Learn to play "Life by the Drop" by Stevie Ray Vaughan

Angela Petrilli breaks down the Stevie Ray Vaughan song "Life by the Drop" for players of all levels!
To check out all the cool stuff Fishman is up to, and see the gear I use for these lessons, click the link here: tinyurl.com/46x8xdnb
You may have seen Angela as part of Jennifer Batten's Guitar Symposiums or caught one of her videos at Norman's Rare Guitars. On this takeover, she'll run through some of her favorite riffs!
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[@martinmcgimpsey2633]

Angela, I wanted too tell you. I’ve played since I was 12, I’ve been in several bands, so I would say I’m still somewhere between intermediate and advanced, (I learn quickest by watching). I’ve sat through Drive, Melissa, From the Beginning, Angie and Your Time Is Going To Come. And I always pick up on some little trick I didn’t know before. Since I learn by watching your tutorials are great and you have a really great way of explaining what’s going on. Keep up the good work. I’ll be looking forward to your riff rundown tomorrow. Thank you!

[@AngelaPetrilliMusic]

Thanks for the kind words, Martin! Keep rockin!

[@alfredromero4784]

@@AngelaPetrilliMusic Thank you for being what we need and longed for, (in our disappointment search of the internet and you tube). You are by far are the joy and Crown 👑 as you intreat us musicly. We are Grateful and Thankful for your Sacrifice you honor us with your beautiful amazing time, may all your needs be met. 😢 We are humbled and thank you again for your Goodness.

[@stevecooper2419]

Great breakdown thanx for sharing Angela , one of my favorites accustic songs . Watching from Australia 🇦🇺

[@CarlWinter-oy8uf]

Been at it it with guitar for 40 years --Angela still manages to teach me so cleverly --thankyou !

[@honestjoe7377]

I have been watching your videos for over a year now and I can't not tell how much you have helped me improved. Listen up beginners . She knows her shit, and has the hart of a teacher, so stay with her and you will advance. I promise you.

[@randyx5887]

I'm not sure why, but this is one of my favorite Stevie Ray tunes. I saw him along with Robert Cray and Clapton in Alpine Valley the night before Stevie died. Broke my heart. The music world lost a great one that night. RIP

[@samuelwedgeworth9879]

Angela, You the Greatest Guitar teacher on our planet. Everyone who takes advantaged of the fact you got great taste, you are accomplished guitarist and super teacher. Hope you Win the Lottery, and all your dreams come true. Super Thanks on behalf of millions who are & will benefit from your Super Skills & Great Talent.

[@frankhiatt4271]

Indianapolis here .... a little late to the party! Love what your doing. This is def one of my favs. Thank you for sharing.

[@davidrandle5362]

Hi Dave here from the Gold Coast Australia sorry I missed you today. Favourite guitar player Slow hand Eric Clapton. You are such a good teacher

[@johnrobinson7036]

Great tune. An hour lesson moved right along and your teaching is very approachable. Thanks!

[@johnlindsey372]

Hi Angela, This series of lessons is so creative and informative. Please keep the lessons coming!

[@Jason-ul6dx]

Angela, I loved your class and I am making enormous progress thanks to your availability and your passion that you transmit to perfection. It's really happiness.

[@robkeogh4593]

G'day from Australia. Love your teaching style, I'll be sitting down with my Grand Daughter soon to have a crack at this one. Great work

[@davidsmith4565]

Love your instruction. From the Florida Panhandle. I’m a beginner. Thanks for the encouragement and the instruction. 😎

[@rockyfischer9776]

Self taught for a little over five years and that being my favorite song, I started learning how to play it from day one. I’m 67 and still having a hard time singing along.

[@gregory1988]

Thank you for taking the time to create a tutorial with this level of detail. I already knew this song however I never got the intro right. Like you say, its not about playing the notes fast.

[@johnpulwers680]

Well, Angela, I just simply Love you! You've changed my life more than any woman I've ever known. I fired my guitar teacher. With him, I didn't learn one whole song in 1 whole year...let alone one whole hour. I feel you deserve a portion of the money I'll be making at the open mics I'll be hosting!

[@robynanglin3296]

Enjoy your lessons so glad 😀 I found you a few months ago I’m listening from Houston tx

[@gitpickn8551]

I like the intro picking! As always, your radiant demeanor is distracting but yet super compelling, and SRV is one of my favorites of all time!! Thank You for taking the time to elucidate these tutorials and please keep them coming because they are so helpful.

[@chadvotaw7160]

Your encouragement is great sometimes I really need it you are a great teacher thank you!

[@dbucka]

Just found and subscribed to your channel. Thank you for doing this song!! It’s so good!

[@BruceyPop]

It is beautiful when you start singing at 35:30 thanks so much for this lesson!

[@jaimeortiz-murati1159]

Greetings from Miami, FL. I stumbled upon one of your lessons for the first time yesterday. You are such an AWESOME guitar player and teacher. I've been going through your lessons, and I am truly impressed. I have subscribed, and am now one of your followers. Thank you for your dedication, and fun lessons!

[@tdabele]

Wow I missed you live, but I am enjoying your tutoring, I have some bad habits and usually simplify what I hear and like you running through these songs so even an old dog can learn new tricks...

[@randyshobbies2098]

Outstanding teaching. Glad you cater to all ability levels. Thank you Angela and Fishman!

[@AngelaPetrilliMusic]

You're so welcome!!!

[@oldtimeoutlaw]

Angela I really appreciate how you break it down step by step the way you do. Thank you so much I’m in Philadelphia Pa, my favorite is Jimi Hendrix

[@mikemccabe1268]

I just discovered you with this tutorial and I've got to say, it's really awesome, thank you! I will definitely be learning a lot of songs from you.

[@kevinmsxwell9919]

I LOVE Your Teaching Technique!!!

[@martinmcgimpsey2633]

Very cool Angela! Thank you so much. Your awesome. Another one down!

[@schalksteyn9594]

Hi there, blessings from the Kruger Park bush veld in South Africa. My favorite "Wizard" on the guitar is non other than Mike Lemmo from Norms. That being said, I really love your style and mostly is the expression on your face while playing, I can see how you feel the music. Take care and be safe.

[@leebraly3904]

Excellent video. I always enjoy your lessons. Great musician young lady. Thanks for sharing.

[@antonioflores5032]

OK. Second time here and it didn't disappoint, by the contrary. WOW! What a great teacher! THANKS!

[@stevehebert-jk5rz]

I first thought this is long…. But actually incredible, thanks a million. Your great and easy on the eyes too. Happy day.

[@koshymathew542]

Thank you Angela to bring so much happiness to all. I'm from Concord -north of Toronto. Can you show us how to play Ripple by the Grateful Dead. Thank you.

[@tierralewis3496]

Awesome that is the bestest song I have ever listened to

[@DorothyOzmaLover]

Great choice of song since Stevie influences me as guitarist and this piece is so pretty which you wonderfully mentor one to play so musically!

[@gilguzman8471]

Great tutorial! You videos are very informative and helpful! Thank you very much!

[@yourgen1891]

Thanks à lot I love this song and your method to learn it is excellent.

[@ssam742]

Thank you for breaking this down phrase by phrase. Love it!

[@tjdowling4th]

great song by an awesome instructor

[@bobbyraney4936]

I'm in Slidell Louisiana about 30 minutes north of New Orleans...Ida tried but I'm still pickin and grinnin!!!👍😂 My favorite guitar player 🤔 alive...John mayer... passed on, SRV... HANDS DOWN BABY!!

[@maldf4i]

Thank you Angela. Awesome lesson!

[@billcasale921]

I love your lessons and they have improved my playing. I stopped playing guitar too many years ago and the lessons have given me hope of getting back to playing again. For the last 25 years, I've been singing classical music semi-professionally. I have many favorite guitarists from many different genres. To name a few: Lary Carlton, Kirk Fletcher, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh, Dwayne Allman, etc. I listen to a lot of music. Please teach J.J. Cale "Call Me The Breeze" and anything from Led Zepplin again. My acoustic guitar is a Taylor 526ce all-mahogany back, top, and sides, and own some electrics collecting dust. I live in Newbury Park, CA, and hope to hear you play when your gig is a little closer to home. The "Mint" is about 80 miles from home. I think you have something coming up in Tarzana. Following you. Thank you so much for the inspiring lessons. ❤ 🙂

[@montydaniels1054]

Cool lesson. Took 3/4s of the way through it before I figured out what was off with your Martin. It doesn't have a 3rd fret inlay lol.... Great looking/sounding guitar....

[@noelyoung7480]

So funny. I just decided to learn this song yesterday. I was going to start tonight. Thanks for doing this one.

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

Obvious great looks aside , you have a great passion and Ora for teaching and inspiring !

[@douglaschristine8387]

How you doing Angela. I love all your in depth lessons including everyone. I love your exceptional gorgeous smile also. Peace.

[@petercohen4157]

Hi Angela - great lesson! You're an awesome teacher. I think you missed a part in the intro in the 3rd part on the D string, there's a little trill in there that you added (open D to D#) when you played it at "SRV" speed... :-).

[@ccup81]

Beautiful guitar.

[@yrulooknatme]

I get a kick outa you. but really thanks for posting this one. but it's goin in my 12string repertoire

[@robertormes2178]

Nice lesson, thanks! I'm at Walla, Australia..... Jimi of course

[@MrJamesaxon]

Love this, you now have a new subscriber from the UK 😊

[@AngelaPetrilliMusic]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@georgebentley-ricardo9445]

Another fab lesson, thanks for sharing. Please do a lesson on your version of Tennessee Whiskey like the one you did on KZbin with your beautiful HSS black strat. Particularly enjoyed the Greg Lake lesson. Many thanks 🎸🤠

[@samstamos427]

Hi Angela. I missed your stream today, I was at a football games 7 miles west in Ann Arbor, with 109,900+ other people.. Going to catch this replay for sure. Favorite guitar player? That's hard, SRV is way up there. I suppose I don't have a favorite, but several favorites.. I'll give this a shot on my

[@robynanglin3296]

I found you on Norman’s rare guitars 🎸 i stumbled arcross his KZbin channel , I have a Shepherd Chow dog Name Fogerty 💙👍🎼☮️

[@deweywilliam8563]

Very good teacher , thanks

[@johnvalle3180]

Hi John here from Chattanooga Tenn. Favorite guitar player Mark knowledge. Hope I spelt that right !

[@g2D1]

Hi Angela, SRV will always be my favorite, then Terry Katz, and now You and Mary Spender. I've often wondered how SRV would of done in this age of KZbin. Would he have had a channel for him and his band, would he do tutorials? Don't know if you have been asked yet, but SRV had a way of muting strings when he played some of his songs like Cold Shot, or Mary Had a Little Lamb. if you can cover that, the way you teach, it would make a lot of frustrated guitarists very happy! -Regards, -G

[@vincenzoscalise5505]

ti guardo dall'Italia, il tuo nome e cognome è chiaramente Italiano. Sei una donna adorabile, spieghi molto bene ,hai molta pazienza, ed è bello imparare da Te. Buone cose per la tua vita .❤

[@AntarcticGuitarEnthusiast]

Willows, Ca You my dearest! Peace and Maximum Respect ~ LMW

[@richardlynch5632]

Great lesson...as usual😎👍 Santa Fe, NM.😎 The Weight (Smith) would be fun to play...? As played by the Band for the soundtrack of "East Rider", originally recorded for"The Big Pink". 😎👍❤🖖 Love sister

[@jaimemantilla5365]

Divina !!! Y muy talentosa gracias por los tutoriales wowwwww

[@leszeks8436]

OM how you show it , I am writing this twice, the best distance teacher, I will spend a lot of time to see the lessons, blusa, please as much as possible🙏🔭🙋

[@uski59]

SC, USA....wooooo ya love that tune..

[@michaeledmonson4169]

Angela, love the lesson. Are you palm muting the shuffle?

[@luisalbertofigueroa9413]

Say what?? Amazing lesson. I gotta learn this

[@babsloader1476]

Thanks for this great lesson. Please kindly give a lesson on your version of Tennessee Whiskey you so beautifully played on your black bodied HSS strat with rosewood fretboard. Please, please, please.

[@eddyvannuten4097]

both Ang P. and Tommy E are my favorite … 👍😀

[@inhocsigno9151]

Nice to see you've got 'Black Beauty' for songs today.

[@robynanglin3296]

Love this Black Smoke Martin

[@patrickpalmer3374]

I'm my favorite so far Minnesota in musical lock up

[@davidlackey4873]

GOOD GOOD STUFF

[@Tortuga7979]

Norfolk, VA and a different Austiner, Albert Collins the Master of the Telecaster, so underrated.

[@brubeker12]

Great teacher and sweet with it.😂

[@eddyvannuten4097]

from lake como in italy!😀👍

[@richardlynch5632]

LOVE Lake Como. Vacationed there once. Left an indelible impression on my calm😎👍❤🖖

[@eddyvannuten4097]

@@richardlynch5632 could not agree with you more Richard..We are from Belgium and I was sent here about 20 years ago for work in the Milano area.. lived in the lake area most of the time , and still today we are and we never left the area again…If G. Clooney and friends love it, there must be something special about it no?😀👍

[@richardlynch5632]

@@eddyvannuten4097 Rented a casa on Lake Lugano and explored the entire area. Milano is a fun city. I congratulate you for a wonderful place to live. The coffee there is good...No wonder George Clooney likes it there eh...?🤣😉 😎👍❤😞

[@xxshevilxx]

Favorite guitar player? You of course! :) Tough call, but I'd say, David Gilmore. Watching in So Cal. This video is three hours old and has 1,555 views while I'm watching it, you have 206 upvotes and NOT ONE downvote!!!! Yea you! I can't help but think, you've gotta be running out of songs you already know. You are either starting to or are about to start having to learn brand new songs each week.

[@baneverything5580]

I`m in love.

[@robynanglin3296]

Jimmy page and Eric Clapton And Stevie Ray and John fogerty my favorites

[@stuartjohnston4044]

I LUV U ANGELA AND EVERYTHING U DO ........ ; )

[@rogerjudy1]

hi angela like your lessons

[@rogerjudy1]

enjoy your teaching

[@AngelaPetrilliMusic]

Thank you!

[@shelliecurry6052]

Thank you Angela, best teacher out there. Love your slow approach.

[@AngelaPetrilliMusic]

Thanks Shellie!

[@patrickpalmer3374]

I'll be working this on an off I'm cleaning the walls floors carpets an taking out the recycled trash, fall clean reorganization, these licks will be fun along with Melissa. My x business partner Bobby use to shoot dope with Greg Almond down in Florida, when they were just starting Bobby had a little girl named Melissa Grainieri big dk brown eyes straight dark chocolate hair down to her hips and all the way live Italian she was so cute and street smart. Greg and the band use to drop in to Asheville to get Warren Haynes for some work and they would play one bar downtown from thurs through the week end. That was nice of them boys. Asheville Summer Fest is one of the best musical, Art, Food, Drink, Pottery things going, country pickers all over playing every kind of musical Instrument combination groups you'll ever see and their masters at hillbilly mountain tunes, you wonder why they aren't on the road making big bucks, to them it's every other day with someone else on the mountain visitin, gabbin, tellin, lies, drinkin, and picking songs you've never heard and most the men had a ball jar half quart with one of their friends shine, goes down like warm water, but mind yourself it's the real deal and it takes experience to no, it doesn't creep one minute your gabbin the next you can't remember where you are or how you got their, it's all good they take good care of each other and just pick and grinn. Asheville's sits surrounded by Blue Ridge Mtn.s on all sides the valley's big but not huge and the park way Anderson Coppers Granddaddy built Vanderbilt's is maintained and is high on the mountain so to get the views all the way upstate. Vanderbilt's Mansion is their open to the publics the fire place is 2.5 car lengths and that living room you can put an average home In it .It's really gorgeous. There's never any trouble at the fest, mountain people protect it because for decades it's been income for many, and the cops let them handle it so yeah it's really a gas, camp out down town on the grass the fest is non stop and safe. You .can see many players getting down like Johns 5 except there's probably from 1/2 banjos guitars maybe 1 and a bigger 1 an violins and they get it.

[@patrickpalmer3374]

Your my happy hour.

[@salvatorecasaretti5895]

AND KEB MO IS WONDERFUL GUITARISTS. DO YOU WANT LESSONS THESE GUITARISTS? TANK YOU

[@kevin-neilgreen5425]

New South Wales, Australia, Eric Clapton, SRV, BB King ect, ect,ect

[@jameslincoln7466]

You awesome

[@motokev2727]

Favorite player ? SRV of coarse

[@michaelwheeler3782]

From Maryland Guitar player, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton

[@robertveith2255]

I use the side of the pick fat side gives you a little deeper sound i think. !!!!!!!

[@billcasale921]

Do you actually read our comments?

[@AngelaPetrilliMusic]

Indeed!

[@debbiel8105]

Texas- SRV

[@reggiebarber948]

The late great Peter Green

[@noelschultz3728]

Just found you let’s learn this

[@billyalford7305]

Hello there, I was one of Stevie's closest friends, he'd love the way you taught how to play this tune. I helped him record it.....

[@ytmuzeek]

Lancaster California. Chet Atkins

[@gregjones4464]

Va. and Jerry Cantrell

[@Firemedic361]

The opening riff isn’t picked all the way through, lots of hammer one and pull offs.

[@antoniofabiospiteri6721]

👍

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Tim Sullivanfrom Monroe NY be great Johnny Winter

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Poppa Chubby

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Rory...

[@salvatorecasaretti5895]

ANGELA YOU ARR GREAT FANTASTIC GUITAR ARTIST AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. MY GUITARISTS IS ERIC CLAPTON ALBERT CUMMINGS BIG BILL BROONZY REV. GARY DAVIS CHET ATKINS ROBBEN FORD FOR JAZZ BLUES AND YOU SO.