Guitar Lesson: How To Play Say It Ain't So by Weezer

Welcome to day one of FOUR DAYS OF SAY IT AIN'T SO 2020! This is such an important song that I wanted to take my time and pay it all the heed it deserves. In this video you will find all the guitar parts except for the noodly parts in between the verses and the solo. Still to come, of course, are the solo, the bass line, and the campfire version. Get settled, there's a lot to cover :)
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[@ardeay]

You are the guitar teacher i never had but always wanted as a young boy. 20 years later and youtube...life fulfilled.... TY RYAN SIR!

[@RyanLendt]

aw thanks RDA :) it's great having you here!

[@dicer0075]

Dude I just came here to see if you speak about the sometimes extra strum on the initial chords and you talk about it, officially this is the best say it aint so tutorial on youtube , congrats!

[@pmaster1173]

The "meow meows" in the song are so cool. Yet so many other guitar lessons missed it, but you made it clear Thanks!

[@RyanLendt]

cheers!

[@footlong4769]

I feel so much more happier after watching this.... Nothing to do with the guitar... You're just so appealing 😂

[@RyanLendt]

ha! thank you Lee ☺️

[@fianna582]

Must feel good to know you spread the joy of guitar to so many people all the time. Another great lesson Ryan, cheers. 🤘🤙

[@RyanLendt]

it is indeed a great joy in my life, thank you Fianna :)

[@arendestes]

There are several great guitar teacher on youtube but your style of teaching is my favorite. You make learning songs is very entertaining.

[@RyanLendt]

thanks for being a friendly face AE :)

[@Meansunburn]

You’re a great teacher man, thank you.

[@RyanLendt]

hey thanks MM :)

[@ethellucas3371]

This guy is SO underrated...you're the best

[@RyanLendt]

thank you Ethel :)

[@rufust.firefly6810]

And ... another gem. Thank you so much. One of those songs that made me lousy novice guitarist want to play it so much, that I figured its rhythm sec out by myself back in 96. SIAS embodied my insecure twen nerdiness so much - it still 'is givin' me chills' today 😉

[@RyanLendt]

i will never tire of SIAS :)

[@spindletreevideos]

That shirt carries large amounts of Blue's Clues energy

[@RyanLendt]

it's a north carolina thing. Steve his huge down here.

[@noname-ct2rw]

You’re easily the best guitar teacher on youtube

[@RyanLendt]

you're easily far too kind friend

[@trevguitar8169]

This song never fails to make me smile 😊 Thanks Ryan

[@RyanLendt]

me either - cheers Trev :)

[@bryanp8010]

Best lesson on this song I’ve seen. Awesome sauce!

[@RyanLendt]

thanks bryan!

[@Sussypx9798yt]

It’s like you can read my mind! I was just saying how I want to learn this song so THANK YOU!! I’d love to learn My Name is Jonas by Weezer too. 😁

[@RyanLendt]

haha awesome Stephanie :) thanks for the blue album request!

[@lisahill2727]

yelling, SAY IT AINT SOOooOooOO! in my head as you wail on it. awesome!

[@RyanLendt]

:) thanks!

[@eagles_s]

8:16 Nice work explaining the sound of the interval.

[@RyanLendt]

thanks E!

[@Sussypx9798yt]

Just finished learning Jane Says and this one is up next. So excited!

[@RyanLendt]

woo hoo! good luck SG :)

[@Sussypx9798yt]

@@RyanLendt Thanks Ryan!

[@patprime7320]

Oh...I knew. Love this one so much. Your intro nailed how perfect this song truly is.Thank You sir. Little bummed you missed that sweet fill coming out of the chorus, its a highlight. Still stellar work as always

[@RyanLendt]

I like how you think I didn't do that in the next video :)

[@patprime7320]

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[@victorjbarker]

Killer lesson man. I seen a bunch and yours is a bit different but sounds the best I've heard. Thanks

[@RyanLendt]

thank you and cheers vic!

[@brandoncalloway8779]

Excellent lesson sir. Love jamming this song.

[@RyanLendt]

BC in the house! thanks buddy :)

[@klohr26]

Sweet! Should be a great group of lessons. Great start!!🤘🤘

[@RyanLendt]

thanks K!

[@saulgoodman4586]

Thank you you are so good at teaching guitar.

[@RyanLendt]

you're kind jose

[@i3oosted]

Weezer was huge for me growing up during my teenage years, Rivers was the reason I picked up the guitar, this was the first song I ever learned, and the Blue album > Pinkerton =)

[@RyanLendt]

I know a few of you weezer folks, and I must say weezer folks are cool folks :)

[@Team512]

Yes!!! 4 Days of Say It Ain’t So. Say It Ain’t So...

[@RyanLendt]

everybody sub this guy, he's my buddy and we play music together. you'll be hearing more about that very very soon.

[@colby69420]

thanks for all the vids Ryan

[@RyanLendt]

thanks for being here Colby :)

[@Slenderchunk]

That strat looks rad. With a rock mode bridge pickup to boot. Since quarantine I’ve had 1 guitar.. my Indonesian Jackson. It’s super rad for a $700 level guitar. My other guitars are at my parents house. TMI Thursday’s.

[@RyanLendt]

now we just need to find ourselves and Indonesion Michael Jackson. dumb joke that barely even counts as a joke friday :)

[@terebee]

The only important song

[@RyanLendt]

Timo Roberts is my Official Weezer Advisor everybody

[@willgoodnight8564]

such a great lesson!

[@RyanLendt]

thanks Will :)

[@KowboyUSA]

Great song! Awesome lesson!

[@RyanLendt]

thanks Kow!

[@BrianOboylemusic]

Just a note of thanks for all of these videos... really helps!!

[@RyanLendt]

You're very welcome!

[@BrianOboylemusic]

@@RyanLendt also the kazoo solos

[@billycapiz362]

"who needs nouns" that was a good one 🤣

[@RyanLendt]

:)

[@quornby148]

Great lesson

[@RyanLendt]

thanks J :)

[@ImNotOld_ImVintage]

I'm so glad you can't hear me butchering this song right now! (I'm guessing that's a big benefit of teaching with this method.)

[@RyanLendt]

teehee. I will neither confirm nor deny this claim.

[@chrismarle959]

Yay, now I’ll be able to play this properly!!!

[@RyanLendt]

woo hoo!

[@mitchrobinson2887]

You're making these meow meows in Chorus 2 look pretty effortless but evidently I don't have all the necessary proprioception for them to ring true yet. 😂 But, thanks for including them in your lesson. First video I've found to include them.

[@RyanLendt]

cheers Mitch good luck :)

[@songsfromthecanoe]

I'll have you know that I watched this wearing a yellow t-shirt that perfectly matches your curtains :)

[@RyanLendt]

ha! I'm gonna paint the walls a dimmer yellow. Might want to be on the lookout for a shirt of that hue as well 😋

[@RyanLendt]

BTW I've been responding to comments for almost 4 years and I just figured out how to do emojis on the computer.

[@songsfromthecanoe]

@@RyanLendt Success!! :)

[@zackfrenkel4932]

3:19 proprioception /ˈˌprōprēəˈsepSH(ə)n/ noun perception or awareness of the position and movement of the body.

[@RyanLendt]

haha indeed!

[@OyvindR84]

Just perfect!! Tankx

[@RyanLendt]

thanks friend :)

[@recyclemichael69]

Thanks Ryan. Looking good. Nice Kermit collection.

[@RyanLendt]

cheers cheese :)

[@recyclemichael69]

cheers m8. your the first channel go to when i need to learn something new. Thanks man!

[@halfchop]

Great lesson man thank you 👍🤘

[@RyanLendt]

thanks fellow Ryan!

[@Fatality2k6]

thats a kick ass song 🤘

[@RyanLendt]

the kickest assest!

[@lifelessonswithme26]

You’ve got to listen to calpurnia version it’s absolutely amazing

[@InjuryDealer]

Thanks for the video man!!

[@RyanLendt]

thanks for being on the other end Abunaio :)

[@gerryattrik4410]

I’m never quite sure what you’re talking about. But man you’re cute.

[@RyanLendt]

hahahaha i'll take it Gerry

[@rickeymathis2978]

I had too much too drink and we were in a pizza place this song came on the music they had playing and I jumped up on the table with my air guitar and was jamming out...Well we got our pizza but was asked to leave...Lol...I miss the 90s so much...

[@RyanLendt]

good story :)

[@peterarcega8336]

Love dis tutorial. 👍

[@gamemusichd6809]

sweet tutorial very accurate

[@RyanLendt]

why thank you GM

[@footlong4769]

What about the chords at the end of the first verse. The light little arrangement just before "flip on the telly, wrestle with Jimmy" that's a great bit

[@RyanLendt]

yes, that would be the first solo - it's the the video immediately following this one :)

[@footlong4769]

@@RyanLendt thanks, I'll check it out. I wouldn't have classed it as a solo.

[@Nissan570Lsx]

It's going to be a good week.

[@RyanLendt]

the only riddle is... what video will be sunday? I left a clue...

[@michaelmurphy9377]

Awesome Gutair

[@RyanLendt]

sanks

[@xtommyx16]

Cool guitar!!

[@RyanLendt]

thanks PT!

[@mollymaggieandmemollymaggi5189]

5/7/20. Hey Ryan, this video was “brought to you by URINE GONE.“ I’m serious. OK... Two peanuts walk into a bar. One of them is A SALTED! Ba da boom! Take care, Ryan.

[@RyanLendt]

budum!

[@Kdaly433]

Can you do a cover of Say it ain’t so and use your white Strat with two Strat pickups and one humbucker, acoustic guitar, SG special from Gibson and SG bass, please?

[@JerryHarding228]

What would really be awesome is if you just turned this into an all Blue Album week so I can stay in half step down!

[@RyanLendt]

haha hear hear!

[@codyjones1871]

First off thank you for making this ive been wanting to learn it. Also loved your video for hitchin a ride. I was wondering how do you set up your amp like how much gain and overdrive etc to get the best sound for the intro? I just have an orange crush little amp and im not that good at getting the right sound.

[@RyanLendt]

Thanks Cody :) I recently made a short video explaining how I dial up my tone kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpfQipWZnb-hqcU

[@joellebrodeur1015]

Another tune I need to relearn after just learning it 5 months ago. I must digress. On the bridge, the second chord in the sequence doesn't sound like what's on the track to my ears, unless I'm completely fucking tone deaf, lol.

[@RyanLendt]

Glad to be of service Joelle :) I assure you, what I showed you for the second chord of the bridge is what I saw Rivers do in several live videos - you're wanting to hear the low note drop a half step, which the bass takes care of for your earballs and the guitar just does the high octave. you could do both octaves if that's pleasing for you and you'd have 698xxx

[@esdraslopez4658]

Aw yeah thanks!

[@RyanLendt]

welcome!

[@sgt_waddle]

It sounds funny when I do the bend, like I'm doing something wrong but I don't know what.

[@jasonpuckett8872]

Will I get notified when you come on?

[@RyanLendt]

of course

[@giulianovescio8763]

Didn't cover the licks during the 1st and 2nd verse 😐, or the solo Other than that it was pretty good 👍🏻

[@RyanLendt]

bc i did them in another video that week. thanks G

[@mattywoo3649]

That ska part is Santeria just backwards.

[@grogdizzy5814]

My god. that "two becomes one" bend is so freaking hard to do. Thanks for a great lesson. How do you set your amp to get that fuzzy sound?

[@RyanLendt]

just turn the dive knob to your liking

[@matthewlopez2791]

This was awesome. Any chance you could revisit the Landslide by the smashing pumpkins lesson?

[@RyanLendt]

hey thanks Matthew :) there were like two notes in that song that were impossible to get unless you had that ridiculous tuning, and then the whole thing was still ridiculous! Should I just do the actual version? It's just as good and 700% easier to play :)

[@matthewlopez2791]

@@RyanLendt Yes,!!!

[@ashishbharti8491]

Good one

[@RyanLendt]

thanks buddy

[@joejones9520]

i had to figure this out all by ear about 20 yrs ago before internet or before I knew about internet, for my old band, I was the only guitarist too, I dont much remember what I did but somehow it seemed to be cool, always got a big reaction. Would have been so incredibly much easier to learn now with vids tho..all that work I did back then and my band is long defunct, I hate everybody who was in it and I made no money at all.

[@RyanLendt]

I love this comment

[@jakobbrady3806]

I was peeing when I saw the start of this video

[@RyanLendt]

I'm glad someone is peeing

[@austinaurora2831]

Hey Ryan not sure if it’s really your style... but would it would make my quarantine to learn how to play one of my favorite songs Muskrat Love by America. Thanks :)

[@RyanLendt]

anything is fair game when I'm in the mood to send out a tendril. thanks for the suggestion Austin :)

[@stevesayers1941]

hey ryan thanks for tutorial! whats with the kermits?

[@dougdevine27]

Proprioception, eh? (3:19) I dig it.

[@RyanLendt]

it's an important feature not enough folks know the word for :)

[@ozmassb2594]

Uhhh can you talk about the chorus tone, it’s soooo spot on. What are you using?

[@RyanLendt]

I believe I was using the Siren Midnight Train - which is technically a fuzz pedal, but sounds like a chunky distortion through some of my guitars, and like a gritty fuzz with others. i like the flexibility of it a lot. You can have one for 20% off if you use the code RYAN20 at sirenpedals.com (I don't get paid a cent to say that, or if you buy one)

[@lilliefreeman7956]

but have you seen the carl wheezer version or the matt sharp singing only version?

[@RyanLendt]

haha no I have not

[@kristycrighton7475]

Wah wah wah

[@kristycrighton7475]

As in the solo first bit!!

[@RyanLendt]

haha oh right. I could totally tell :P

[@locklear308]

Looks like the camera couldn't decide on the color temperature :0

[@RyanLendt]

new house - didn't have big enough lights yet for the new space

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@@RyanLendt oh my goodness, that stinks. If you haven't bought any yet... I strongly recommend waveform lighting 95 cri bulbs and strips. :D I have their 2700k, 3000k, and 4000k and they are amazing.

[@shamusobi2748]

This songs construction reminds me of stairway to heaven, start classical mellow then go into hard rock.

[@RyanLendt]

a winning formula!

[@DianeConstantine-m2g]

where is the awesome lead riff after the first verse?

[@RyanLendt]

in another video

[@acousticmario6109]

I think it sound better when you hit the g sharp with the barre then when you pluck the individual notes raise the barre

[@RyanLendt]

that's Rivers' call not mine

[@acousticmario6109]

No it's your call lol. Music is fluid. River plays it multiple ways and I've seen many different people play it many different ways. It's more fun to make it your own then do exact note for note copy. Even river doesn't do the same thing Every time I'm sure that it would bore the heck out of him. If he didn't liven it up and play it multiple ways. My point is that for this variant with your tone and style it sounds better barred then raised to pluck the notes. Maybe a tone adjustment add a bit more lows end or fuzz or something the raised might sound better. Sorry if this came across as confrontational. It's not meant to be. You have skill and I respect that.

[@TheFreeman2391]

How do you do that Ledd Belly bit? I couldnt follow you on that one.

[@stevesayers1941]

hey ryan, thank you. how do i donate to kermit?

[@RyanLendt]

haha! Join my patreon Steve it's only a buck thanks for asking :)

[@stevesayers1941]

@@RyanLendt I will

[@kiefer3078]

my guitar sounds so wrong. just got an epiphone sg standard today, never played electric before and i don’t know what to set my amp to to get this sound. someone help please

[@GameyRaccoon]

tune it. overdrive. there should be a button on your amp that says "drive" and turn the knobs accordingly.

[@macstrong1284]

sorry but how do you do the yellow ledbetter part? im at a loss

[@RyanLendt]

hint: go learn the first four notes of yellow ledbetter :)

[@macstrong1284]

@@RyanLendt I'm trying Ryan. I'm trying so hard 😭 I think I need to get the strumming technique down and ill have a shot

[@tonym7051]

You have 4 Kermits??!!

[@RyanLendt]

hahaha I count 7! look closer :)

[@brandongarland2061]

How about Everbody get dangerous by that little Weezer band?

[@RyanLendt]

thanks for the suggestion Brandon :)

[@patrickhiggins8717]

5:26

[@bradyhimpel5243]

This is a good lesson, until the yellow Ledbetter part.... it wasn’t explained at all and I ended up learning the song on someone else’s tutorial. Good try tho

[@RyanLendt]

weird how I didn't teach yellow ledbetter in a say it ain't so tutorial

[@GameyRaccoon]

@@RyanLendt but what is yellow ledbetter???

[@thebluesguy7187]

you talk much too much man !