Lonely Boy Guitar Lesson - The Black Keys

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I got a fun one for your guys today that will also give you a nice challenge as well. This lesson is for "Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys.
In this Lonely Boy guitar lesson, I will take you through this smash hit by The Black Keys note-for-note.
The song begins with a cool riff that uses a whammy pedal to do a very dramatic dive in pitch. I don't use a whammy pedal in the lesson though. If you have a floating trem system you can just as easily re-create that dive with the trem bar. The pedal would be easier to use though.
After that intro, we have a nice challenging hybrid picked section that includes a consistent open string root note that is picked along with the main melody that is played with your right hand middle finger. This part of the song is by far the most challenging and you should really try to work on it piece-by-piece in order to get the feel of it in your hands.
Eventually, you will notice that you will lock into the rhythm of how the two parts work together and it will just seem to flow after that. It is a very good hybrid picking exercise and I highly recommend anyone who is new to the technique to spend some time learning it. There are just so many cool things that you wouldn't be able to play without it!
When we finally make it to the verse we have a very sparse but also quite challenging rhythm to contend with. This rhythm is very Bo Diddley inspired and requires a lot of left hand muting. In the video lesson I will break down the right hand rhythm very slowly so you will know how to approach all of the accents. You should just practice on the E chord for a while until it feels comfortable, then you can play the full progression.
When playing the G major and A major chords in the verse, I suggest trying to play them like Dan Auerbach does with the thumb playing the notes on the 6th string.
The chorus that comes next is the easiest part of the song to play since it uses only simple power chords along with a straight ahead driving rhythm. It is still fun to play though!
So I hope you guys enjoy learning this massive hit that also has a lot off cool guitar stuff to sink your teeth into. :)
Carl...

[@陆静-l5h]

Excellent. You present the material at a perfect speed. No crap and perfect, cheers! nailed it

[@amberclayton3919]

Great choice of song and as always exhaustively well taught. Splendid work Mr Brown. :) nailed it

[@stefanosteinemann4342]

more Black Keys please

[@axedaddy1]

Excellent. You present the material at a perfect speed. No crap and perfect, cheers!

[@xblood1978]

Most accurate lesson on YT

[@nonawolf7495]

Best guitar tutorial evre!! I am naming all of my children after you - even the girls!!

[@leftright6054]

"Play with your middle finger 🖕" That's the spirit of rock and roll 😂

[@anishr28]

Great choice of song and as always exhaustively well taught. Splendid work Mr Brown. :)

[@officialmetalwill]

The "hybrid" part was actually recorded on two separate guitars, and the bass line of it is played by the bass when they play it live.

[@kiranraj5607]

Nice Lesson!! very simple Excellent. You present the material at a perfect speed. No crap and perfect, cheers!

[@This_Guitarist]

That was perfectly explained. Well done.

[@a.thomasjoseph1977]

im having trouble idk why on the intro the 4 time then bend the chord on E 3 fret Great choice of song and as always exhaustively well taught. Splendid work Mr Brown. :) nailed it

[@kristybonnet5199]

Excellent. You present the material at a perfect speed. No crap and perfect, cheers! nailed it Great choice of song and as always exhaustively well taught. Splendid work Mr Brown. :) Con you please do a lesson of So Alone by Radio Moscow? nailed it

[@louettabalich6832]

Please teach Sweet Victory by David Eisley! Nice Lesson!! very simple Excellent. You present the material at a perfect speed. No crap and perfect, cheers! nailed it

[@MsF360]

Could you please do some queens of the Stone Age stuff? Much appreciated

[@JoseGonzalez-cw5sw]

Papa Shingz

[@ElisandroDeLeon]

Never realized just how delta blues-like it is until Carl mentioned the hybrid picking section.

[@java19761976]

Could you please do some queens of the Stone Age stuff? Much appreciated What effects do you use? Nice lesson! Most accurate lesson on YT

[@PepperGeorge]

Awesome lesson, thanks!

[@wasonenriquek.8787]

What effects do you use? Nice lesson! Most accurate lesson on YT

[@stuartkeating1783]

top lesson as always sir

[@huynhngochoa9277]

Please teach Sweet Victory by David Eisley! Nice Lesson!! very simple

[@kimnguyen-dq9mg]

im having trouble idk why on the intro the 4 time then bend the chord on E 3 fret Mother Russia by Iron maiden please! Most accurate lesson on YT

[@InfraMauro]

Nice Lesson!! very simple

[@manickavasagamlakshminaray8907]

Con you please do a lesson of So Alone by Radio Moscow? nailed it

[@dull_boy_274]

nailed it

[@dgs299]

Thank you for this!

[@nicocacci4070]

Great tutorials thanks

[@vknazarenko]

Thank you a lot:)

[@marcbudicin]

Please teach Sweet Victory by David Eisley!

[@RefuseToCrawl]

Awesome video!

[@johnnymcfapper2147]

You should do a lesson on interstate love song by the stone temple pilots.

[@axedaddy1]

I second that!

[@pasteywhiteboy8137]

Love it

[@kajetanzalupski]

Con you please do a lesson of So Alone by Radio Moscow?

[@Rockfrequencylisten2myradio]

What effects do you use? Nice lesson!

[@waizmusic6552]

I believe it's an overdrive

[@cowboy19750]

im having trouble idk why on the intro the 4 time then bend the chord on E 3 fret

[@jocielroza9518]

Go, is the new song for The Black keys, bring lesson please

[@dsamich]

Can you get a Whammy pedal, and go Rage?

[@nathansturgess92]

On record, it was actually a Strat whammy bar. He uses a pedal live, though.

[@snabeltoreyo9245]

Do your The one by black keys

[@KhaledArabiyat]

Mother Russia by Iron maiden please!

[@slumbergaming]

What's the name of your guitar? :) nice video btw.

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

Slumber! This is a Sterling by Music Man JP100. :)

[@slumbergaming]

okay :) thank you

[@localvigilante979]

Why can't my whammy bar couldnt get the note that low 😢

[@cowboy19750]

is that right or

[@panam4redd]

I wish I had a guitar with a whammy bar so I can actually play this riff :(

[@alexandermignacca4907]

on the whammy note play the 12 note on the bottom E string and slide back, it produces a similar sound

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