NILE RODGERS SPECIAL PLAYING ANALYSIS

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1970〜80年代にCHICのギタリストとして時代を作り、マドンナやデヴィット・ボウイを始めとするミュージシャンの代表曲をプロデュースし、近年はダフト・パンク『ランダム・アクセス・メモリーズ』の大ヒットとともに音楽シーンの最前線に戻ってきたナイル・ロジャース。ファン待望の来日公演を行なった彼をキャッチし、スペシャル・インタビューを敢行。さらに！　生涯の愛器＝フェンダー・ストラトキャスター“Hitmaker”を手に、直伝カッティング・セミナーも実現！　聴く者すべてを歓喜のアンサンブルへ導く素晴らしきグルーヴ・ギターの真髄に迫る。

[@thorstenriedel3152]

Nile is a genius, my deepest respect

[@dudeatx]

For all his brillaince. The best thing about Nile is that he is just a total sweetheart.

[@michael_caz_nyc]

And he is actually like-that " In Real-Life " - I live in NYC ( met him, took his recording classes, saw Chic live, hung-out with him in a club 3x's ). and every-time he is Just so Super-Cool , down-to-earth & besides being the Funkiest guy on the planet. He is: The Hitmaker.

[@skierpage]

​@@michael_caz_nyc I thought his white Strat was "the hitmaker" 😀

[@NIKO-rq4mg]

難しかっただろうってニッコリするの好き過ぎる

[@materialistadialectico4884]

Nile is a jazzmaster, he knows all the inversions along the neck!

[@mhbass]

Nile inspires my playing.....his style is unparalleled.

[@michael_caz_nyc]

He is like a Guitar Chord "Vocabulary and Inversion" Machine. Love Nile. He is All About: Making Good Music. Such a Positive Cat. oNe LovE from NYC.

[@Vroomfondle1066]

@@Hipsters_N_Hippies He doesn't look like an 8 year old to me fella.

[@carlossanches7862]

beautiful vibe. This man embodies such good vibes. his guitar playing is "just" an extension of that.

[@michaelboone5660]

One of the greatest guitar players love his sound

[@skierpage]

Fascinating at 4:32: "[When recording] I play very light and the sound cuts through." I miss the unbelievable tone Nile Rodgers got on "Savoir Faire" from a hollow body, but his superlative riffing from "The Hitmaker" Stratocaster is monumental.

[@ウエボゥフューリー]

優しくて素敵な人ですね

[@ハッピーラッキー-w9z]

素晴らしかったです。

[@shiraga0516]

レコーディング時には「軽く」弾くというのが面白い。 ピッキングノイズの割合が大きくなり、コンプでアタックを強調したような効果が自然に得られるわけだな。

[@PastelitoPapi]

I haven’t seen him play a lot of melody and harmony lines that aren’t heavy strumming and he sounds great. Not that I didn’t think he couldn’t, just most vids I see of him are him playing the disco funk strumming hits Back again. Dude he’s just incredible. Like he’s switching up the phrasing and the voicings. That’s crazy. You really gotta know the fretboard. And to be accurate that high up the fretboard with so little space is crazy. And all these hammer offs, like jeez man

[@skierpage]

Nile does lead solos, but it's rare and often two bars or less. "Savoir Faire" off C'est Chic is just excellent jazz guitar, and King of the World has some nasty solos on it. Recently, "In Dream" by Alex Bone has one of his longest guitar solos ever! So much guitar expertise compressed into simple-seeming "chucking" grooves.

[@DiscoHank]

@@skierpageI love his solo on Diana Ross’s “Give Up” from the “Diana” album.

[@skierpage]

@@DiscoHank Yes! I forgot about that super-tasty jazz funk, also Bernard Edwards bass punctuation is so bouncy-funky. " So Fine" off _Take It Off_ is another stellar song with Nile's lead solo riff, monster solo, and Wes Montgomery two-note chords. After the "disco sucks" backlash Chic fired the Chic Strings 😥, giving more room for keyboards and guitar.

[@frafilipoart4082]

I can listen to this whole day

[@jetanalog]

これはとても素晴らしい動画ですね！！ 感動しました！！

[@Mjohannb]

thank you for this interview, very inspiring

[@invader49VIDEO]

目の前でずっと弾いて欲しい

[@spacenoidjobless8135]

8:48 ミスしてごめんを言える大御所、強い

[@JJ22LR]

本当にカッコいいカッティングだわ

[@boljef1]

Nile has got his distinct style that has made him "the" best in Funk/Disco

[@bartonone2005]

Completely agree. Many of the vamps & riffs in funk & disco are jazz. I could hear it right away: Chic, Black Ivory (Leroy Burgess), Kool & the Gang, many more. I play music as an amateur for fun with two different groups. They were amazed to learn that I love this music. I told them the real dance music was played in clubs, the best of it r'n'b based. Their concept of disco was from Top 40 radio. Though there were some awesome numbers there too, "Shame" Evelyn "Champagne" King & "Don't Leave Me..." Thelma Houston. When I told them the disco sucks movement was racist they were pissed off with me. You should have seen the reaction when I tried to explain rap & hip hop. They went wild.

[@RobHaccou]

So important is jazz harmony. He made it funky!!

[@GardinerC74]

The look of pure joy on Nile's face!

[@dixgun]

great information about the light touch when recording!

[@Docentino1914]

Nile strikes me as such a joyful, soulful, generous, lovable and loving man. Brings to mind Sly Stone - another helluva guy and musician. Real glad I found this vid - many thanks!

[@hummarstraful]

One of the greats.

[@anzatzi]

Thiswas great...thanks for posting!

[@jammts1]

I love your love for the guitar, I’m not good but I know so much but I’m not even halfway there after 40 years learninig

[@edgarisca]

What can be said about this guitar genius. I would love to have more mellow jazz versions of some of his greatest hits. I loved when he entered the space of the slow jam. And also love how he pronounces guitaaaarrr. Another Niles unique feature 😂

[@skierpage]

9:22 imagine the jazz version of "I Want Your Love" with a vocalist like Cecile McLoren Salvant! Make it happen, Nile 🙏

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Listen to Chic track "So Fine" - Nile gets lil-Jazzy with it.

[@skierpage]

@@michael_caz_nyc thanks, I forgot about that song! Great opening guitar, great solo, then great riffing to the end.. People discount the Chic albums after the group shrank and disbanded the Chic strings, but there are some great R&B tracks on Take It Off.

[@ricrodgers6450]

That is incredible 👏 and funky!!!

[@marcelkupko6598]

Excellent. Thx!

[@pjp967]

such elegance

[@samiurrahman4497]

He is one of the best chord melody player ever.

[@leejoliver]

Legend!

[@8brook]

カッティングって本当いいものですねぇ～

[@seanburke6547]

The best ever

[@yelltyrell]

What I would give to see Prince sit around and demonstrate like this 😩 😩😩😩 just a dream 💭

[@oscarsrensen7280]

The dream

[@DooblesGoDoobles]

it's kinda funny that he can be so tight on record and performances, but when he just plays there it's kinda not on point and very human, i like that. Makes it feel reachable

[@junji-guitar]

これは貴重です。

[@Arthos1824]

Nile Rodgers for guitar and George Duke for piano

[@gabegarc1292]

awesome!!

[@vadeguay]

COol guy, awesome player!

[@jimmyguitar9676]

Good Time

[@Phaidrus]

guitar master!

[@captainjaneway1111]

Love Nile

[@Muto_Takuma]

素晴らしい

[@megaBredman]

amazing legend,,,great tips,,pure wisdom,,,great tone!!!

[@guillermomartinez4418]

Nile Rodgers is god

[@TallDocK]

Beautiful. Wish I could translate into all languages. I think Niles has taken care of transcending those barriers.

[@mark.lawrence]

agreed. this guy simply oozes talent ...

[@nevigo5519]

He have Hendrix in his vocabulary. No doubt. One of the true masters of the Strats legacy. Nile Rodgers.

[@user-rinkamatumoto]

カッティングの神

[@naki1114]

ホントすごいなー

[@raytheprinter]

I love Niles talent,does it all!

[@drago69special83]

Oltre ad essere una leggenda del funky groove sembra una bellissima persona ....

[@杉本明彦-s3w]

Bill Laswell 率いる凄腕ミュージシャンの集団MATERIAL のアルバムONE DOWN に収録されているCOME DOWN でのカッティングが心地よく酔いシビレる！ちなみにヴォ―カルは、ローリングストーンズのツアーバッキングヴォ―カリストのBernard Fowler !

[@marquiseoao]

6:23 let's dance

[@larrythomas7512]

Hey Nile I don't know if you heard your home boy Thomas "Hit" Murray ... Great guitar player also... passed away from COVID and parkinson's... Txs4 teaching the FUNKJAZZ💭💭👑 BLUE'S KING ⚠️

[@千葉親父]

やっぱり凄い人なんだ！　ただのカッティングマンじゃないね。当たり前だけど。

[@PiroMusic-wu7mo]

話の内容からどうしても左手やコードヴォイシングに注目したくなるけど、フレーズごとに右手のピッキングポジションを変えてるのも興味深いね。まあナイルロジャース自体かなりピッキングやリズムもルーズだし本人はそこまで深く考えてなくて感覚でやってる可能性も高いけど。

[@brubeker12]

I have tried so hard to practice Niles technique months and still nowhere near it😢

[@deangray9552]

so get out your books. listen to Coltrane play chords around melodies. and whatever you do , stay cool like Nile .

[@Music-et6mf]

What pick does he use? I guess it's Tortex 0.50mm or 0.60mm...

[@rubenssiqueira4489]

Uma a fender com sua assinatura Nile Rodgers de fabrica seria mais que obrigação por parte da fender

[@rubenssiqueira4489]

Nossa Nile Rodgers junto a estive rain vaugan em lelts dance

[@johnny0468]

i really dont believe you can teach what hes got or bernard edwards,,,,thats why its so special when it comes along.!!x

[@johnny0468]

sorry i mean learn...im sure they could both teach but its just instinctive...you either got it or not...

[@babackbaback8418]

I guess playing very light means very light left hand pressure (not right hand)

[@mutekikantai]

ナイルありがとう！でも何か遺言みたいで寂しいよ。

[@MADMAX-yj8ff]

Nile is funk music forever...I love this music...es él mejor...jajajajaja

[@中澤修二-p4x]

Let me share.

[@dogeliminator]

king of guitar...

[@ellendallow1050]

Letsdancedavidbo wiesheetmusic

[@NicholasNorway]

lol

[@damienr1076]

Genius

[@Bojanmarsetic]

pure individualistic playing.

[@middle_pickup]

Holy crap. He's so talented. Anyone know what kind of gear he uses for his tone?

[@AE-hx7wy]

It's just the clean guitar signal into the DAW, he uses various DI boxes. I myself got the tone using amplitube 4 and no DI box just straight into my interface. But it's the way he plays that softly that's the most important, and then get a really clean tone inside your daw, like zero gain on the amp almost, barely touch the gain :D

[@zesidil]

as per wikikpedia Rodgers plays a 1960 Fender Stratocaster with a 1959 neck, affectionately nicknamed "The Hitmaker", which he acquired as a trade-in at a small shop in Miami Beach, Florida. Exceptionally light, it has a maple fingerboard and bears a well-worn white finish. Rodgers claims it does not sound like any other Stratocaster in the world. (In his autobiography, Le Freak, An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny)

[@elterrible2007]

I found that Amplitube 4 on the '64 Vibroverb setting with room mics high and a 57 type mic on the cab gets close to Nile's tone. Neck pickup is a must!!

[@AE-hx7wy]

Tyree McKelton have to try later thanks for the tip

[@jeanclaudebossonney7520]

Very light strings and very light plectrum (and a fantastic right hand). He's got his sound with a strat straight into a Fender twin (just check out his clinic in Montreux switzerland here on KZbin). A true lesson in rythm guitar playing.

[@dennis_johnson]

Certainly hear some Hendrix in there.

[@cornellkirk8946]

Dennis Johnson and in every great guitarist you will. Hendrix was and IS the greatest of all time. He made the guitar what it is, the way I see it is like this... Hendrix invented the wheel, sure people can build from that but you can’t reinvent what’s already been done. Was listening to little wing the other day, and it still blows my mind over half a century later 😍

[@arnulfmayer957]

Nile Rodgers is a way better player than Hendrix ever was. He is also a much bigger composer.

[@cornellkirk8946]

Arnulf Mayer hahaha hahaha!!! 😂😂😂 your a funny guy, you’ve got all the best jokes! 😂😂👍

[@arnulfmayer957]

Cornell Kirk Do you play guitar?

[@cornellkirk8946]

Arnulf Mayer of course! Have been for 20 years. Been a session guitarist here in the UK for 8 years professionally and done 3 world tours. What are your credentials?

[@invader49VIDEO]

本人は「REC時には弱く弾く」って言ってるけど ピッキングの強さよりも音価が変化してるように聴こえる

[@kanlanes1965]

たしかに まぁレコーディングは実際弾いたプレイからEQかけたりエフェクトかけたりして加工ありきなので強く弾くと音が潰れたり濁ってく印象はありますね

[@Sophia-dg7wk]

7:16 looking at the left hand camera only is so funny cause you can’t see the guitar and he’s just making faces

[@garyrandall3059]

First order of business... learn your Jazz chords and their voicings!!

[@jboyle453519]

2:26

[@grico100]

彼のコードワークが単なる伴奏を超えコーラス同様に唄っているのはピアノ演奏が核にあるからかな コードを音の塊と解釈せず単一のコードでも状況に応じて異なる構成音に唄わせる考え方だ それとジャズに影響されると正確さを重んじきっちり弾く人が多い印象があったが 彼は非常にアバウトな感覚派で本能寄りな解釈をしている 恐らく過去のライブ演奏ではその時々で異なるアプローチをしていただろうし そうした理論に縛られない口ずさめる親しみ易さが聴く人を虜にするのかも知れない

[@86banks47]

what was that song was playing at the end it was almost like Django Reinhardt

[@jeanclaudebossonney7520]

At 11:02, he plays Naima by John Coltrane.

[@Wurstsemmler]

Does nile rodgers play thick strings? For example 12-52, or thinner What a smooth hand

[@user-ct1ns6zw4z]

He said on twitter that the strings he usually plays are Daddario NYXL 10 gauge

[@FIM2010]

Very light strings

[@marquiseoao]

😃 2:25

[@JB-tb2xx]

Too Funky...

[@ade_rui]

技術系の人は、ジミヘンとかジミペイジとかも古いし下手だって言うじゃナイ。いい音楽のやり方を楽器の技術で説明するのは、本人でも難しいそう。聴く方専門としては、こう言う動画みて、知ったかぶりで、ナイルロジャース奏法を語ってしまう、、、、(^^♪

[@gaborm5673]

3:15 3:20 haha he fucked up and he knew it.

[@CarlosHenriqueXavierEndo]

Jimi Hendrix

[@MortalKastorR]

He's a master but his teaching skills are...well, not that great IMHO.

[@Hello_I_Must_Be_Going]

MortalKastorR it's not a lesson, is it? But it is a nice look in to the world of Nile' Rodgers.

[@dudeatx]

Who cares. He has the most infectious mellow vibe.

[@frafilipo9829]

Actually, opposite is true

[@tassobear]

I call him Mr. Feeling. It sound like so Hendrixish in the middle,amazing!!

[@MarkPTP7000]

2:30

[@SEOPOFFICIAL]

3:37

[@SouMashiyama]

3:56