Muddy Waters Hoochie Coochie Man Guitar Lesson + Tutorial

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Muddy Waters Hoochie Coochie Man Guitar Lesson + Tutorial
If you're a guitarist looking to level up your Chicago blues guitar skills, going through this “Hoochie Coochie Man” guitar lesson is the perfect place to start. This post will take you through the basics of the style and share chords, riffs, and scales for learning how to jam along to this blues classic.
Who originally wrote Hoochie Coochie Man?
The original writer of “Hoochie Coochie Man” was the American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, and record producer Willie Dixon. While Dixon was primarily known as an upright bass player, he was also a competent guitarist and is regarded as one of the most prolific blues songwriters of his time.
In this post, I’ll be sharing with you tips about various versions. However, it's worth noting that the first recorded version of "Hoochie Coochie Man" was by Muddy Waters in 1954. Waters’ version is a prime example of how the blues started to transition from more acoustic Delta-based styles to the electric Chicago style of blues guitar.
What key is Hoochie Coochie Man played in?
“Hoochie Coochie Man” as recorded by Waters is in the key of A, while Dixon's version is slightly lower in the key of G. For this lesson, I will be in standard guitar tuning, E, A, D, G, B, E. However, a lot of early blues players including Waters did quite often play in open tunings. The song follows a classic 12-bar blues chord progression common to millions of songs.
Hoochie Coochie Man Chords
You’ll only need to know three chords to start playing along to this classic song, A, D, and E.
These chords are going to be the I, IV, and V, chords in the key of A.
A (I chord)
D (IV chord)
E (V chord)
Before diving into the riffs and solos, it's important to master the basic chord progression of “Hoochie Coochie Man.” Practice transitioning smoothly between these chord shapes. To start you’ll want to strum through them using a whole note rhythm. This is done by strumming each chord once and then counting to 4. Practice this first following these lengths on each chord:
A (4 bars)
D (2 bars)
A (2 bars)
E (1 bar)
D (1 bar)
A (1 bar)
E (1 bar)
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Thank you Jon. The quality of your instruction is consistently excellent. This is a great interpretation of an old classic, with lots of creative suggestions packed in. Many thanks.

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Jon, can you teach us the solo you were playing at the start of the video? That was great. Really enjoyed this lesson on Hoochie Coochie Man.

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Great way to spend my rainy Sunday! KZbin (actually the whole world) needs more Muddy Waters lessons.

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Jon, can you please teach the solo that you played in the intro

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[@sauldavies8472]

I can't make out the last lick; the way you hold your hands makes it real difficult to figure out what you are fretting! I thought it was an Am pentatonic lick but shouldn't it be an Em penatotonic lick for the last measure?

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Jon can please teach the solo you did for the intro

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[@tomhart9251]

Very nice lesson. I'm enjoying it a lot, but the last little riff at the end, on the lower notes, isn't very clear. It's hard to see exactly which strings and frets you're hitting. Would have been great if you had named them as you did for most of the other positions.

[@robertkelsey3307]

Right guitar riff in the original recording key of A, not like the live versions in G with guitars playing the harp riff instead of the original guitar riff. However, it's a 16 bar blues, not a 12 bar, in its original form.

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Are the tabs still available on your website?

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Please teach with tab otherwise lots of confusion.

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Thanks for simplifying. India

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please do solo lesson

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Is there a tab for this in the vault?

[@jeffodders2892]

Muddy appeared to play this tune with a capo on the third fret. Am I mistaken?

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I can't seem to find this video in your "Vault" did you remove it?

[@43vert]

I enjoy the video but it would help to allow tuning to you at the beginning as Hendrix is usually a half step down.

[@jonmaclennan]

Glad you liked it. This is to play along with the Muddy Waters version so standard tuning on this one.

[@hejbrian]

I picked this up: you're using down picks to play the pick up, and it's picked up by the pickups in the guitar 😅

[@ipex2193]

Actually original version played live in G major

[@2gazbo]

Surely this is a 16 bar blues

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Ok lesson. Most lessons are teases. You play the leads but hardly ever teach the leads.

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Watching from Ireland

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Great lesson

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