Get Lucky by Daft Punk/Nile Rodgers - Guitar Lesson

[@promotedvideo1]

Tried that lesson 2 years ago, but my level wasn’t up to it. Just tried it today, and it is a blast. Thank you. Great explanations!

[@riftvalleyman]

I love it when someone gets it RIGHT!! Tone is dead nuts on too!! Great job!!!

[@acpg]

Very kind of you to say so, thanks!

[@blogout412]

Does it happen anyone has any adice to reach the sound, the tone of the guitar(s) / what kind of equalization can give that "golden" tone/sound to the guitar lines in Get Lucky? Thanks anyway, the video is already a gift, Kudos!

[@SarieNibbles]

Best tutorial of this riff on the web!

[@champ10ns08]

When working out Nile Rodgers' songs use this rule: if it sounds like a minor chord, play a minor 7th. Peace. Another excellent tutorial.. as always

[@ianredmond9014]

from post punk to daft punk - is there no end to this man's talents???!!!

[@mcbrodz1663]

Post daft punk might be pushing it a little

[@pahwraith]

Gang of four always felt like funk guitar without the swing and all downstrokes.

[@MrBaraniecki]

Thanks, mate. Rhythm Pattern I 8:30 and Rhythm Pattern II 10:04

[@kenjones6441]

This guy is the one of the best tutors on u tube, especially for the variation of songs he selects.

[@stevephillips2284]

THANK YOU. The oh-so-subtle Brit shade when you said "I don't think any of them get it...QUITE right." and the facial expression that followed spoke VOLUMES [chef's kiss]. This is the best tutorial I've seen for "Get Lucky" and you break it down like baby food. And you said you didn't think yours was 100% either, but it's VERY close. There is even more magical minimalism going on that I have yet to hear somebody other than Nile replicate note-for-note and rhythmic accent-for-accent. It seems simple but is in fact, a deceptively complex part. I'm off to go learn "Lose Yourself to Dance". 🎸😎

[@tofaroundtheworld]

The best lesson for this song ! I've tried several others but this one is right and well explained. Congratulations !

[@hemork]

The tutorial that gives the best explenation to the strumming pattern and also the best sound! Thank you!

[@dirtstyles]

You can get the strumming very easily by listening to the recording

[@drjazz7278]

great lesson as always... you get straight to the point in your videos, no time wasted , and unlike some youtube "teachers" no endless showing off playing the same licks

[@gavinpryde2913]

Excellent tutorial. Worked my way through it with you quickly, easily and logically and very happy with the result.

[@seraphimipx2611]

yep. best and surely most accurate tutorial on yt. cheers! thx

[@neilmc59MK]

Excellent lesson, as always. What I'm noticing listening to the track is that there's also a third part : for large parts of the song the guitar plays a simple octave pattern - 3 bars on F# and 1 bar on E. This happens in the second half of the Verses and throughout the Choruses. The closest I can get is to play x 9 x 11 x x for the F# and x 7 x 9 x x for the E.

[@germansheppard10]

Finally a lesson that shows off the strumming pattern! Thanks man, you've made my life a lot easier!

[@thesman6422]

Yep, great lesson. Really helpful as I play in a band with 2 guitars and was wondering what the 2nd guitarist was going to do - now I know! Thanks very much.

[@acpg]

+The S Man Thanks - glad it was helpful to you. Bet this one's fun to play live.

[@afbonil]

Thank you for this excellent lesson. Very well explained and clear to follow.

[@javierzamora128]

Oh wow! This is the best "Get lucky how to" video I have come acrossed online. It's genius! Thanks a lot for recording it and leaving it open for everyone to see.

[@peetey249]

The best funk groove teacher. Subscribed. 😊

[@michael_caz_nyc]

" Nile Rodgers " . . . he got the Funk !!! Great job with this.

[@AlexPaullin]

By far the best lesson I've seen on this. Not surprising to see that the thumbs up count is inversely related.

[@apremolar]

Great.Love your style and taste.Great teacher

[@richierich1283]

Well Done Acdrian

[@petervanpmpmusicfactory3756]

You might be the only one on youtube who plays it well here on youtube!! Now I also understand why i 'as a producer' why in a distant past... i did often get a discussion, when I told that the reefs were not played well. Because really 80% of the guitarists play completely wrong chords, on this song here on the internet!! But you play the accord scheme well! So it seems that many of them..., can not even hear 'the essential nuances' in such a chord diagram ;-) And that is very shocking to discover... or not?

[@vig237]

Looks like I finally found the proper tutorial on this song. Thanks!

[@Targoon_Music]

one important thing that this lesson points at is that the rhythm lies within your fretting hand and the way you mute the strings. some might get confused trying to get the rhythm with their left hand a good lesson indeed 👍

[@rickyred001]

Great video's Adrian, really well presented and easy to follow, which is so important in my opinion. Well done and thanks !!!

[@nyacoustics8373]

Awesome lesson and transcription on the website

[@Gregory2700]

I can't mute the A string with my thumb ! I don't know if my thumb is too small but it seems impossible no matter how hard i try. When i reach and mute the A string, i'm actually fretting the low E string at the same time.

[@nickristine2264]

Thank you for this funky groove

[@sirtogii5216]

The strumming part and timing of that was very useful. Will take a while to get that down.

[@soulmanid1406]

YOUR VERSION SOUNDS VERY CORRECT. THANKS FOR A VERY CLEAR TUTORIAL. MUCH APPRECIATED.

[@cedricpierre8388]

Ditto,,at last,,,been looking for that part,,spot on and really well explained,,thank you

[@jerryjohnson5797]

thank you excellent lesson! Im an old metalhead learning funk soul and jazz it sounds sweet on my jem with clean settings....please more nile rodger lessons aand bowie guitar type lessons.....triple j from the big d

[@ignacio8529]

Same with me

[@acpg]

Think Fender call the finish butterscotch blonde.

[@xBlackout718x]

anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Fender names that Telecaster yellow "TV yellow"

[@jasoncarpenter7108]

I used to have a G&L ASAT Classic in the same finish. Leo called the G&L model "Butterscotch Blonde". I'm sure he had to change the name that Fender used as to avoid any "Imperial Entanglements" (since you also used a Stars Wars reference). Just a classic finish for a tele. Makes me wish I still had mine.

[@tomasferreiro9147]

Awesome lesson!! Thank you.Greetings from Galiza!

[@MCREntert]

Niles calls it the Chukka (scratch) and he is the King of Chukka, a hard thing to teach, some folks can just do it.Nice job excellent explanation.

[@jeffblack5024]

It’s the right hand to concentrate on and syncing the muting of the strings with the rhythm. It’s like a guitar step time sequencer. Off -off-on-on.

[@blueser100]

If you ever watch Rodgers discuss his style, he is quick to say that many people get his style wrong. He mostly plays only the treble strings on his licks and rarely a full six string strum. He has a bass player to take care of the low end.

[@stekula7087]

Fantastic lesson. Now it Funks! Thanks a lot!

[@johnnym815]

Very, very well done. Thank you!

[@frankzappa951]

Just subscribed. Excellent teacher. My new guitar Sensei. Thanks a lot. Peace.

[@123kennix]

Very nice! YOu play it very well! It's the best tutorial I've seen! Very very very close to the original song! You got a suscriber right now! :D

[@isabellen4406]

Took me two months to learn to play but it's great! Thanks so much!

[@DJ-uk5mm]

OMG. I just thought oh I’ll have a listen to this when I looked at how long ago was recorded and I can’t believe this vid was recorded nine years ago. Oh my Goodness …if you’re young please take note…….that time really does fly…so make the most of it

[@bobalbin3659]

Thank you. So simple, yet so cool.

[@pharlap12]

I love your telecaster.

[@gliddofglood]

Another brilliant lesson. Thanks!

[@grich2213]

love this lesson! it spot on. only thing i watched the daft punk video. nile looks like he is playing the full chords during most of the song but playing the triads during the chorus. yes?

[@bonepicker1]

+G Rich Niles never plays full chords, always triads ,while strumming in a piano licks style....ala Giorgio Moroder (keyboards) Nile's said he tried to pattern his strumming in the way that Giorgio played the synthesizer in the 1970's.

[@Asimov16]

When I watched the Daft Punk video it does look like he is playing full chords at the beginning, but bare in mind when people make the video very often they are miming to the soundtrack even though they can play it. As there is no way the guy out of daft punk could play a bass with metal fingers LOL. However I have seen him do this song on his own on stage and it looks like he is using full chords there too.

[@vroxh]

heeey, I am learning misirlou and this one. can we also have a lick/song/riff that includes tapping? I would love that. you are amazing anyway, I have learnt so much and I love your choices and the way you explain things. best guitar teacher ever. bless you 💎

[@hermetech]

Regarding the main Funk strumming part (I haven't got to the lead lines yet), I'm cool with it all at a slower tempo than the original, except for the E chord at the end of the progression where the strumming pattern changes. I can't tap my foot on the beat, and make that change, when the whole riff starts on the AND AFTER 1. Either my foot tapping on the beat loses it, or I screw up the pattern, or both. I can do it fine without tapping my foot. I can do it fine if I keep the same pattern as the other chords on the E. I can do it fine if I start the whole strumming pattern on the 1 instead of the AND AFTER 1. But I can't do all three together faster than about 80 bpm! I'm gonna try and just focus on that different E chord strumming pattern, slow it right down, and work it up in tempo again, but I've done this before and I always start to lose it when I get to about 85 bpm. It's INFURIATING!!! :) Any hints?

[@promotedvideo1]

Great teacher!!! Thanks for the lesson!

[@sonicjazz]

Great lesson.. thank you.. I Think Tele works perfectly for funk

[@Smithy67]

Excellent, thanks

[@silverettalive]

Your lessons are a great great help!

[@Guenterkim]

Well done. I'm into funk now. Thanks.

[@trevorbradford1806]

Thanks! Great lesson. Cool song.

[@HenryvanThull]

Like the way you`re doing it and it sounds good! Thanks and enjoy the music.

[@mcbrodz1663]

Sound of the summer

[@presidentoxford]

Smart. Great video.

[@taliesin9339]

Hi, thanks for this, I just notice à little Thing listening to the original, Nile doesn't play the A on the F#, i mean to get the exact feel of it, just play the two first note on this one. I like, your way specialy on the E chord, didn't Heard this part as well as you did. Good Job.

[@alanneale1746]

Could you do a lose yourself to dance lesson as the guitarist plays for Pharell live

[@ChuckMarteau]

What does Kiki of Montparnasse have to do with funk? ;-)

[@Asimov16]

Strangely enough in the video Nile switch between playing full chords to the muted chords, however when you see him playing it live he rarely plays the chords with the thumb over the top.

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Thomas Williams Nile says he doesn’t play the full chords. Basically sticks to two or three strings. There are several videos of him discussing his technique and thought processes for playing and writing.

[@Furrylizard79]

My hands are too small to get my thumb over the top for muting the way the video suggests- what’s an alternative technique anyone pls? Ta!

[@robaston5461]

Outstanding lesson just subscribed brilliant

[@lotide2000]

That tele looks awesome

[@chrisdude942]

Song is F# minor?

[@danbudai8360]

Thank you, this was really helpful ! Like !

[@PlouplePoupi]

Excellent!! Thanks à lot for this super video

[@freddyfender562]

Nice one !

[@duckbrew]

Dude where did you get that great shirt??!!!

[@ericld11]

Do a search at the converse website for the "jack Purcell" shirt - there are several but one is nearly identical.. It's VERY close - "Jack Purcell Smiles Resonate Pullover".

[@capzisediam5845]

Nice Video ... thx for it !!!

[@victorventura1006]

Amazing Channel. Amazing bands you choose. Pleuse Dura Duran Early days Andy Guitar riffs and Sigue Sigue Sputnik Flaut it Album no one put NealX guitars ! Regards From Portugal !

[@Chord_The_Seeker]

Great lesson. Thanks.

[@tpinkerton1965]

Sounds correct, but i think its in the key of A maj. ( ii, IV, vi, V) progression... great lesson though!

[@tozguitar]

Great lesson. I like your music stand. Is the light incorporated into the stand?

[@Coglucence]

Excellent

[@roballen49]

Excellent!

[@aitornavarro6597]

Can Give Life Back to Music by Daft Punk another song with a 2 guitar part done by Paul Jackson, Jr and Nile Rodgers!

[@blogout412]

Sorry to bother, great video! Does it happen anyone has any adice to reach the sound, the tone of the guitar(s) / what kind of equalization can give that "golden" tone/sound to the guitar lines in Get Lucky? Thanks anyway, the video is already a gift, Kudos!

[@IagoVital]

Tone wise you must plug a strat on neck position with a vintage pickup single-coil with volume and tone on 10, send it to a compressor pedal then split the signal chain into 2: 1 goes straight to the sound desk/interface preamp into a neve-style preamp and compressor and 2 goes to any mic-d fender blackface amp (pref. Twin, Deluxe Reverb or Hot Rod). Get your high and middle end from the direct sound and mix it with the low end from the amplifier till you reach your desired sound. Then you go to final EQ, maybe another compressor then the reverb.

[@IagoVital]

Ah, and Get Lucky has two guitars. One plays the chords line you see here and the other one keeps playing that almost palm-muted melody line from the beginning.

[@jscibilia]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@GrunthosTFlatulent]

What kind of witchcraft is this!!?? If only I had 8 double-jointed fingers on my left hand I’d be strumming along with you. Fantastic lesson, I hope to grow into it one day.

[@Redtomatoes56]

Hey. Was wondering...I always felt like he was playing minor 7 chords instead, could be wrong though.

[@acpg]

That was my first instinct, but I definitely can't hear any flat 7ths in the actual guitar parts on the record. I think the piano is probably playing minor 7ths though, so that's the overall harmonic feeling. I could be wrong too though. Only way to clear it up would be a private lesson with Mr Rodgers himself!

[@mrjazzman2007]

seems to me it's in the key of A - except it never resolves to the home chord. So it's II-IV-VI-V Never resolving to home chord is what gives the sequence its feeling of being constantly on the move... like being out all night for the fun

[@jamesmyers2852]

A major, B dorian, F# minor, E mixolydian. All the same chords. Whatever makes sense. For me it's B dorian.

[@dara555]

Very nice job....Can you tell me what amp you use and what setting? Cheers

[@nathanaelwheatley4322]

Great song in they key of A major :)

[@vilembesta1699]

Thank you, Sir!

[@TheChiversBeatCompany]

Perfect!! Thanks man!!

[@danielamarelo]

good job man.. thanks

[@DagerDevil]

FINALLY!!! SHEETS!!! God bless music theory. Thank you. But I think that kind of record sound appears if you play it faster, about 140 bpm. Correct me if i'm wrong?

[@IagoVital]

116.05 BPM There ya go

[@delpuckett]

your shirt is giving me a HEADACHE :-) GREAT LESSON MATE !!!!!

[@stanasko]

Interesting point of view, but... Have you ever tried to look at this way: Song starts with IV minor chord, Then goes to VI major (that could easilly could be added a C# as funky disco 7th and E as 9th), And now we got to the I, which is minor chord and tonal center of this song, And go to the VII major... Important part of defining key is main theme (in this case a vocal line), and then you could much easier see what is the tonality. After all they came with idea to make a pop hit, not some kind of dorian-funky groove just for them selfs!!! :) Bottom line - the of the song is F# minor!!! And sorry if i was beeing rude, but i've already seen in my country that a lot of people making same mistake...

[@TheMal5]

stanasko that's not exactly right - it's in B Dorian, the minor mode with a sharpened 6th, and it's based around the B note and not F#

[@GarryGnu]

Love it!

[@selimsmaoui7283]

In the single note part you're playing the harmonics right?

[@viorelceraceanu9280]

You is Mighty Jingles in world of tanks?

[@megaml879]

Sounds same in music video nice vid

[@mattsuran1270]

Just need a graphic to give a visual for the chords.

[@captainjaneway1111]

How are you getting the same Rodgers sound out of a Tele when he plays a Strat ?

[@remi603]

interesting the way you match the radiator

[@ThFile]

Does anyone know medium songs to learn? This one is to funky and complex