Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young - Guitar Lesson

[@howardhenneman386]

Lots of the little details that often get glossed over in lessons, and a teacher who isn't all about his own ego. Excellent job. Thank you.

[@danalamb3361]

Great attention to detail, no shortcuts. Beautiful guitar too!

[@josephsiano5447]

Xcelllllllllent!!!!

[@6speedotto850]

Dude!!!! I have to say you are the MOST complete, and easy to understand guitar professor on the web. you are even more detailed than Marty. You go thru the WHOLE song, not just the main riffs and i appreciate your explaination of timing thrown in too. Please keep up the great lessons.

[@ssmedz4335]

I agree!

[@johng2880]

@@ssmedz4335 ya'll trying to give the ole boy a swole head?

[@johnmattern7196]

He has got it good job sir

[@Mark70609]

I’m not a Marty fan as he leaves a lot of stuff out.

[@petersainsbury8330]

Honestly the very very best lesson I have ever seen . Thank you from Toronto!!!

[@anthonylakatos1043]

Let me tell you I am 60 years old and I just picked up a guitar for the first time two years ago I've always loved Neil Young and this is a very fun song the way you break it down and explain the different parts of the song is spot-on you make it so easy to learn thank you

[@SD_Marc]

Not only do I love your instruction, I don't think you've ever done a song I don't like. Thanks, Adrian!

[@57stratblues]

WoW !!! I feel like I just won the guitar lesson lottery !!! Hands down the most in depth and clarified lesson I have seen online. Fantastic !! Thank You , Thank You !!!

[@mgclark46]

Wondering if he still has that guitar.

[@TheNewenglandboys]

I've watch this and keep coming back just to hear you play it. Great lesson and you are a great teacher!

[@DesrochersBob]

Adrian , one of the best lessons I have ever seen on line. You take your time and explain every note, hammer on, up and down stroke s etc. This goes back a long way in Neil's library and remains one of my favorites. Keep up the great work!

[@greghenderson4582]

Oneof the finest teachers I have ever heard !!

[@tomast.2731]

absolutely beautiful les Paul there! and a fantastic lesson as well - thank you!

[@DesrochersBob]

I have watched several lessons of Cinnamon Girl and this is by far the best. GREAT JOB!,

[@yoso585]

I come back from time to time to experience how smoothly Adrian plays it.

[@DesrochersBob]

Adrian, I continue to be impressed with everything you do in teaching these lessons. You speak in a perfect cadence, so that I can catch it the FIRST time. Keep on rocking!!!

[@luisarruda8184]

My first visit and I think you are awesome Adrian. I will keep watching!

[@morphorhetenor1390]

Thank you so much for your lesson. And yes, he goes over some small details that other people forget. He isn't into, "Look at how good I can play this," just seems to want to teach. Unusual now days. Thanks again.

[@MrAcmove]

How is this man not getting MILLIONS of subs?? Top notch. Always. Thank You Professor!

[@SoulCitySawdog]

Great teacher, great knowledge, great skills! I saw Neil Young in 1983 in Morgantown WV on his “Shocking Pink” tour. Neil definitely played this song!

[@bagrnut]

I was in on this tour twice, once in Seattle and the next night in Vancouver. Drove up to BC spur of the moment, got a ticket at the front ticket booth and wore my shirt in from the night before. I was able to get around back stage after the show and met Neil, greatest memory, adoration flood zone man 😎👍

[@robertjohnson3855]

I like your cover as well as your teaching. Neil young's music is usually pretty easy to play but he has some unique styles that make his acoustic songs great, plus such a unique voice, I hated his voice years ago, but I've grown to love it and even envy it at times. Anyway, you do a good job.

[@robertiaccarino4363]

Adrian, thanks for the lesson. I am 63 and going to do this piece at an open mic in the Sonoran Desert; greetings from Arizona!

[@brianpomeroyfilms]

How did it go?

[@piercedarrow57]

BEST lesson I've seen on one of my FAVOURITE Neil young songs!!!! You NAILED it !!!!!

[@ainslieberrafella]

Black Les Paul with a Bigsby! You're seriously into the Neil Young vibe! Great vid, thanks.

[@StringBender]

Your song lessons are fantastic! Thank you, Adrian.

[@MitchRossMusician]

I stumbled across this video while I was looking for something else. Very well done. I like the approach of showing people how to play the noted used in the end part, and leave it up to them to do their own thing with it. Very well done.

[@georgelasko8346]

Thank you for a wonderful lesson. Neil Young is one of my favorite artists. I’ve grown up listening to him, and now I’m playing his songs. I’ve tried this on my 12 string. Didn’t work out so well, but for electric, it’s perfect! Thanks again. Your teaching style is easy to follow. I’ve subscribed to your channel also. Kudo’s from across the pond Adrian. I hope that you understand that you have helped so many with their guitar playing. Most don’t leave replies. I think you would be surprised at how many people that you really have helped. Keep up the good work. I know it’s expensive, and it takes up a lot of time to make these videos, but we sure do appreciate them.

[@denfisher113]

Learning this for a dep gig with a band and wanted to say what an amazing job you did. Super helpful, well presented etc. Thanks!

[@kenmosholder1935]

Superb lesson. Love your egoless down to earth style. Thank you so much.

[@5882300rickroll]

I always love in your lessons how you emphasize the organic playing style of musicians like Neil Young and Ron Asheton. these guys played loose and natural, not sloppy but organic and by feel. Your lessons do more justice to these songs than a direct transcription.

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

I just spent 51 years sitting on the couch unsuccessfully trying to play this song -- and now you tell me I should tune the two E strings down to D.

[@harrywhitehouse1217]

This is hands-down the best guitar lesson I've ever seen on KZbin! I know this song very well -- it's one of my favorites and I did a pretty reasonable analysis of it decades ago. But you have precisely decoded the song! I'm so appreciative!!! I"m going to my guitar right now to use some of your hints!

[@thewobblywelder8362]

Badass lesson man! Most thorough one I’ve seen on this song so far! Thank you!

[@ssmedz4335]

I love your version of CG. Been a Neil Young fan since the late 60's. Thank you so much

[@guitguy77]

Concise, excellent instruction. I have been playing guitar for around 50 years, teach flamenco guitar, and play classical and Brazilian (beyond Bossa Nova). My time is better spent watching a video like this than trial and error transcribing. I thank you for the hours I didn't have to spend working out this tune.

[@richardschneider9279]

Thanks for your great lesson. Your help is greatly appreciated.

[@MrBritrider]

Thank you for this. Personally this is my all time favorite Neil Young song. I will take my time to learn it well. I'd like to say that I've recently subscribed to your channel and your calm no nonsense approach to teaching is much appreciated. I also enjoy looking at your beautiful collection of guitars too. Cheers

[@pauldonat8644]

Thanks. The best instruction I've found on this song. You're an excellent guitar player and teacher. Keep up the good work.

[@robmiller3464]

Adrian, with out question you’re a good teacher and yes so much better than Marty. I don’t see how some teachers on you tube get that many views, because there not better than you. Thanks for you’re all your work.

[@johnw4659]

I'm late to the game on this one but, thank you Adrian for another great lesson.

[@ssmedz4335]

Loved this tune from the moment I first heard it way back in the day. So cool you taught us and having fun doing it too.

[@andrewstones5731]

Widdly woo. Hahaha. Absolutely sublime taste . Excellent lesson, thank you

[@Palm18]

Thanks! I've performed this song for years and couldn't figure out the inversions he uses to make the chords sound that way. It's mostly double drop D tuning! You are a fine man indeed. Great job Sir! Now my ending is perfect!

[@thorpenator9148]

Killer lesson. Great tune...great teaching skills. New one for my band to plays. Cheers from across the pond.

[@kahlesjf]

Thanks for posting this. A valuable resource.

[@falcodarkzz]

Man you’re good! I tried several other tutorials but it just sounded wrong. Your version is bang on! What a teacher

[@evilgrins9665]

Thanks Adrian, Never knew it was in double drop D tuning. Great lesson great teacher keep up the good work I've learned a lot from this lesson and your other lessons again thank you.

[@bobchristopher7383]

Excellent....Thank you very much for the great lesson... Cheers Bob

[@michaeld.mahoney9106]

Really well done you are an excellent guitar teacher. Please keep up the good work.

[@vautrain]

Cracking lesson! Thanks so much, I've always wanted to learn this song. What a classic.

[@nov20five]

One of the best online instructors here on KZbin. I have learned so much watching your videos. Brilliant! Cheers!

[@micchaelfearn5163]

THE Best take on a brilliant song I've heard, well done friend 😉

[@robhall8378]

Nice Job!!! You are an excellant teacher!!!!! Nice guitar too!!!! Cheers....

[@DoofsterDan]

You took the mystery out! Well demonstrated, well explained, thorough. Perfect, simple explanations for what you're doing! Thanks!

[@roblogosz1]

brilliant - hope u continue teaching...u have a gift...

[@KevinNelson40502]

Really nice tutorial Adrian. Thanks for helping to bring me this song.

[@1114gabby]

Great lesson.. Your teaching is always right on point!

[@craiger2399]

You are a really great teacher. Seriously. Thank you so much for this.

[@rolandjgutierrez4147]

you can play and sing great your hart is in it and I appreciate that.RolandJ Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico USA.

[@9750939]

Bridge at 16:30: that's the part I needed (and so simple when displayed).

[@bestplans9051]

Thank you so much for breaking this down in depth and putting so much time into it. Very Very much appreciated!!!

[@richardcorysghost]

Thank you so much for this. You have illuminated one of Neil's classic songs. I also really appreciate the fact that you are using a guitar similar to Neil's all time fav instrument, complete with heavy duty whammy bar! Fantastic!

[@jimo1294]

Really good instruction...you cleared up a few areas I was struggling with. TY!

[@terrywiltshire3581]

Got to say, that was a very understandable lesson I have heard in a long time, thanks I will be looking out for more 👍

[@Mia-qt4th]

I wish I played but never have..love watching you play and learning , Interesting knowing what Neil is actually playing when I listen to him play Cinnamon Girl ..Thank you San Diego, CA

[@tuttlebrazil1548]

Merci, super, génial, great, awesome !! thank's so much !!! (a Neil'fan and guitar player !)

[@407arcade]

I like your Guitar lesson, it very well explain, i am subscribe, new friend from Montréal Canada

[@erwinvandijke6169]

Adrian is one of the very few who teaches guitar parts of alternative, punk and post-punk bands. The music I grew up with.

[@RebelTheUncanny1]

Another fine job on the lesson. Tomorrow I'm going to be pursuing this one, and your Brass In Pocket lesson. Stay safe and well over there.

[@richardcarroll130]

Great lesson from a real teacher - kind and informative - thanks so much and all the best!

[@nicholasroosa]

Dude, this is the most helpful Cinnamon Girl breakdown I've seen. Thanks a ton!

[@ruatarengsicolneyrengsi8924]

Very clear. Superb teaching.

[@zane.walker]

Just as the description says; in depth and accurate. Excellent! Really enjoyed your comments on the style and mood of the tune. Couldn't agree more about Neil's solo; there is something really powerful with such a simple assembly of notes.

[@cvfunnsixspeed9213]

Thanks for sharing! Great lesson my friend!

[@michaelmadson2861]

Neil Young, the anti-shredder. My favorite guitar solo of all time! No extra, unnecessary notes.

[@bullcrap9409]

I think (?) it’s one of (the only) 1 note solo in a well known tune.

[@surfwriter8461]

I like that term. Neil has been criticized too often for what is described as a "one note solo". But clearly, he can do more with one note than most shredders do with a hundred notes played with no creativity, subtlety, tonal sense or soul. And Neil himself has said he doesn't hear one note, he hears a number of notes--by which I think he means that each rendering of the "note" is played with subtle variations in his attack on the strings, volume, rhythm, tone or whatever. The tutorial here properly refers to this as minimalist, but even that doesn't quite convey the complexity of a unique "one note solo" as NY does it. I sometimes call NY a neo-primitive to describe how Neil at his best can use the most rudimentary or primitive techniques to express basic or complex emotions. Instead of trying to show technical skill and use it for expression, which he can do if he wants to, he prefers the more child-like, crude and forceful use of an instrument.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Because he can't play any more than a one note solo. He's a shamefully bad guitar player for someone so famous.

[@encycooper]

Also Johhny Ramones one note solo in Wanna Be Sedated, thats my favourite

[@markdupriest3817]

Hey guy.. thank you for unlocking that song... I've struggled so much... Thanks again!!! Let the music of Neil Young free the soul.

[@kenbelmont4598]

Absolutely brilliant. I grew up with this song and have been tasked to learn it to play with a group of friends live this summer. You took me through the whole thing easily . Thank you so very much!

[@kenmosholder1935]

Wonderful lesson, thank you so much. Love your attitude and comments.....

[@acrscott]

I love this song and I will be forever grateful. I'm working through your catalog of videos. More Neil please Scott

[@jsimes1]

I remember using this song to torture my guitar teacher when I was a kid. I hated playing scales and I said Neil Young doesn't do scales and when my teacher disagreed I played him this song! He still didn't let me get out of practicing my scales but he did smile when I played the "solo" perfectly! 😆

[@cskueny]

I first discovered your site by googling "Cinnamon Girl guitar lesson" quite some time ago and landing on this lesson. I didn't come near mastering it at the time but just returned to it. Very nice, and not as hard as when I tried it the first time....

[@user-pn1bj6os9b]

Nice lesson, very well taught.

[@williamashner4788]

Your the best, brother! Keep up the good work. Great playing. Great teaching.

[@bubblegum1269]

Even the harmonics at the end, nice. I could follow from your run-through. Excellent.

[@hoofhearted7445]

you are one of the best teachers out there. thanks for all your lessons.

[@KurtGAndersen]

One of the greatest songs in rock history. And this tutorial was the song totally worthy! Thanks for teaching us it....👌

[@timhansen4556]

Excellent tutorial! Just knowing the tuning makes all the difference in the world in trying to re-create the vibe of this song. This 63-year-old is also glad to see that some of you young guys are into early Neil Young...

[@jtbjr58]

My compliment for you is that you give a lesson with great precision on a track that started as an impromptu romp...the result being that we can play it in the spirit of the original. It is the best construction of Neil+ Danny Whitten's overlapping guitar parts I have heard. It is true that Neil wrote three songs in one day while very ill, this one being the first and the one that kicked things off, with the other two being Cowgirl in the Sand (again referencing Jean Ray) and Only Love Can Break Your Heart. Neil referred to the tuning as D modal, and was attracted to the droning sound it made. Playing the Gibson LP at volume with distortion made that drone into a growl, howl, and roar. You get that sound exactly right. And the feel of spontanaeity. They recorded that song in two takes, I have heard. And on the one note solo? He said he heard them as slightly different notes.

[@2011littlejohn1]

I always find your explanations instructive and entertaining. I manage to blag my way through this in normal tuning but it seems to work. I missed using the hammer on Am during the verse so thanks for that. As for the end bit it may be interesting to note that as part of the final ad lib bit I also threw in young George's lick from Norwegian Wood and lo and behold one day I watched Neil Young do exactly that. :)

[@tommcewin3063]

Excellent lesson, explained clearly and patiently. I just like the way you teach. Lots of fun, and now I'm working on one of my favorite classic songs! thanks!

[@joeye330]

BEST guitar teacher on youtube!

[@jakehaga9304]

Thanks very much,learned to play this after all these years by watching your lesson,played it at open mike last weekend,was a hit

[@bustermerryfield241]

I like Adrian he seems nice.

[@rolandjgutierrez4147]

Adrien is cool he text me all the way to New Mexico usa because I was interested in his teaching this dude is the real deal.

[@johng2880]

Yes, but he seems too nice. Soft spoken, unassuming, impeccable taste in fashion..... it's too perfect a package, as if one were to design the perfect guitar teacher. And Why would one do such a thing? To keep dark secrets hidden Of Course! He strikes me as a bloke with multiple skeletons in multiple closets. Possibly one for every note on a diatonic scale.... hmmmm Is it a circle of fifths? or a circle of Evil?

[@rolandjgutierrez4147]

You might be right but it's over the internet where not at his home it's the teaching that counts I have learned some good stuff and also it is not easy to have your own youtube channel and to present you tutorials.

[@bluemeadows40]

He does

[@bluemeadows40]

Nice singing. Great use of space, most guitars playing alone seem to think they need to fill every moment with sound

[@jasonf1081]

Absolutely beautiful guitar, thanks for the lesson.

[@pferrel]

By far the best description of how to play this I've seen. Missing none of why it's great, namely the looseness and freedom of Neil's style. I've heard most of the live versions Neil did and they are never quite the same, purposely. The power chords and tuning allow you to get just a little "sloppy" and stay in the spirit of the original. Adrian knocks this lesson out of the park.

[@puppycat65481]

thanks man, you're the best and very personal teacher.

[@ArtDonna84]

I'm a HUGE Neil Young die hard and have been finally learning to play guitar all of his music and riff's. I was stuck a bit on this song and looking around for guidance stumbled upon your video. Excellent instruction and I appreciate your doing this. I'm good to go now. BTW: got a good chuckle at around 19:55 on the "woodily-woop" comment. I totally agree with the genius comment as well. Simple notes just like Buddy Guy or BB King would do and sustain. Cheers

[@logicnotfeelings3835]

Thank you. Very well done. I finally know how to play this song!!!

[@morphorhetenor1390]

It would be nice if you could teach a few more Neil Young songs though. Thanks! I need to buy another guitar to keep from changing the tuning. Thanks again. I really appreciate your lessons.

[@isntax]

Nice lesson! Very thorough

[@jamoncure]

Nice work, Adrian!! LOVE this song. Just started playing it this week. The solo.......D.....and more DDDDDDDDDD. All good! Drop D tuning too. WOW. This ROCKS!!!

[@bertfanone9050]

Thank you, your simply an amazing teacher. Best I’ve seen, thanks✌️

[@dereklong801]

Adrian even has his own Old Black for this video! Great song, great lesson. I agree with others here - I've gone through several tabs and explanations, and this one is the most complete. Well done.

[@bagrnut]

Everybody needs to own an Old Black in my opinion 😎👍