The Deceptive Guitar of Johnny Marr

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[@thisisnotherejohn1916]

guitarblogupdate never heard of him as a teenager, now a forty four year old and nothing has changed although Gilmour is enough to keep most happy then and now. neRlt forgot does anyone care what Noel thinks, really ???

[@boynafriend]

Johnny Marr is criminally underrated.

[@cinemar]

Who is underrating Johnny Marr?

[@Aphelion_Music]

YES

[@johnstoner666]

hardly

[@skypekai]

the dadi no he isn't, he is universally appreciated

[@keeganmelvin3892]

only by those uninitiated with his playing. Which through deduction have no right to speak on someone they cannot be bothered to listen to. The man is a melodic treasure trove.

[@velenvskaelhas]

Noel said it best "Not even Johnny Marr can play like Johnny Marr".

[@jinzo664]

Johnny Marr is hands down one of my favourite guitar players, and he sadly not talked about enough among guitarists. This video is fantastic!

[@Guitarisforgrins]

Tons of guitar players just wanna be a virtuoso style player (AKA shredder)

[@christiangasior4244]

Shredding isn't really virtuosic though since most couldn't play any smiths song. It also allows you to show off instead of drawing you into the song

[@Guitarisforgrins]

Christian Gasior well people like ingwie are called virtuosos but I think it's more of a genre thing than literal

[@rake667]

ingwie is a virtuoso DESPITE being a shredder, not BECAUSE he is one

[@Guitarisforgrins]

Look up guitar virtuoso, you will most likely find a list of shredders with maybe SRV and Jimi thrown in the mix. Again, the term is being used loosely and not literally.

[@tigermaskly]

Johnny Marr is just so incredible. To think he wrote the entire Smiths catalog between the ages of 18-23. It blows my mind. The Smiths music is the only music that has resonated with me from my teens until now. Well except for maybe the Pixies. :) What I love about your video is that you even mention "Golden Lights". Nobody ever plays or talks about that one! Not one of my favorites but huge props to you for bringing up and discussing that little obscure gem.

[@FunkyCrumpet]

Johnny Marr play's rhythm guitar in the style of lead guitar. And uses acoustic open chords. Hes four guitarists in one. XD Absolute genius.

[@MingusTale]

Glad you did this I love Johnny Marr. His parts are really weirdly hard yeah.

[@slumber44]

Enjoyed the video, love that Johnny isn't a showing off type of guitarist but still technically good and unique. Killer player

[@OswaldoLafee]

thank you. On of the definitions of a great guitarist is how unique his sound is. By that definition JM is without a doubt one of the greatest. You listen to his music and there is simply a direct and a unique association to his music. He sounds like nobody but himself. Long live the Smiths.

[@ancientmariner6042]

I've watched interviews where he talks about his playing and now you bring this video pretty cool the perfect timing

[@jeligula]

My head spun ala The Exorcist, 1972 when I first attempted to learn Girl Afraid. I think this studied approach to his style much more productive than simply diving into the tab.

[@nmssis]

Marr, the man who compelled me to pick up a guitar!!

[@PrayerofBaphomet666]

everytime i listen to johnny marr, I learn smth new. After 10 years of playing! my guitar hero

[@RayzaEFC]

Some other guitarists I would like to see lessons on, Robert Smith, John Frusciante

[@Johnhenryguitarlessons]

Thanks for this video Andrew! I have to say I was really drawn in. It was a good length and really got into enough depth so that I feel like my curiosity was satisfied significantly. Johnny Marr has always been one of those guitarists whose style I have not been able to crack...guess I never spent the time and never bought a Smiths guitar book. Haven't been too aware of what else he has done but I always suspected that my appreciation for The Smiths had to do with something more than just Morrisey (although I dig him too). :) As a guitar teacher myself and someone with my own guitar lessons channel I am rarely in the mood to watch guitar videos. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and you helped me to rekindle my student side. Thanks!!

[@tortfeasor99]

My all time favorite guitarist. When I was in high school in the 80s I tried to learn these parts in the key they were on the records. I didn't realize he actually tuned sharp until my 20s!

[@ChaoticRainbowsMC]

I bet that Johnny had no fucking clue what all these theory was when he write that song.

[@burnout1256]

he's amazing and lets not forget to mention the album he recorded with modest mouse, he really had great riffs all throughout that album

[@jacksoncroyce6063]

Thankyou so much for this, your time and effort is greatly appreciated. You're a very gifted player and teacher. I can't wait to try this stuff out!

[@danielbell4007]

I liked modest mouse before Marr joined. I LOVED them after he joined. Plus the smiths and everything else he's done. Fantastic player!

[@aaronzacktan257]

Andrew! Thank you! You have great taste and as always interesting lessons!

[@jeremycf5122]

You should do a video like this but with Robert Smith from The Cure

[@WSC10025]

Love Johnny Marr. Analyzing Golden Lights isn't a great choice as it's not Marr's work, but a cover of Twinkle's 1960s song.

[@mikodelosreyes9833]

yup! agree 100% with your observation with Marr's playing.

[@nightcrawlaa4565]

good, but the most difficult part is that you have to let the arpeggios that you play keep ringing(no muting, this is exactly the contrary of the shred playing. )and play every arpegio with the pick(this make it and string skip arpegio) ,this is exactly the contrary of heavy metal playing.

[@jasonespinoza9948]

nightcrawla a Exactly! One of the best parts of Marr guitar is the elongation of the chords. He says this in interviews. It adds to the dreamy atmosphere of his playing.

[@MrStooge.]

I never really liked his sound but with a most enlightening explanation I have come to respect him far more.

[@wartimemodels]

Wish I could play "some girls are bigger than others". Genius.

[@mrkurtzify]

thing that nobody's mentioned.... thumb pick. he's a master of the thumb pick/pull. enough practice with that, and the riffs come so easily....

[@embreesmith7613]

thanks, Andrew ..!

[@addradz]

Much insight, you speak the truth good man! The Headmaster Ritual is the ultimate guitar test in my mind.

[@robertscullion9700]

my musical hero. thanks for the great video

[@chuchoajene548]

This is amazing, if you take requests it'd be interesting to see you do this with Archy Marshalls guitar playing. He goes by the name king krule.

[@lorneturner5318]

Thank you. Well done.

[@chrisforbes]

Thanks for this! There are some great observations in here. Johnny is so fantastic, and the main reason I picked up a guitar as a young man.

[@jackarcher_]

Awesome choice!

[@renzokukenleneyoyo522]

Amazing channel

[@hippocritic]

Check out the stuff he did with TheThe as well. Besides The Smiths, TheThe is the next best band he's even played with, imho. I've even heard Johnny himself say Dusk by TheThe is his favourite album to have played on.

[@wavelengthrecords-1]

C.B Black Johnny's work with The The is amazing. Check out his playing on the 12 inch mix of "Jealous of youth". So Smithy.

[@basehead617]

C.B Black His playing on Mind Bomb is stunning... i love the eerie guitar parts in 'Gravitate To Me'

[@jixxxxer17]

dusk is amazing yes and Johnny's guitar work is so much spice, especially songs like Help Line Operator , Slow emotional replay !

[@Wilantonjakov]

check out his work on Talking Heads' "Nothing But Flowers". Incredible

[@DnStefano]

Great video, thank you very much!

[@jimmyfinn3003]

Don't tell me his secrets !! Actually great way to describe his playing in laymans terms in your intro.

[@gooney0]

Johnny Marr is great and unique player for sure.

[@plasticbudgie]

You Legend sir! thank you for this, Johnny Marr is easily my inspiration for guitar, especially setting a life goal to own a 355 :)

[@SuperMarioJamesSMJ]

why not delve into his arrangements with multiple parts...that's his strenth...he's the Brian May type thinker...

[@SuperMarioJamesSMJ]

JoBro ...agreed....Marr was a brilliant arranger

[@samhynninen]

A new video idea: The declining guitar of Kirk Hammett.

[@fargothbosmer2059]

Love this video!

[@StevenBoz]

Awesome work man!

[@stephen3164]

I really enjoyed this video - explaining as you go through the progressions. Great teaching style. 👍 Btw - do you notice the low E string on your Strat getting too close to the edge of the fretboard by the upper frets? Might have been the camera angle, but looked like your high E was "gaining space" by the upper frets while your low E was nearly falling off by the 21st fret. Then again, I could see reason of doing this on purpose if you don't play the low E high up the fretboard. Probably just the camera angle. Cool Strat.

[@Blaydrnnnr]

Nice sound.

[@elliotvernon7971]

great video - thanks.

[@JQBMusicandTutorials]

Thanks for explaining! Though my theory is still elementary. But hey I should learn something. I feel like his sound helped define both the 80s and 90s sound. I heard something about him paying attention to African rhythms? ... Um.

[@simonetanzi5103]

always a nice channel this one! hey are you, by any chance, canadian?

[@mattgilbert7347]

Is there a way to play those chords without using your little finger? I can't use my pinky very well, at least not the way he does in the video. It tends to miss the frets.

[@sanfordyeti]

Matt Gilbert Practice! If you don't you'll just be gimping yourself.

[@6idangle]

reminds me of chon, deceptively hard licks that appear pretty simple....

[@EastBayCA]

Are The Smiths worth getting into?

[@HughJNess-ly6er]

Ye

[@95mrgiorgio]

thank you! excellent as always

[@stevenhassall3165]

Just found you. Love it. I'm pretty new to guitar so don't understand stuff about arpeggios and a that jazz. Could you outline your lessons so I can decide on signing up. I finger pick a little, flat pick a little and know basic chords. Thanks Steve (UK)

[@richardschulz4405]

Arpeggio: 'broken chord' (Italian)

[@AngusMcToon]

Great lesson, thanks. I am enough of a Johnny Marr fan to own his signature Jaguar (which is great btw). Maybe we all have the "riff from hell" that just won't rest under our fingers? Mine is that figure from "What Difference Does It Make?" It's sorta simple enough, but after weeks and weeks and weeks I still can't keep it going for a full verse - let alone the whole tune - without screwing it up entirely. You may have heard my primal screams of "Damn you, Maaaaaaaarrrrrrrr!" echoing through space.

[@AngusMcToon]

Interesting. So you essentially hybrid pick it? I've just been alternate picking, but all plectrum. Anyway, like I said, it's one of my albatross riffs. JM is indeed one of those great players who doesn't show off but is constantly innovating - so many little nuances of time and cool chord voicings. George Harrison sort of comes to mind.

[@AngusMcToon]

Huh. I'll experiment. Thanks for the advice.

[@smileybear420]

Nice hotrail strat

[@adamzak1808]

what pickups is he using

[@gliddofglood]

Adam Zak I thought they were Seymour Duncan Hot Rails but maybe not. Google some pics and decide for yourself.

[@oppothumbs1]

Johnny is a great guitarist. These are his influences Marr's jangly guitar-playing was influenced by Neil Young's work with Crazy Horse George Harrison (with the Beatles - cause after the beatles he wasnt so good ha) and James Honeyman-Scott of the Pretenders.

[@blackout3843]

who the heck is JM

[@Ndlanding]

Probably good for beginners, but this idea of deifying Johnny Marr is just silly! He did the Smiths stuff fine, but like anyone else would have done playing john Denver songs in a bar.Again, nothing against the guy, and that guy with the daffodil is not a great singer either. So nothing to aspire to. Having said that, your lessons are great for relative beginners, something I never had when I was a lad, so thanks!

[@Bm23CC]

Johnny Marr approaches guitar as a producer thats why his stuff is so elaborate.