Guitar Lesson: How To Play Skin and Bones by Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl used his guitar to sprinkle one of my very favorite things into the Foo Fighters' song Skin and Bones... By the end of this video I hope you are able to not only play Skin and Bones, but also appreciate Dave's excellent taste in notes :)
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[@RyanLendt]

You know I do lessons, right?? You're invited! www.ryanlendt.com/lessons

[@nelsonw2096]

Guitar lessons with a side of theory are always tasty. 👍🏼

[@RyanLendt]

:)

[@klohr26]

Ya sure Ubetchya! Hello from MN. Great lesson as always Ryan. Thanks!

[@RyanLendt]

enjoy the reasonable weather! 95 feels like 105 yesterday until a violent thunderstorm barged through and knocked out our well!

[@rcarlson787]

My fingers don't have the practice time in, so I learned this previously but played with a pick 🤷‍♂️ Love the intro music theory lesson! Even though I could already play the song, I learned a lot! You're on a roll with Foo content recently!

[@RyanLendt]

they keep coming to mind - i don't really know why :)

[@martinnovelli2006]

Excellent MASTER class!! Thanks a lot!! Abrazo gigante!

[@RyanLendt]

abrazos!

[@petercrick3958]

Just to say this is majestic. Great song, great explanation and now I can’t get it out of my head…been 4 days….skin and bones don’t you know….no sign of abating

[@RyanLendt]

:) let it bounce around all it wants

[@algorhythm9821]

Even though I'm quite versed in theory, I am enjoying your style of presentation. You get to the essence of the point or lesson immediately and more importantly, make it clear and simple. If you did go on and on, I'd probably enjoy that too. I'm sure I'd learn things I didn't know before.

[@RyanLendt]

thanks algo!

[@GreatBirdOfHope]

"Killing moon" by "Echo and the Bunnyman" would be an awesome song to learn especially the part in the middle when they stop singing

[@chrisdiceart]

Cool little details on the music "forbidden word here" behind why the song is cool! 🙂 I like getting some of the "WHY". Well done Sir! And please thank your teacher for us as well! 😉😇

[@RyanLendt]

why thank you sir, and yes, trying to stay as far away from that as possible!

[@jamesgallagher3317]

One of my favourite songs along with razor Thanks for the video bro. This time I didn't get lost

[@RyanLendt]

yay! welcome.

[@vahidaR502]

Cool video very interesting too👍🏼 Thank you so much for sharing💐

[@RyanLendt]

thanks for hanging out vahida :)

[@Legionary512]

Hey the harmonic minor scale. I know that thanks to one of our Matt Heafy lessons and now it shows up here too. :)

[@RyanLendt]

:) no matter the genre, music speaks the same language.

[@mattklein562]

Love this song!!! Thanks my friend

[@RyanLendt]

welcome buddy!

[@brinkybrinkz]

Very cool! I always wanted to learn this the first time I saw the intro from Skin and Bones where Dave is just walking around backstage and he plays for his wife and baby. I am going to try again and succeed! I still have a Foo Fighters guitar pic from 2008 concert. Thank you once again Ryan, Miss Poopadoo, Fernanda the giant tortoise and the legendary Taylor Hawkins. I'm just skin and bones.🛸

[@RyanLendt]

get it brinky!

[@a1x268]

Hey Ryan, I love your lessons. Idk if this is the right place to ask but could you please do Down by STP

[@RyanLendt]

good idea - thanks!

[@quentinrasco6229]

I agree

[@RyanLendt]

haha cool

[@bryanroutledgetube]

Nice! Thanks. (For strummy bits near the end? On the live version? Same thing just muting the other strings?)

[@SimonH77]

Another great lesson Ryan I’m enjoying the little bits of theory thrown in to. Ever play Simon Says rather than what Brian wants haha. Still hoping you do a 21 guns green day lesson!!

[@RyanLendt]

haha that took me forever to get. yeah thanks for the reindeer! (reminder)

[@Nissan570Lsx]

I've been summoned to the pool. Check it out later. Lost my last guitar to the pool. Ships were made out of wood. Didn't think it be a big deal.

[@RyanLendt]

i think that means your guitar isn't a witch.

[@dominicsedillo1980]

“I’ll Stick Around” 2022 hopeful request 😉🎸🤞🏻

[@RyanLendt]

i haven't done that yet?? weird.

[@dominicsedillo1980]

@@RyanLendt That's EXACTLY what I said to myself ;)

[@ljs7712]

The G chord moved to the 10th fret!

[@RyanLendt]

except it's an Em chord moved to the 10th fret :)

[@jimst3r1]

That dm scale reminded me of “jack sparrow” by Hans zimmer. Clearly that song is in Dm and now I have an ear worm! 🤣

[@marksoftime]

Zimmer loves writing in Dm. You’ll find a lot of stuff of his in Dm - he even said it was his favourite key on those masterclass videos

[@jimst3r1]

@@marksoftime thanks for the comment dude! That’s really interesting actually. I haven’t seen that interview but it’s good to know I’m developing my ears a bit better :)

[@RyanLendt]

neat!

[@wadepatton2433]

Hey a lil' help here from anybody: I'm trying to find the recent video Ryan put out with a song that I've played bofore (and so commented) but cannot find now. I was going to make notes and work on it, but it has disappeared somehow. My browser history won't even show it to me--and that's weird as hell. I know I've seen more RL videos than my browser thinks. He's playing it on flattop. There's an Em7 in it. There are two slightly different versions of the song with "led belly" or "ledbetter" or someone doing the second version. Anyway, I know neither the name of the song or the band, but I'm familiar with the tune, and I know I SHOULD be...wait a minute I'll check my "liked" videos. So I found it. Damn it's about three years old (why I couldn't find it on Ryan's video listings) and I just saw it 10 hours ago. whoops. Nirvana/Lead Belly song. Nevermind.

[@RyanLendt]

glad you got that worked out wade :)

[@MattH1874]

Hey ma, my brain done learnded a thaaaang about that there music you hear on the story box...

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[@brinkybrinkz]

I agree. I also want to send you something Ryan, something cool I have a couple ideas.

[@RyanLendt]

thanks guys :) I need a PO box...

[@jimst3r1]

First comment! Woo!!

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[@patprime7320]

The next lesson better be 53 minutes you tease

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