Nancy Wilson demonstrates the intro to Mistral Wind

Link to Roger Fisher's excellent instructional on this song: • Mistral Wind Beyond Gu...
This is the first song I ever learned, way way way back when, not too long after I got ahold of the Dog and Butterfly album and a guitar : )
Taken from Nancy's instructional tape released in 1996.
Link to purchase the DVD: www.wwbw.com/Hal-Leonard-Nanc...

[@Katerina9256]

Check out Roger Fisher's instructional on this song as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHTSgHmFeMx4adk

[@artistaloca4]

Thank you!!❣✊💖

[@musicman5768]

Thank you 🙏

[@rubiks6]

Lots of people play the guitar and many of them play it very well but not many can invent brand new sounds the way Nancy does. She is genius. She says that she doesn't know the names of cords and I believe that. She plays from an inner instinct that just knows her instrument. The guitar is just melded to her heart.

[@zacknicley8150]

In my reality, Nancy and Ann are my crazy cool aunts who got me into guitars and mustangs as a kid.

[@rubiks6]

(01:21) "I used the most dissonant, oddball notes I could come up with" (02:04) "And now you make a weird cord." (02:53) "Using the vibrato like that kind of helps it not sound as ... wrong. It makes it sound like you meant to do it." Nancy Wilson is so musically creative, she makes even the things she plays wrong sound fantastic.

[@teachertrx1204]

My favorite heart song! Nancy's an intuitive genius

[@meridethtohayes]

Although Every Heart song is my favorite, THIS one hits me 700 different ways every time I get to hear it! A Masterpiece!

[@Katerina9256]

I've heard multiple Heart members say it is their favorite as well 👍

[@southbend3406]

She has such a calm and soothing voice...

[@ReneAensland]

I'm holding my 7 String Guitar and NANCY IS TEACHING ME my favorite Heart song. This is amazing.

[@AlasdairGR]

Nancy is never given enough recognition. She’s one of the best guitarists of that era, dont @ me

[@oh4539]

Will not discuss, this is a hundred percent true

[@jmflyer55]

I find that a very odd thing to say.... “Of that Era” ....🤔. Guitarists are held to a learned standard of technical ability. That technical ability, and the way the instrument is played, and mastered, doesn’t ever change with the “era”... In other words, a great guitar player who was performing in 1975, is still measured up in the exact same way in 2020. Therefore, a great guitarist in 1975 is just as great in 2020. If you’re having to make an excuse for a players ability, saying “They were good for back then”, or “They don’t measure up against today’s guitarists”, what that really means, and what you’re really saying, is that they were never really very talented guitarists. Understand?? In a nutshell; The guitar hasn’t changed over time. The standard measure of a good guitarist also hasn’t changed. To say “Someone was good for their era”, is what’s called a backhanded compliment. In other words, it’s insulting to say that. Nancy is a good guitarist. Then and now. Period. She wasn’t and still isn’t some outstanding virtuoso guitarist. She’s just a good solid player. Her real strong points are rhythm guitar, and fingerpicking style. She also has a good “hybrid” picking ability which she often uses. (It’s mostly called “Hybrid” picking now days but has had other names confused with it as well... such as Travis picking. ) The thing is, all of these styles of picking, have always been around. But people change the names of things over time. As I said earlier, the guitar, and techniques haven’t changed. Even when many of the names used for certain things has. For example, on Silver Wheels, Nancy uses hybrid picking,/ a loose style of Travis picking, where she goes for the steady open “A” quarter notes that would typically be your thumb beat rhythm. But she’s using hybrid style without a thumb pick here. However, I’ve seen her perform it live, where she DOES use a thumb pick, and uses an all out Travis picking style. Anyhow, ENOUGH about the picking !!! Lol. She’s very competent in numerous styles of fingerpicking!! In closing; The main over-all point here, was about properly rating a guitarists playing ability. First off, this evaluation of a players ability, can NOT be done by someone who’s not a guitarist themself. A players ability is NOT judged by how popular a song is!! 🙄🙄 Pathetic but I see it all the time. And lastly: As said earlier, the technical and theory aspects of playing guitar have not changed over time. What made a good guitar player in 1970, makes a guitar player equally good in 2020. The standards haven’t changed. A crummy player in 2020, would be a crummy player if he got in their time machine and went back and played in 1975. They’d be bad there also!! Understand?? Hope this helps... And as for Nancy? She’s a good solid player, who excels in great rhythm guitar and multiple finger styles. And as I said, that applies for ALL time. Then & Now...

[@carmstrong7000]

@@jmflyer55 shut up

[@paulb3547]

100% FACT!

[@thomasgray7128]

I agree Nancy is so underated, she is actually very good at her job. Awesome guitarist!! So much talent, to much to mention 😁❤️✌️ Love her and Ann very much ❤️😁 Rock on sisters!!! 🤘

[@OldJackProduction]

For some reason, when she finally played the intro...I wished we had a little more time in life to listen and create.

[@wsidechris]

Nancy's voice and cadence is priceless. She played at the Bottom Line in NYC on her birthday in 1999, which was not a big place (RIP!). Her energy is so warm, and she can turn it up when she's in a tune. I could play the intro to "Mistral Wind" on loop for an hour, what a great song.

[@Katerina9256]

I remember when she did those gigs after the release of Live at McCabe's. Wish there was video of any of it!

[@wsidechris]

@@Katerina9256 The show was for that album, and I was probably 20 feet from her. I wish I could have captured it! It was one of those magical nights out, even though it was a Tuesday night!

[@dougfuller7314]

Innovative, amazing, talented, artistic genius, adorable and underrated are all terms used in comments on this post to describe Nancy Wilson. She's all that, and much more.

[@chrisharrisseacaptainchris]

I could take lessons from her all day.She has the most smoothing voice.I love the way she teaches!

[@williamweiss6128]

Epic song if you ever got to see them do it with the original lineup in the 70's.

[@luthfiadhityanto38]

God, her voice is so....alluring. You close your eyes and listen to her humming, talk, or giggle. Just from that, you could tell that the she is an attractive person

[@jaimhaas5170]

Nancy do you know this song has talke to me since I first listened to it?? YOU create magic.

[@freeclimb5487]

1979 Dog and Butterfly Tour I saw Hart play this and it was transcendent. The stage was shrouded in Fog and all you could see was the band's silhouettes swayin to the music. Nancy's playing set the mood and Ann's voice was magical that night. Still the best concert I've ever seen in my 62 years.

[@Katerina9256]

Yes my friend...same experience here. At first I thought you had commented on Nancy's Dog and Butterfly video that I also have, and I was going to say it was Mistral Wind when they did the dry ice fog! 😄 Then I took a second look and see this is the Mistral Wind video indeed. I was 16 years old, February 1979 in NC and I was right up against the stage. I remember how good that fog felt because it was hot in that arena! What an experience...we were so lucky to have seen that original band! ❤️ Thanks so much for your comment ~~Katerina

[@nbcguitar]

If I didn't already admire her enough. When she said "it's some kind of weird jazz chord, I don't know what it's called" I so get that. She's such a badass!

[@Veaseify]

The sad thing is a lot of people buying an instructional tape today would be shocked with somebody saying 'some weird jazz chord'and 'a kind of Jim Bob thing' and not take her seriously without realising she's still teaching you how to play the damn song without all the music theory stuff.

[@michaelwurn6268]

I believe she says "Joe Bob Thing"

[@quinnmitchel4075]

Its funny cause its just a simple major 7th

[@zebulon8819]

She is awesome always been a hero of mine. Funny she doesn't know what the cords are called but she sure can play the heck out of them 🤔🤯♥️✌️❤️

[@jaimhaas5170]

So much given to their music....absolutely love this duo.

[@dawnhasbroken6304]

Fucking LOVE this song!!!!

[@richatlarge462]

This sounds so good that I almost forgot that it also perfectly evokes the intended feeling of a sailboat waiting to catch the wind. Fits the lyrics perfectly. Not only that, but I believe this is in the unusual time signature of 5/4 (or 9/8?).

[@Hellblazer94]

6/4, changes to 4/4 in the verses

[@tonymoran9794]

What an amazing teacher she is also.

[@mitch5699]

I remember first hearing this when it came out , I was in my early teens and heavy into playing and practicing guitar, this tune grabbed me in a way that not many tunes can, maybe no other... Nancy thank you so so much for all the killer tunes, yer one of a kind and I'm head over heels in like with you...he he he , I figured it's little early for the L word but no , I love you ! ..... I ain't scared to say it !!! gotta try to always tell the truth right ? rock on !

[@jaimhaas5170]

True Artist...so few real ones left.

[@daveman67890]

This was the Heart I always loved and felt was the soul of their music, their music just flowed from Dreamboat Annie thru Mistral Wind..carry on my wayward sister! 😘

[@Katerina9256]

Most definitely...Ann and Nancy were at their best with Roger Fisher, Howard Leese, Steve Fossen and Mike Derosier. Period!

[@davebrown7536]

@@Katerina9256 No question musically, and 100% agree, especially in regards to their mystical rock sound, but in general also. Roger's unique guitar style is so impressive, tonally unique, full of passion, just as the sister goddesses of rock-n-roll. I only wished I would have seen more live concerts, before the line-up change.

[@86crud]

She’s amazing. So is Mistral Wind.

[@josh4106]

This fucking song ... fucking brilliant.

[@redfishradical]

I grew up on the East Side, across the lake from Seattle (back when still a cool, funky, do your own thing, rough around the edges city!)z which is where the Wilson sisters actually came from-NOT SEATTLE LOL! ANYway it’d be impossible to convey how out of our minds PROUD OF HEART we were! And this song with its intense and fascinating phrasing was and remains one of my absolute fave-rave tuneages of all time!

[@Katerina9256]

I just recently found out that Ann invited Roger Fisher to join her in a local show there in October, and they performed this song together. If you haven't seen that I have links to both Roger's and Ann's videos of it in the community section of my channel. That was quite a thrill to see! ~~Katerina

[@dawnhasbroken6304]

So humble. ..

[@user-hh1jl1eb1o]

Nice. This is also in the top 3 of my favorite heart songs.

[@nbmooselovers]

I am a 64 year old male. I don't play a musical instrument of any kind. But I "Do" love the Wilson girls music. And have followed them ever since my teens, listening to their hits on the radio top 100. I have a lot of their cassette's and CDs also, and "Mistral Wind" got a lot of play! I would close my eyes.. and this song would "Carry Me Away" ..with the "Wind". ..Oh to be young again. 😊👍❤

[@cliffjackson6816]

Wow! Wish I had discovered this video long ago! This is definitely going into the repertoire for me.

[@jpd464]

How much talent can there be in one body?

[@chrisbarker9852]

she should do audio books, lovely voice.

[@rickwhitehouse8069]

I used to take these songs by hart to my guitar teachers, and they couldn’t figure them out. Now Nancy Wilson herself is showing how to play them. Am I breathing, am I alive right now? Thank you so much Nancy

[@redfalcon9]

This song is the grand daddy of so much of the 1990s Seattle sound. The opening guitar makes you almost feel like it got stuck in Jerry Cantrell's ear for 6 decades. The latter part being Anne's vocals over those sludging heavy guitars with massive drum fills, had to be 1000% inspiration for Soundgarden. I'm sure someone will school me on some other Seattle acts that came between these 2 eras that bridged them, but damn this song seems so out there for Heart.

[@TheASSASSIN51]

this video is so relaxing, I could watch it all day.

[@Guitarzzzzzzz173]

I think that is the absolute best song that Heart ever did!❤

[@Katerina9256]

I've heard multiple band members say the same in interviews 👍

[@highcouncil1]

Very generous of her to divulge the secrets.

[@pamzanon6599]

love this

[@StephenjohnUnwin-nn2xj]

A guitar lesson per exellence from a very under rated genius jimmy page rated nancy thats good enough for me a huge ❤ to you nancy and to ann hope fully i',ll see you in england soon on tour

[@jerrymyers1798]

Thanks Nancy

[@paulgrudowski7485]

Plays so nice

[@mammouth2727]

That intro would fit perfectly on Jar or Flies from AiC. Sounds like Cantrell!

[@davidveatch5145]

Amazing song

[@davidchurchill370]

You're a genius Plain and simple

[@MusicFed]

Nice. That weird chord is an Fm6/C

[@jeffjoy3556]

thank you so much

[@bazthehandyman]

Lovely woman..gorgeous hands....fantastic sound.

[@davidboyette4837]

she's so lovely as is all the beauty that leaves her fingers🎶🎸

[@ianleverington4676]

Beautiful women and so talented.

[@thermalascension]

Yes she is!!!! 😇

[@grandpaguitar8616]

Nancy, your guitar tutorials are my fave rave. You don’t come across like a goddess of rock, but more like a patient, sweet and mellow rock diva and the girl next door. I always loved your bands songs, especially the one where you and your sis harmonize together at the end of Barracuda which to me sounds a lot like the Amazons war song from the old Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies I used to watch in, the 60’s! The first time I heard that song I thought, uh oh? It’s the Amazon, war song! Btw, I have a few hundred song lyrics that I would like to give to, you guys! I feel like, I owe you. Y’know? Cuz you guys have rocked me, many times! Here, is a sample. Here’s the deal! I will give you my lyrics and you can use them if you want too, or change the lyrics around, whatever. I don’t, care. I will give you my almost full 36 Gb iPad tablet, and ask only that you pay it forward which Heart does, everyday. Just don’t stop rocking, ladies. Or posting excellent tutorials, Nancy. I borrowed a guitar and stole my sister’s Beatles songbook in 1970,and taught myself, guitar. But I worked rescue, not rock! You guys Nancy are on, a different level. Yknow? Okay, thanks Nancy! Let me know about, the IPad kid. j file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/86/06/6AC930C3-A91C-4D99-BA64-72F6D8AF8166/Mist%20and%20Steam%20(em%20cM7%20em%20Bm)%20(Em%20Cmaj7,%20etc).png

[@Katerina9256]

Hi! That's such a sweet note, I just wanted to let you know this is not Nancy's personal youtube channel, I'm just a fan like you! 😊 ~~Katerina

[@johnmiller7931]

Like a spider on a web. The Best.

[@docholiday13]

This is amazing....Plus! She's playing a Takamine...I have a 12 string Takamine..A reknowned guitar for acoustic tones

[@rogerlarson8040]

Do you hear the sound in your head before you find the chord your wanting? I mean when your creating a song. Or just what is the method of creating music like this? Whatever you do, it is Genius.

[@artistaloca4]

❤💖💝✊❣🌹🌹

[@bikebudha01]

her speaking voice sounds exactly like Bailey from WKRP

[@Youtuber5775-]

I have a Takamine guitar too?! Mine is a 12 string guitar. 😱

[@Lrigyttiw]

I have this DVD! I wish she'd make a demo for Nada One.

[@Katerina9256]

Have you seen her recent live performance of it? First time ever live, she said. I'll see if I can get a link for you..

[@Katerina9256]

Ok here you go 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHy2n3aKZ958d7c

[@Lrigyttiw]

@@Katerina9256 yes, someone posted it on KZbin.

[@Nitephall]

I love how she plays it coy and pretends that she doesn't know that much about how her chords are structured. She knows.

[@CharlieRootsMusic]

It seriously sounds like an Alice in Chains intro. Jerry probably was a Heart fan.

[@Billy-cs4cc]

This is from 96? What talent Nancy and Ann share, and so so delicious 😅

[@3three3three3three]

people need to read the channel name.

[@gigistephens4633]

I feel like this inspired A couple of Alice in Chains songs. I know those guys really was into Heart. And I can just hear the influence.

[@bazthehandyman]

Never seen a split saddle like that before.

[@Katerina9256]

Yes it's something Takamine does with the Pro series--which she is playing model P3dc (dreadnought cutaway). Not sure if they do it on models other than the pros but apparently it helps to perfect intonation throughout the neck. Pretty cool I say!

[@bazthehandyman]

@@Katerina9256 yes it's for intonation...if you alter the angle of the saddle to correct certain strings,it throws the others out so guess this splits 3 and 3...great idea ..don't know why I've never used that.

[@Katerina9256]

@bazthehandyman I think it splits 2 and 4 tho, if I recall correctly.

[@bazthehandyman]

@@Katerina9256 ..ahh yes cheers for that.

[@tieukhavu8832]

02:15 G sharp major 7

[@timcarnes8359]

Cause that’s the way I write songs😳

[@Mukundanghri]

I'm a bit surprised shes doesn't have a better understanding of music theory. But her ear is great.

[@FallNorth]

Very jagged bridge on that guitar. Wow now I google that seems to be a thing, a two piece bridge. My acoustics are one piece. That must explain why I'm not in Heart.

[@Katerina9256]

😄 yep, the split bridge helps to keep the intonation pretty perfect up and down the neck. Takamine Pro Series P3DC. I have a lower end model in their G series that looks like it . No split bridge or other top-end additions, but still plays well.

[@noscrubbubblez6515]

Why does she remind me of Pat Boone here? I wrote a rock opera same time their stuff came out. It had a Magic Man and I made up dissonant chords not knowing what to call them. All coincidence.

[@Marshall_EL34]

...at first I thought it said "Menstral Wind".

[@JoeBonez]

Very interesting. I had always thought that the opening had been played on a (deliberately) detuned guitar, but it’s all dissonance.

[@bradking1107]

Bitchin.Hope you are well God loves you deeply Shalom 🤗🐼❤️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8 🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺 Stay safe 🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺🏵️🌸🌺

[@jazzcehic1500]

I have some new chords for her, D , I, H, B.

[@JohnSmith-wd9rc]

It's hard to pay attention to he lesson, because I want to keep staring and concentrating on her. Gorgeous girl.

[@FelipediOliveira]

She looks exactly like the king of woman i would easily marry to. haha ♥

[@jeffjoy3556]

lets get married

[@delcapslock100]

You can tell she’s not a big fan of explaining minute details of how to play her songs. It’s like, “if you have the mechanical skills needed to play this song correctly, you surely don’t need me to tell you the fret and string of every note”.

[@armandocervantes692]

Sounds kinda alice in chains'ey

[@SunRider69]

I fukng love that song

[@gl3605]

Proof that knowing the names of chords, theory and all that isn't very important at all. NW is clearly one of the best guitarists to ever live. SRV was the same way.

[@deepsix1827]

She has the most adorable personality and voice.

[@elpablosky6300]

I haved a really bored female guitar teacher but Nancy Is the dream of the sexy and nice teacher ever ( i'm have 38 and her 66 ) and I'm still falling in love with her 🥰

[@Nitephall]

Right? I love her voice. It's mesmerizing.

[@skaybaltimore]

She is such an amazing underrated guitarist.

[@brandonmississippi1]

I've never really listened to Heart, other than their most popular songs that I've overheard during my lifetime. I never really caught on to them or became a fan, though. Strangely, these little clips of Nancy popped up on my recommendations, and I decided to watch them. I've just got to say, this woman is an absolute artistical genius and heck of a guitar player. Very cool. I'm now a fan of her.

[@Robfnord]

Same here

[@tony69em]

She's an absolute genius while showing us that she don't know anything. Which is genius within itself... ❤️❤️

[@ianleverington4676]

Just say it, a hell.of a guitar player,!!

[@billybigtime2808]

@@Robfnord same for me your description is perfect, I only knew the 80s hits I only discovered the early heart after it popped up I’m my feed and I was blown away

[@bazthehandyman]

Same here.

[@joracer1]

One of my favorites, i love it when it gets heavy in the middle of the song, but my favorite by Heart is dream of the archer...then keep your love alive.. there's none better that Ann and Nancy, the way the sing together is timeless.

[@Katerina9256]

That whole Little Queen album was and is a wonder to me! That Sylvan Song mandolin duet with Roger and Nancy that serves as the intro to Dream of the Archer is just so magical!

[@wadeharten6600]

There's no doubt she came to earth from heaven....

[@sergioruiz-mier9163]

This song has some of the most awesome chord progressions of all time. Pure feeling and oh so honest. Who cares about the names.

[@Katerina9256]

Haha yes, exactly!

[@dawnhasbroken6304]

AGREED! It moves me like the wind😒

[@christinaalgate4899]

I love Nancy. She makes it so easy but it isn't. I wonder why the people disliked it. Its basically a guitar lesson. She is the first or second best woman guitar in the world. It's either Nancy or Lita Ford. I perfer Nancy

[@TheForce_Productions]

Can't stop looking at this girl! 👁🤘👁

[@EXMORr]

She's Only Talking To Me Who Are All You People ??

[@danbrower7755]

We wish.

[@sheezdaone]

Hahaha✌️hail the queen Nancy! 👑

[@ericwilson2186]

I means we now.

[@SpiritualAtheist]

I’ve had a crush on this woman for 40 years.

[@markkar4663]

I'm right there with you brother, been crushing on Nancy for 40 plus years

[@carlosgaspar8447]

you and 40 million others.

[@boxofmoles4057]

Get in line, bro.

[@deepsix1827]

Join the club.

[@benwarner3498]

SpiritualAtheist, me too!

[@rosevelyn]

I've waited my entire original Heart fan life to interface with Nancy in an authentic way! Listening to her articulate the song's meaning and her choices (sounds like water, etc) gives me the Mistral Windchills because it confirms everything I have always felt, which runs deep!

[@Katerina9256]

That's so beautiful!

[@rosevelyn]

@@Katerina9256 Thank you for posting these, Katerina.

[@Katerina9256]

@@rosevelyn My pleasure, I am so much enjoying going back through it again!

[@galaxy7nails613]

Lol of course she's also an amazing teacher and story teller. Hell yeah

[@wmlemerise2331]

Thanks Nancy and Katrina for a most excellent guitar lesson.

[@izzy574]

Awesome my favorite Heart song, and I think it may be because of the darkness of the tri-tone parts I've been hearing, which is now confirmed watching her make one of the 'weird chords.' See does a great job explaining the song! I'll be watching this video several times until I get this! So far I've just learned the first few chords...yippee!! Thanks for sharing this. I'd love to see more of these by Nancy! 🎸🎶

[@Katerina9256]

Was always my favorite Heart song as well!

[@cyb3r3vil30]

Admired this Lady since 1976 Big Fan of ❤️ HEART ❤️ Thanks 4 sharing This