4 Easy Rockabilly Riffs And An Introduction To The 12 Bar Blues - Guitar Lesson With Backing Track

[@waynevelzis8162]

Such basic things that most lessons on line assume. I like that you are teaching and not showing how "awesome" you play. You actually are interested is sharing skills not trying to be arrogant like many are. Been following you for quite some time and i am a better guitarist for it. Thank you so very much for what you do. It is very appreciated

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks so much Wayne!

[@keithconner6495]

Perfectly said

[@jonathanhughes9281]

Totally well said Wayne 👍🎸

[@vikingfromthenorth7]

I agree 😎

[@pmacellaro]

I'm an absolute beginner and this video is just what I needed. Thank you!!!!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Great stuff ! I’m glad I could help. More coming soon!

[@caseyjones6462]

Finally -someone who knows how to teach - A bunch of Thank you's : )

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you for watching Casey, glad the video is of use

[@taylorkarnehm7184]

Dude 100% one of the best guitar lessons I ever had, sat with this for a couple hours and wrote a psychobilly riff I'm so proud of. Definitely expanded my playing thank you so much.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

This made my day, thanks so much!

[@taylorkarnehm7184]

@@DEATHRAYCAT no thank you sir, now I just need a semi hollow body guitar and I'm in!.

[@SpookieVonDookie]

Thanks for breaking this down and gradually building it up so it’s not overwhelming for newbies. You’re an ace teacher!

[@Rai-Bulgaria]

The MOST INSTRUCTIVE BEGINNER GUITAR video I've yet seen on YT! THX!!!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you!

[@tincantroubadour]

Fantastic lesson! It's not rocket science and sounds great. They way you teach is with a teachers heart.

[@n8rbos]

Love rockabilly.... Love easy to follow stuff..... Thanx so muchly....

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you! 🍻

[@michaelwhalen7991]

DRC , man your lick and riff lessons are the best on the web! Fast, easy, one blends to the next , and makes for fun solos and me sounding a hell of a lot better than I really am. Your teaching speed is perfect, lots of help in a short but not overwhelming length lesson ! Thanks for all of your hard work, it is appreciated by me for sure. Boston Mike

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Cheers Mike that means a lot! Keep on rockin 🍻

[@fredigutierrez7385]

That’s the rhythm I grew up with so it runs through my veins,love the lesson and the way you explain it, cheers!!

[@Acelespaul]

The best introductory lesson Ever! This was well crafted and presented, Thanks ❤

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@davidbriggs7123]

Excellent, simple and effective for us beginners, 👌

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks David, I was hoping this would be that! 🍻

[@Katherine-db5ew]

Perfect! Just what I was looking for!!!!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Katherine! Welcome to the gang

[@benthon43]

Seriously love all your tutorials. Thanks for all the work. It's massively appreciated.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Ben that means a lot!

[@Zappasays]

DEATHRAYCAT, you rock brother. Thanks

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you

[@guyguyguyjean]

Love these lessons,i could listen to this guy all day long,great stuff thanks for the lesson!!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks for watching !

[@dan_kay]

Playing guitar on and off for 34 years now. Until today, I have not found my favorite style yet and was noodling over blues, blues rock and rock ‘n' roll, and it was okay, but it was never IT, if you know what I mean. Then, about two hours ago, one of your videos popped up in my recommendations. Since then, everything is different, everything makes sense now. I first thought, that it's gonna be way too fast for my 48-year-old fingers. But once my mind was riding the wave, my fingers just followed. You have no idea what you've done to me today. Thank you!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Dan you’ve made my day ! Welcome to the gang! 🍻

[@CC-qb9sm]

Great lesson on some of the essentials! Have a rockin’ weekend Nico!

[@jonjeffries3265]

CC can u tell me about that badass Gretsch he's playing..?

[@CC-qb9sm]

@@jonjeffries3265 - Hello! There are plenty of KZbin videos on the 6120RHH. I’m sure they do a much better job than I could. I will say it’s a great guitar, I love mine. Cheers!

[@jonjeffries3265]

@@CC-qb9sm Thanx man..!

[@petset77]

As wayne here said, that you're teaching and not performing is appreciated. Kudos for that. SO... the last exercise adding the extra notes in the riff is good, BUT... playing it with basic chords on root (instead of single note) adds another interesting exercise for the neck hand ring and middle fingers, especially during the G segment. Barring the open G with index and middle then fingering the progression of the riff with ring and pinky makes me focus on not lifting my middle finger while fingering the ring. Maybe it's just me, but that's a great exercise for individual finger dexterity, especially middle and ring. Thanks for another great basic rockabilly tutorial.

[@ozzyjon172]

I was playing these riffs when i was 12, no yutube then, today i watched your vid start to finish, you know what you're doing because you do it so well, keep it up. Rock on,,,

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks mate that means a lot

[@JohnSoldano]

You're one of my favorite instructors, to the point. MANY THANKS

[@dominico66]

Love all of these ' breaking it down' videos. Really helps me to pick up & play music I love. And would love to see you guys play somewhere around Cardiff when things pick up again. There's some great places here to play!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

That’s great to hear! Hopefully we can start touring again soon! Cheers 🍻

[@parrottheband]

Great basic introduction. One thing that often gets overlooked is the right hand - I find playing the right hand cleanly much more difficult than the left hand at the speed of the faster psycho shuffle and the swinging hillbilly. Could be because I started as a finger-picker and also have done some basic power chords, neither of which is anything like a quick alternating up-down picking motion switching between two strings. But I know many beginner and late beginner guitarists who would find similar difficulty compared to the left hand. This video reminded me for the thousandth time that I need to constantly work on this.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

You’re right, I think in future I might consider an ‘up down up down’ instruction to these exercises . I just did a video about strumming patterns that might help with your right hand. The video is looking at chords but we use a similar concept a lot of the time when playing single notes Thanks a lot for your comment!

[@Graveltrees]

Yeah, at first I was doing it all down picking and was having a hard time keeping the rhythm speed then realized you are alternate picking so I started doing that… then I realized I really don’t know how to alternate pick well haha. I’m a late beginner and yes, a video on strumming patterns would be awesome! Love your channel! This is great stuff 🤘

[@xavier4519]

i've always done alternate but it's still really hard for me to keep up with the fast pace of rockabilly -honestly might get miserlou down before this

[@edcrutchfield3447]

Thanks 😊. You make guitar 🎸 life easier 😁

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

That’s great to hear, thanks Ed!

[@fredthestoic4151]

Good job very very helpful 🚀

[@5150show]

Absolutely brilliant,

[@susancallhutchisongoodoldtunes]

Thank you. This is for beginners like me, and I feel like I have several fun things to practice now. When I can play a passable 12-bar blues, I'll be well on my way to my guitar goals.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

That’s great to hear! Keep up the good work!

[@rustyfalcon1414]

Great lesson I can play the end riff relatively easy but breaking this down would help loads of learners and that swing and feel you introduced really well, cheers

[@edbentley2774]

nice job can't wait to learn m

[@Manche-De-Pelle]

I'm not a that level yet .. but when I'll be there I will re-watch that video many time until I can mastered those licks. I think the way you show the 12 bar blues structure is the easiest way to understand it ... I had an harmonica teacher who got issue to explain it and I never was able to understand it but by seeing the way you separate it ... I've understand it at the first time and was able to anticipate the other licks. thanks for that lesson !!!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks very much! I’m glad this video is useful! It’s all about practice and you’ll get it in time. Cheers! 🍻

[@douglasmccullough2125]

Good rythm work out and reminder How much the 12 bar is the foundation of it all!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you !

[@dupermang]

Your tone is fantastic. Sounds just like a record from the golden ear.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you

[@jacobfchoward]

So awesome man! Glad I found you!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks mate welcome to the gang!

[@ZPX945]

Great foundation lesson!

[@dominiquebourdier6817]

Very clear and relaxed speech Merci beaucoup

[@wisnomjr]

Great video and great tips. Thanks!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Cheers Jeffery! 🍻

[@JordanPeverelli]

Awesome! Thank you so much, I'm a very basic guitar player, but I know a few things here and there and can find my way around the frets now, memorizing this over the next week or two will be great fun and man it sounds go good.

[@amysmith6983]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks for watching! Glad to help

[@traceydevlin7066]

Thanks Nico. It all stems from the basic stuff. Practice practice practice and..........more practice!😸👻😜👍🤙🍻🇦🇺

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

... And then some more practice 😂 Cheers Tracey!

[@brianhankin3253]

Hi guys, lessons so informative for a complete beginner like me, Many thanks, Hank.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Hank, glad to be of use!

[@AchtungMonkey]

Great video.. these are the small progressions I'm missing out on

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Cheers Craig 🍻

[@toddrhodes614]

Hey thanks! You covered some info I've been wondering about and wanting to learn for years!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Amazing, thanks Todd, glad to be of service! 🍻

[@robd754]

i have been playing in classic rock tributes for 20 years and i thought i would try to do a rockabilly band for a change. i thought going back to basics to get it right would be easy.. its not, .its very hard to slow it all down. its like slammin the breaks on a speeding big block at the end of a 1/4 mile. what a great place to start to re learn all the basics i skipped over. thanks

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Lovely stuff thanks Rob!

[@whirap]

a delightfully modest and informative lesson video. thanks so much for sharing

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@flintdavis2]

You got me to subscribe! Great lessons! Easy to follow, thanks a lot! I’ll be watching!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Welcome to the gang pal! 🍻

[@joepollardmagic]

FANTASTIC YOU HAVE A NEW SUBSCRIBER. SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Joe! Welcome to the gang! 🍻

[@afterburnercomics]

Outstanding lesson. Many thanks to you.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you 😸

[@johnw4659]

Thanks so much for this.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

You’re welcome John!

[@scotturnquist1240]

Wow, that was great.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Cheers Scot! 🍻

[@TropicalLatitude]

Great stuff! So usable.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Kevin! Enjoy!

[@johnroberts1141]

Excellent lesson. Greatly appreciated.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Glad it was helpful!

[@leonardcanter4596]

Thanks Again for your explanations and demos. You can’t imagine how much these help people beginning to play guitar. Got my first guitar in 1957 in El Paso,TX: long before Tuners and decades before the internet. Everything was a challenge trying to figure out the fretboard, reading music notation-nothing was in tabs. Your videos save people what took me years to figure out. Keep sharing the videos !! 😁🌴🎸

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Leonard, that means a lot! Keep on rockin!

[@franciscocesardasilvadasil4912]

Hi! Man, I Love Rockabilly. I am trying to learn. With your classes. Thank you! From Brazil 🇧🇷🤘

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you Francisco! Cheers from the UK! 🍻

[@franciscocesardasilvadasil4912]

@@DEATHRAYCAT Right! Thanks!✌🇧🇷

[@MrGoldenDome]

Many many thanks from this beginner guitarist.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks and you’re are welcome ! 🍻

[@shawnpattisonball4370]

Thanks for these easy how to videos.

[@jtfritchie]

Yes!! Step by step! Thanks! This’ll be fun!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you! Hope you enjoy!

[@jtfritchie]

@@DEATHRAYCAT I really am enjoying it. I'm sure you remember the first time you felt like, "Hey! I'm playing something now!" Yeah. Good times. Thanks again for this and the backing track.

[@kerryfromaj9032]

Thanks for something to mess around with over the weekend to help with timing and keeping track of bar counting! Seems like I have to get used to feeling 12 bars and bar timing. 👍

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Hopefully this will explain it. If not I will clarify another time! It’s just a case of counting the bars, it gets easier with practice and will become second nature. Have a great weekend pal!

[@mistertwister9239]

Best lesson ever seen Awesome!!!! Respect

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you!

[@donframeli9855]

Oh yea that is a fantatic guitar beautiful rich sound love it !!!!

[@SKULLYARD1971]

Dude! Thank you so much. I’ve been playing for 35 years and this really helped me. Subbed and I’ll be watching your vids!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Jeff! Welcome to the gang!

[@douglasmccullough2125]

Hell yeah Gives me song ideas every time! Thanks!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you!

[@rogeralleyne9257]

Great video lesson!!! As fundamental as these are; it's still vital to have down 🔻!!!👍👍👍

[@defectosespeciales]

Golden lessons for rockabilly lovers. Thank you so much for make it easy! I don't know if you have been asked before for a guitar lesson of the Johnny Burnette Trio's "The Train Kept a-Rollin'". Despite I've looked through the whole internet I can't find a good one.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks pal! This one has been requested before actually, I’ve been meaning to look into it. Thanks for the compliments, cheers! 🍻

[@defectosespeciales]

@@DEATHRAYCAT That's great! Many thanks. Cheers!

[@3521rob]

Great start learnt this today. Going to work through your vids

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks and welcome to the gang! 💥

[@Macfly30580]

Hello J'adore et je découvre vos vidéos , c'est génial ce que vous faites , vraiment.. ce son , cette musique me fait vibrer. Merci pour tout ce temps consacré aux autres. Je suis fan . Musicalement Thierry

[@gianpaolopanizzolo4801]

Thank you so much for the video... You are simply amazing. As beginner I finally understood everything..

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you Gian! Cheers! 🍻

[@voronOsphere]

Great Lesson and Backing Track! Thank you!

[@michaeloneill5824]

that was great thx. Got my 5420...I'm ready to roll!!!!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Awesome! Enjoy your Gretsch! Cheers 🍻

[@Whitewolf76802]

Just what I've been looking for.

[@later_daze_4080]

This was a great video! Learning tricks like this and having it explained well is really helpful for a beginner like myself! Thanks!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@keithconner6495]

Thank you very much. Great lesson and great teaching

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks for watching!

[@barrycoulter6951]

Thx man.. i needed this fundamental lesson in rockabilly…!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you, glad to have helped!

[@jasonhall947]

Good stuff. Thanks!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Jason 🙏🏻 🍻

[@mejhon6592]

Good job, good teacher. You did teach easy rhythem.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@SonderkomandoSS]

Хвала ти, Нико/Thank you, Nico.

[@patcummins6036]

Loved it, thank you.

[@fruitbat540]

15:35 Dude, you're one of the coolest guys in the business :D

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Haha thanks so much FruitBat! Cheers! 🍻

[@someguy1865]

Didn't know Captain John Price can play guitar. This is an amazing lesson🔥

[@MisterJayEm]

Outstanding. Thank you.

[@stagelifelv9324]

Just what I was looking for! Thanks mate!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Awesome, thank you!

[@AmstradMystical]

Very good lesson,thanks you ! A French fan of Rockabilly :)

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Merci et bienvenue! 🍻

[@Gretsch6113]

I like the Gibson mercury tube amp behind you on this lesson, I have one too!! Great lesson !!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

They are pretty rare!

[@takethestagelv202]

Great 101! Thanks pal!

[@dogdog1960]

Love it!! So simple, and so fun.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks mark 🍻

[@DenisMorissetteJFK]

Thank you so much! The videos I've seen before this one are good, but they don't show the tabs. For great players, they don't need the tabs, but for me, I need them. The last one is not that hard theorically. The difficulty is in respecting the tempo. Easy to drag or play too fast certain notes. These are great exercises to develop tempo.

[@catoliver1081]

Such a great video, thank you!!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks for watching ! 🙏

[@sacheenheartbreakkid]

Great stuff mate 👍🏻

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Sacheen, hope you are well ! 🍻

[@LEONEL-mu2cq]

Great. Tanks 4 lesson

[@ThePlaySpace-CurtainCall]

Breaking it down for the newbies and doing it right. Good job. Chuck is always the way to go. The only one I learned as much from was Marc Bolan because he was a thief and a cheater. Lol. Good job. You new people listen to this man! This is how rock and roll is done. For real.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you!

[@keithskelton2287]

Many thanks✌🏽 A great help in my new journey ✌🏽👍

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks Keith!

[@bryanjohnson2510]

Man that was really cool thanks!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks for watching

[@sweeneyTodd-de4by]

Fantastic lesson got to subscribe to your patreon channel

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you 🙏

[@jaimeharding75]

Love your channel ❤😎✌️

[@Jemmybop]

Thank you for this great video! 👍

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

You’re welcome, thanks for watching! 🍻

[@oncameramastery]

This is ace, how have I not found your channel long ago! 👍👍👍

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Welcome to the gang!

[@keyandraalakso139]

jamminf this with my friend TUANK U SO MCUH

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thank you! Glad this was useful. Cheers! 🍻

[@birdman316]

great vid mate! im a bit late to the party but glad i made it! i dont have a gretch but i do have a few teles...maybe they can pull off these tones about the same yay yaaa!

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Thanks a lot ! Yeah you can use any guitar to rock and roll!

[@miketrew9715]

Chuffed dude thanx soooo much Greetings fae Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Cheers pal thanks for watching 🙏🏻🥃💥🥃

[@terrycolley6482]

Hello from Sydney, Australia. Really helpful video, thank you. Love your accent too. Reminded me of the four years I spent living in Horsforth in Leeds although I'm originally from the other side of the Pennines. Seemed to spend half my life on the M62 going back and forth across Saddleworth moor. Off to practise your lesson now.

[@DEATHRAYCAT]

Hey Terry thanks mate! I’m also from closer to Chester. Currently in Armley! Welcome to the gang!

[@terrycolley6482]

@@DEATHRAYCAT More of a Cheshire Cat than a Death Ray Cat then. Me too, from Knutsford. I wish my fingers could keep up with the note/fret/chord changes as fast as my mind tells them to. Yes, yes, I hear you, practise, practise, practise............

[@cybernoirX]

Duuuuude thank you!