Puddle of Mudd - Blurry Guitar Lesson

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In this Blurry guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play this great song from Puddle Of Mudd note-for-note.
The tuning is Eb Standard tuning. That is, starting from the 6th string, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. Or, if your guitar tuner reads notes as sharps instead of flats, the notes will be D# G# C# F# A# D#.
"Blurry" is an interesting song because it is mostly built around a simple 3 chord progression of C - D - E.
However, the opening harmonic based riff that is heard in the intro and throughout the rest of the song is quite challenging to play up to speed. I recommend playing it on acoustic guitar which will make it easier to keep the harmonics sounding crisp. I am using a down-tuned electric which makes it even more difficult to play.
The hard part of this opening harmonic riff is that it is using both fretted notes and harmonics that need to sustain together. So the fingers that are playing the fretted notes need to be highly arched so that they don't touch the strings the harmonics are being played on. The makes playing the harmonics cleanly much more difficult.
Just try to learn the pattern used for the riff and get that locked in before trying to play it up to tempo.
The rest of the song is relatively easy to play using simple barre chords and octave shapes. There is also a quick solo at the end of the song that I will go through note-for-note.
I hope you have fun with this one! Carl...
#blurryguitarlesson #puddleofmudd #guitarlessons365song

[@jamisonc7500]

3:35 Riff over C note 7:32 Continuation 10:30 First chords 11:11 Layered luck 12:18 Verse 14:52 Build up to chorus 18:58 Chorus (guitar 1) 20:28 Chorus (guitar 2) 22:04 Chorus (guitar 3) 23:01 Bridge 27:32 Lil solo 29:32 Harmonic ending The only thing I knew about these guys was that horrible About a Girl cover but was pleasantly surprised to hear they don’t suck! That intro is so good!

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

🤣🤣🤣

[@barringtoncleaningservice9266]

Thanks

[@EnglishRain]

You legend

[@LandOfTheFallen]

Let's hand it to Puddle Of Mud for dropping one of the best sounding as well as hardest to master parts on a guitar.

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

Yea that harmonic riff is a real pain

[@davidyaskow371]

​@lllllllllllllllllllllIII especially not muting notes that need to ring out . Even this guy playing was getting some muting when picking the arpeggios in that riff ,but he does have the right chords

[@lukaroberts909]

Are you serious I've been listening to this song on repeat this week and was trying to look for a video to play it, and now you've done this, I love this Guy Man!

[@MoStBlEsSeD]

Yea he is psychic sometimes lol

[@hadisunawar]

Yeah.. me too bro. Thanks man..

[@rodneygoodwin3956]

I was searching for a men keyboard or new guitar effect, mind blown it's harmonics, very full, produced sound tho

[@RickWalton71]

Love your lessons. So clear and not blurry.

[@alana9832]

Haha good one!

[@Red_Burnt_Toe]

Man I’ve been playing for 23years now and that intro is one of the hardest things I’ve learned you nailed it bro 👍

[@KingBeevr]

I've been waiting for this one! I've seen lots of other people go through this song, but when Carl shows you how to do it, you've been shown the right way to do it. Guitar, I mean. Just talking about guitar here, folks.

[@jamisonc7500]

U huh 🧐

[@jonathanmuniz6703]

You’ve outdone yourself again. Your the man Carl. Thank you

[@anthonygarcia5925]

Three lessons in a four day span? Carl's a beast! Also, never heard this song before but I like. One reason I love your channel is you make me discover new music (Especially Extreme).

[@billmoyer914]

Man you are one talented guy!! Love your lessons!!🎸🔥

[@rogerreynolds5822]

I’m proud of you for still bangin’ out classics after all these years, Carl. 🤘🏻

[@fl88dz]

Outstanding!!! Thank you Carl.

[@blitzcrank2819]

thank you so much carl for your patience and dedication

[@Malnxxty]

I love puddle of mud and I love your channel

[@triple6wolfi]

On point as always Mr. Brown, very much obliged to you good Sir!

[@dwightjones2537]

Bloody up good stuff as always mate... you're the best ...keep it up and leave the rest to the rest

[@stragiatto]

What a nice song to start my week Thanks Carl

[@cesarpaulinolopez2663]

I have been waiting for this song forever, have not been able to find it no where :’) thank you

[@aceofspades2689]

Greetings from Ireland 🤘 love your lessons 🤘🖤🤘

[@normaruthbarriga4285]

Thanks for the instruction Maestro...beautiful song always want it to play...greetings from Mexico

[@miguelbrea6575]

Simply perfect, thanksss

[@Dman0625]

Been waiting a long time for you to put this out

[@pondpro]

This is amazing!!!

[@SimonM5]

Man, everytime I hear an amazing song I think I should learn, bam...you have it covered👍

[@michaellawlor5625]

Didn't expect this. Great song.

[@bucketfeet5567]

What a great riff

[@kennyatwork5069]

Awsome i love this song . Thanks from germany

[@KadenGamez12271]

Amazing! Please do more puddle of Mudd!

[@TheTrooper7]

Was trying to find a lesson on this song thanks

[@lioneltrains7865]

Wow you nailed that!

[@shalomshalom735]

GREAT Video !!!

[@rafael502]

Yeah let's go! Very fun song to play

[@dominicsedillo1980]

Yes! This song is great and underrated!

[@soapy2816]

Hey Carl, I’ve been playing guitar for about half a year and I’ve been using your videos. They have been really helpful. I just got my first electric guitar yesterday and I was wondering if you could do a lessons for Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks, it’s one of my favorite

[@suzannecoholic1467]

Thanks Carl!

[@Log-On-Line]

finally ive been wanting a good lesson for this song for like 2 years

[@jenS-vn2dw]

Thank you for this one! I’ll have to save this one for when I have way way waaay more experience, but I love this song. I don’t see too many covers of this bands songs. I’d love to learn Spin You Around someday, too but there’s no lessons I’ve found. Looking forward to coming back to this one, thou.

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

It’s mainly because some people can’t get the harmonics down so they don’t even post it I seen one dude who wasn’t playing it and all the comments said was negative stuff they clearly never attempted this riff they think everything is easy when it’s really not

[@smoak6765]

been hoping you’d do this one literally for years… can’t wait to dive in

[@jonathanmiller8131]

This was always a weard song to play a weard picking pattern but im glad to see an actual lesson on it everything i found was just play through videos

[@crossfithardnox]

I tried to learn this 3 yrs ago. Time to give it another try.

[@bartib1151]

That intro riff is awesome

[@JR-ke9lm]

Finallyyy!!!!

[@jerosemepico6365]

Nice harmonic song

[@EnglishRain]

Superrrrrrrrrr!!!

[@jk_guitar]

This song is awesome. Watched the intro though and looks pretty tricky. I noticed on this one how long Carl's pinky is though, wow, must make using it a lot easier than some!

[@Pewtooyou]

I remember figuring this one out by ear a few years back because someone wanted to hear it played by us at a party the next day. It was a funky one to get down in a few hours for sure....This is a great lesson for those looking to learn it now.

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

And this song will teach you how to master the harmonics if you don’t give up

[@FreePassWu]

GREAT, MAN! DO PLEASE COMA WHITE OF MANSON, THANKS!.

[@rampagegage2259]

Would love to see never change ❤

[@AnthonyCarrier]

Thanks Carl great tune I remember standing alone and playing it on my acoustic years ago on the street corner in Calgary...!

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

Damn bro the harmonic riff nice that isn’t very easy even for the guitarist of Pom

[@AnthonyCarrier]

The recording would have recorded it on two tracks one panned hard left the other panned hard left with delay on each track and it would be a lot easier than you think@@lllllllllllllllllllllIII

[@BackRoadBound]

Impressive. I always thought this was some sort of pitch shifter/delay effect pedal. My wife wants to do an acoustic cover. Now I need to learn it and maybe use looper.

[@erickmurillo2738]

Master

[@aerosmith7175]

Your on a roll Carl could u please do something off skid rows new album 🤘

[@64BitGuitar]

This riff is so hard it’s not even played when they play it live. It’s a backing track. I saw them last night. Even a performance on Conan 20 years ago the riff isn’t actually played.

[@ryansalyer8404]

Hey man love the vids, could you do "Holier than Thou - Metallica"?

[@flaviopugliese6360]

👏👏👏

[@yannedekuro3506]

thank you, please make a lesson on the "Muffin Man"

[@alessiakarin2584]

Hi Carl, could you do Starry Eyes by Mötley Crüe? I’ve been trying to find a good tutorial but I just couldn’t find any.

[@Leviathan-nh9lm]

Hey Carl there’s no lessons on metal meltdown by Judas Priest I was wondering if you could work on a lesson on it

[@user-sy2vl8di8q]

Can you do a lesson on control, puddle of mud

[@nanettejameson4279]

Ouch this is so hard, thanks for the the vid I was doing a cheat version and I knew it wasn't quite right but the pain of changing finger harmonics😭

[@MattG003]

Can you do a lesson on their cover of About a Girl? With vocals included

[@priyanujinnovativevlogs7729]

Lol!

[@dogesque]

man can we get some more Smashing Pumpkins? I would love to see some more Siamese Dream content like Soma or Today- there are surprisingly few videos covering Today, and most are inaccurate.

[@_matthew_baker_177]

Can you please do a lesson on “After Dark” by Tito and Tarantula

[@ultrakool]

Great lesson. As an aside, POM singer's vocals reminded me of a Kurt Cobain/Scott Sapp hybrid.

[@MingoBingo314]

Hey dude, awesome work🤘. It would be so cool if you could make a video on Alice in Chains' Put You Down song

[@edgarelizondo4792]

Carl make of white lion little fighter a tutorial please

[@nataschabomm]

I've also never heard of that, seems like I have to broaden my horizon some more 🤣

[@ezrahubik9962]

Can you please do Faith Noel or Nutrocker by Trans Siberian Orchestra? For Christmas?

[@justinedwards6556]

Do you like Nickelback, Carl? I’d love for you to do some Nickelback lessons! Their new album is great!

[@jamisonc7500]

Dang Carl you’re busy over there!

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

Trying to get everything back on track 🤘

[@user-sy2vl8di8q]

there is no one that has done this on line at all on puddle ,of mud control thank you.

[@MoStBlEsSeD]

SWEEEET this song is beautiful .. thanks sensai ... JOIN THE ACADEMY Got chat today like every Saturday come check it out .. got new course coming soon

[@fndrn8]

reminds me of what my grrandmas windchime sounded like

[@user-hf2yr3cz9s]

Please The Outlaw Torn or Bleeding Me By Metallica 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@hmpsguitar]

Steve Vai - Dyin’ Day I’ve tried to learn it, but the easiest songs to learn are the ones you teach. Just wanted to put that out there.

[@noahbrennan5849]

Has Carl ever made his own music? If so I’m interested because he is my personal favorite teacher on the internet

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

Coming soon I hope!

[@triple6wolfi]

I concur!

[@animal9254]

Are you use clean sound?

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

It sounds like a reverb and maybe a chorus effect

[@guitarkyle]

Drift and Die is in double drop D tuning and a lot of fun to play. Hint, hint, for a future video. 😁

[@zman0729]

Yes. I second the motion. 🤘

[@brettfrugia9316]

What is the guitar called

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

Either it’s a sterling or music man majesty I was looking for your comment about the guitar name

[@EnglishRain]

My notes- Intro play through - 9:34

[@jakewhitmore6046]

PLEASE CARL MORE LED ZEPPELIN VIDEOS🙏🏼 I LOVE YOU CARL

[@TimothyHuffGuitar]

I am terrible at harmonics outside of the 5, 7, 12th frets

[@imoldgregg4795]

Same lol 😂

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

Don’t feel bad this riff ain’t that easy you’re not alone

[@tiagocruz9730]

please do more jeff buckley tutorials

[@landrewbrandon5747]

ace combat flashbacks while learning for fun lol

[@dudzzz5714]

The god that failed by Metallica dude plzzz😭

[@randyjones280]

I believe that the song is B5 to C#5 to D#5

[@randyjones280]

But that does make sense with the harmonics. Cause you can do harmonics on the 5th, 7th and 12th.

[@randyjones280]

Have you tuned down a half step?

[@randyjones280]

Yes I see you have turned down a half step. My bad, sorry I'm blind, crippled and crazy 🤪

[@randyjones280]

It's not a true harmonic on the 4th fret.

[@randyjones280]

And the harmonic is on the 4th fret but I don't think that's a true harmonic. Still works though

[@BlownDart68]

You still have YJM

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

Yep

[@joedonahue5398]

aaaaaaaaaaa👻🎄

[@dudzzz5714]

The god that failed by Metallica plz dude😭

[@matturner6890]

I can't imagine how many takes this guitar part took to record on the album because it is goddamned annoyingly impossible to play clean.

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

A lot of dedication

[@HandlebarOrionX]

For as easy as it is to make fun of Puddle Of Mudd and certainly the lead singer is quite a flawed person, Blurry is their best accomplishment in compositional work. Lyrics aside

[@Goldstein_955]

i think you could have explained way better the harmonics part honestly. Kind of confused in term of rythim pattern

[@Babah69]

Verry full talk 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dldissolving2005]

Is it just me or is dude a little coc'd out right meow?? Not judging... just an observation.

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

Eh regardless it’s helping him play that harmonic riff to perfection 😂