing a "streamlined" version for a while and couldn't decipher what I was actually hearing on the record but this sounds perfect, looking forward to tackle that one!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Good luck!

[@Sweepdog700]

YES!!! was hoping for this one. Truly appreciate it 👍

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thanks so much, Rob! Glad this one was on your list too :)

[@MonkeyTrey]

Great lesson. Thank you.

[@lucagodina2237]

Just what I was waiting for! Thank you for what you do!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

My pleasure! Thanks for commenting, Luca and hope you have a great day. Cheers!

[@RegularDude00]

Such a brilliant guitar track

[@BrianFunaro]

This is a good quality video and lesson piece. Thank you.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for commenting!

[@eleanora.c.h1450]

This was a great lesson. took me a week to nail it! Thank you :)

[@amirrajaie6658]

Amazing lesson🔥🔥🔥

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Glad you enjoyed it, cheers!

[@tamegomait]

Beautiful

[@jguitar29]

Finally someone who’s plays it correctly

[@headgears]

Thanks for this. It’s difficult but I’m getting it.

[@Surfandmusicequipmentreviews]

beautiful mate

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@imannonymous7707]

This was a tough one , I've been playing it for years now...but it took me hours a day for months. But to all trying, this lessons accurate and you'll get there, great song. Break a leg , not ur thumb. Lol

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

ha! Thanks for the comment and glad this one is already in your repertoire. Cheers!

[@heartscreature]

thank you

[@leechambers9604]

dude thanks for this... you are my favorite guitar teacher :) perhaps I should join the blues guitar institute...

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thanks, Lee and we'd love to have you 👍🏻

[@FSeanConroy]

I have seen this cover done many times by a capo on 5th but now playing this on 4th it sounds more to the Dylan version. Now I don't think twice, I think it's alright :).

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

I see what you did there. Nice!

[@FSeanConroy]

@@BluesGuitarInstitute - real great delivery btw on your instructional walk-through of the music- great pacing and you are very talented at the picking - I will grab one of those thumb picks also for my Martin D-28- that Larivee sounds great- thanks much, will visit back often!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thanks so much! Happy picking on that sweet Martin!! @@FSeanConroy

[@pi286]

thanks alot! sounds just like bob

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thanks!

[@oceanus2293]

Hey, thanks a lot for making this video! Man this song is tough; the breakdowns are really helpful. One small piece of constructive criticism -- I got confused on a few parts of the intro (haven't made it to the rest of the song yet!) where you show the picking pattern but don't actually play all the notes. Listening to you play the full riff, I realized I was missing some notes and ended up having to watch at .25 speed to figure out what was going on xD it would be super helpful, from my perspective, if you could play every single note in the breakdown! Thanks again for posting this banger of a song. Such a beauty.

[@oceanus2293]

I take it back! I just messed myself up by not tracking which demonstration went to what part. You laid this out perfectly. Carry on! Thanks again! Much appreciated, many cheers.

[@pieurguegerald1144]

👍🎸so cool ! thanks

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

thank you! appreciate the comment. play on!

[@runtsmeadow6797]

A lot of people think Dylan actually played this. In fact it was a session musician called Bruce Langhorne (ditto Girl from the North Country). This fact is obscured by the muddled cover notes on the 'Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' LP.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Ah, thanks for that.

[@nickjohnson1208]

This is just an unverifiable rumor though

[@runtsmeadow6797]

@@nickjohnson1208 No, Langhorne is quoted about this in 'Acoustic' magazine (sorry, can't remember the issue). But quite apart from anything else, have you ever heard a live performance of Dylan fingerpicking? If he was that good at it, why wouldn't he do it more often?

[@jensblennow6037]

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You really think Bob would sit idly by and just sing as someone else plays the guitar? Bob would never have done that, he always plays the guitar when singing. There is also a version of the song on the Witmark demos that is fingerpicked similarly, and there were no backing musicians whatsoever on the witmark demos so you are completely wrong.

[@hetedeleambacht6608]

true, this song stands out in terms of guitarplaying, dylan was good but this i think is more advanced

[@TheMediamj]

Nice

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thanks! Have a great day!

[@78tag]

I could be a member for a year and this one would still be a complicated brain/finger memory work out. I'll be on this one for a while. If I can get this one I might measure up to being part of a group that can play like this.Thanks.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Oh this one isn't easy and man is it quick! Good luck to you but we put a great deal into working folks up to tunes like this.

[@78tag]

@@BluesGuitarInstitute Yea, I know that is what your site and lessons are all about - got walk before you run right. I appreciate your interest in getting these tid bits out to us - thanks.

[@angelodiberardino4035]

I thought after the intro a young Bob Dylan would've appeared 😂

[@13thRaven]

Mike Ness did an amazing version of this song.

[@udayanmustafi3963]

🎸

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

👍👏👏

[@dbcsirego]

Hi, it sounds like you are dampening the 6th (bass) string. I think it sounds great and more "bass-y" and preclusive. Are you using the your right palm to do that? If so, do you have any links to references on proper technique to do that? Thanks :) and for the great tutorial!

[@huibui2978]

Somehow god gave me the talent of strumming 😅

[@Bewoda]

Thank you for this tutorial, great work. Btw has anyone ever told you that you look a bit like bill paxton?

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thanks and yes, I get that alot online.

[@hetedeleambacht6608]

fantastic exlanation!!! can you do it at 50 or 60 beats per minute????

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

ha! yeah this one is fast. even slowing down is still fast!

[@hetedeleambacht6608]

i m advanced starter, so picking still goes slow.....and i think i have only 1 picking pattern...

[@davidhennings4786]

I prob missed it but may we buy a tab somewhere ?

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Hey David, there's a couple of links in the description. One to a paid official tab and another to a free one on ultimate guitar. They're both good tabs. Here's the links: FREE TAB: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/bob-dylan/dont-think-twice-its-all-right-tabs-1133891 Paid TAB: www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0094766

[@BALLGAWKER]

I'M TRYING OKAY!?

[@adamdidier9276]

Hello, what exact model of guitar do you use? I find the sound really identical to Bob Dylan! THANKS

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Hey Adam, this is my Larrivée OM09. Thanks!

[@jamiehalifax4954]

​​@@BluesGuitarInstitute arent they made in newfoundland ?..I think maybe Stan Roger's used them..

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

@@jamiehalifax4954 California. Used to be made in Canada, but I forget exactly where.

[@jamiehalifax4954]

Looked it up, was quebec!

[@mathias7718]

Hey ! Someone could tell me what is the model of his guitar ??

[@TheBookerstein]

It’s a Laravie OM

[@berniefrimond6558]

I like this lesson a lot but am a little slow on the uptake. Can anyone tell me the order of the strings being played in the C/g chord? Is it simply strings 6 3 4 2, or is it 6 4 followed by 6 3 4 2? Or something else altogether that I'm missing?

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

The picking changes quite a bit throughout so it depends on which time we go to C/G you're referring to. you may want to check the ultimate guitar tab I linked. I found it to be pretty accurate or let me know the time of the part for your question and I'll try to help out. Cheers! John

[@berniefrimond6558]

John - Thanks a lot for your reply. I cant find your link to the UG tab sheet but did find dozens of them on the UG site. Which one do I use? (Hope I'm not being a pest!).

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

​@@berniefrimond6558 Not at all, man I'm excited for you to jump in and learn this! Posting the link here: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/bob-dylan/dont-think-twice-its-all-right-tabs-1133891

[@berniefrimond6558]

Been out of town for 10 days but back home with the guitar - thanks for the link, John.

[@jamiehalifax4954]

Where can I get a longer left thumb prosthetic? You'd Think someone would of came up with something ..

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

😂😂😂

[@jamiehalifax4954]

@@BluesGuitarInstitute I'm serious dammit !!! Invent one..I'll buy it! Lol

[@richardobrien2896]

Not a bad video but a lot of this is not explained clearly

[@jpayne3616]

I know. Like the frame on the bottom left outta be the main video and the chording should be in the little box.

[@aynwhytemare4888]

What is he talking about, “one-ee-and-ah?” Just give me the numbers of the strings!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

1-e-&-uh refers to the rhythm side of things. That's counting for a group of sixteenth notes.

[@startreker8591]

Dylan used nylon

[@samuelchourot5829]

There should tabs of the part

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Links for two tabs in the description

[@eNTo0o0]

@@BluesGuitarInstituteWhich one out of the two are you playing ?

[@jimclip2012]

Is that Larry an L shape or OM? What series?

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

It's an OM-09 really love this guitar. I have their D05 too but this one is my go-to. Cheers!

[@robertlee8042]

That arrangement is accompaniment. You need a break in which you bother to play the melody notes too.

[@davidb5659]

I don't want to sound like a curmudgeon but is this made to be deliberately confusing? I'm playing this video over and over trying to decipher what you're playing. You very clearly show us the thumb patterns. When it comes time to show the finger pattern you become much less clear. Can't you just slowly demo the entire bar? Can't you give me a tab that shows both fingers and thumb? I'd really like to learn this song but your video seems like a tease. I'm very frustrated by it. I wish you'd demo it clearly. In the meantime, I give up...

[@SomeDudeFromCanada420]

yeah that 1 and 2 E and ah didn't make much sense I found a much clearer lesson on six string fingerpicking. Probably would've been better if he just told the order of what strings he's picking instead.

[@tucsonan]

Look for a basic lesson on Travis picking. This is gonna be a little too much of a challenge if you’re not already pretty solid with the basic Travis picking pattern. If you have that down you won’t find this lesson as difficult to follow.

[@terrandysart3587]

Agreed. Hours in just figuring it out myself. Only guess is he wanted to keep it under 30 minutes

[@germanfast]

5:55 he is literally telling you the pattern string by string

[@owenfullerton4129]

Him playing the into slowed down is very helpful, don’t know how he could be clearer with it to be honest

[@peterfortin7522]

is this made to be as confusing as possible?

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

as accurate to the recording as possible.

[@_________________________x567]

Lo intento pero soy inútil

[@colindavis1030]

Hey, I pay not to have ads. ffs

[@cvnvideos]

This is a great song, but the "warp speed" is not what makes it great.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Agreed. You could just strum along to these changes with a half-time feel and it would still be a great tune.

[@dirtydan8922]

This isn't explained well at all