“From The Beginning” by ELP ~ An "Uncle Tony's Quick Tutorial" Guitar Lesson by Tony Cultreri

Intro 2:15 Intro Play-Through 4:36 Verse & Chorus 5:05 Verse & Chorus Play-Through 10:27 Fast Acoustic Riff 11:52 How To Learn Fast Passages 12:43 Lead Guitar 17:19
Lead Guitar Play-Through 21:02 Moog Solo 22:02 Moog Solo Play-Through 30:03
Three Golden Rules 31:08
Here's An Uncle Tony's Quick Tutorial of how to play “From the Beginning” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, written by Greg Lake. This one is a bit long because I wanted to include the fast acoustic riff, a section on how to learn fast passages, and how to play both the lead guitar and moog solos. Feel free to skip around! Remember: you should strive to have almost no tension in your wrists and hands when you are playing, keeping the rhythm is more important than playing the "right" notes, and down / up picking is the key to the universe! Have fun! 😎🤘🍔🍟🎸
Intro 2:15 Intro Play-Through 4:36 Verse & Chorus 5:05 Verse & Chorus Play-Through 10:27 Fast Acoustic Riff 11:52 How To Learn Fast Passages 12:43 Lead Guitar 17:19
Lead Guitar Play-Through 21:02 Moog Solo 22:02 Moog Solo Play-Through 30:03
Three Golden Rules 31:08
Chords:
Intro: Em Am9 Dadd9 Dmb6add9 Dm9
Verse: Am9 Dadd4add9/A
C Cadd2/B Fadd9 G Dm7 :II
Chorus: Dm7 Dm6 Dm7 E7sus4b9
“From the Beginning” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer: • Emerson, Lake & Palmer...
0:00 Opening Remarks
2:15 Intro
4:36 Intro Play-Through
5:05 Verse & Chorus
10:27 Verse & Chorus Play-Through
11:52 Fast Acoustic Riff
12:43 How To Learn Fast Passages
17:19 Lead Guitar
21:02 Lead Guitar Play-Through
22:02 Moog Solo
30:03 Moog Solo Play-Through
31:08 Three Golden Rules

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

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[@OFLHLGZ28]

Excellent! Just a fabulous song. My all time favorite

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@8BRInteractive]

OK, this must be the *best* tutorial for this song.

[@davidfox657]

Best tutorial on You Tube.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you so much!

[@davidleinweber]

Very good lesson, clear and direct teaching. Also, it makes you really appreciate Greg Lake’s unbelievably creative songwriting and guitar playing.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you so much! Keep on playing!

[@alejandrocane5932]

Excellent

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@Franks_Fault]

I'm just getting to come to know Tony's efforts here and Wow!! Amazing! Great work sir! This is stellar and inspirational and easy to follow tutorials. I love it!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

So glad you liked it! Keep on playing!

[@raulmanzoratte8065]

Great lesson Tony! Thank you! Will try myself!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

I’m so glad you liked it! Keep on playing…

[@sj122s]

Excellent!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thanks! I’m truly so glad that you liked it! Most importantly, keep playing...

[@ssmedz4335]

Fabulous explanation. Thank you very much. I remember watching ELP live playing this tune. Still fantastic

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

I’m so glad that you enjoyed the tutorial! Keep on playing!

[@ssmedz4335]

Subscribed too. You have a great style of teaching

[@marcbergeron1617]

Love your teaching style Uncle Tony…. And Love this song. It’s my new project…thanks!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you so much! So gald you’re enjoying the lessons!

[@steveswan5714]

Thanks for a great tutorial Tony 👍 I have been trying to play guitar for well over 50 years 🥵 but only recently have i learned much by watching Gabriella Quavido and now you 😊 ELP where my idols in my teens, life is incredibly fast 🤯🙏

[@barrymills3156]

Excellent. Nicely taught.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

I’ so glad you liked it! Keep on playing!

[@user-zf9br9kr4s]

Hello Tony, there is also a beautiful acoustic solo From Greg Lake interview Q 104.3 part 2 in KZbin. Can you sometimes give a lessen in that? Like your Lessons ! Greetings

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

So glad you enjoyed the lesson! Keep on playing!

[@donventura34]

Great job!! Greetings from Swinging London ✨

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thanks! So glad you enjoyed it! Greetings to Blighty...

[@halblanchette2444]

Just found you this morning. Have played the basics for decades but have never been serious about the solo until now. Thank you so much. Having fun with this one. Subbed you too.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

[@stringmantony]

Mastro Antone, Excellent, excellent lesson. The best I’ve seen on the net. 👍👍👍

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you so much! I’m truly glad that you enjoyed it!

[@FANGSONFIRE999]

Awesome lesson from one of my favorite songs. Thank you.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you so much! I’m so happy that you enjoyed it. Keep on playing!

[@KootenayGuitar]

Great stuff Tony! I teach students how to learn fast parts the same way, really works.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you! I try to ‘sneak in some vegetables’ to each lesson...

[@MartinFabian]

Hi Tony, thanks a lot for taking time to record tutorials to some "rarer" songs :) Immense help.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

You’re welcome! So glad you liked it!

[@derweasel]

Wow! Well done! I'm very impressed with the clean flat picking -- not an easy feat to be sure. Another one of my favorites and thank you so much! SUBSCRIBED

[@sonicmandala3790]

so many interesting things between the lines. Thank you for sharing

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

So glad you liked it! Keep on playing!

[@hjmmjh4566]

Best lesson, great teaching!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you! So glad you liked it.

[@john_scofield_big_fan_chan5430]

👍👍👍

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@TOMTOM-zj5xj]

You are a very good teacher

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you so much! Keep on playin’!

[@randallhaney7909]

Thanks Uncle Tony, You are appreciated, Cool lesson, To the point, Succinct, Only a breakdown of here's chords, Here's how'um, Here's the song, Here's to play it, The rest is up to you ,, It don't get better than that

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you! I’m truly glad you enjoyed it! Please “Like” & “Subscribe” if you like & subscribe, but more importantly, keep on playing...

[@relicofgold]

Omg Tony! What a great explanation. You have it together man, many thanks for this and others! Under 2k subs? Unreal. Instant sub my man! Why aren't you MY uncle Tony?

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

So glad you liked it!

[@user-ir3ez8eb5b]

You are theeee Bomb Tony!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you! Keep on playing!

[@natcannady4743]

Nice job Uncle Tony! Thanks

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@angelsierra2135]

Thanks uncle Tony

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

You’re very welcome! Keep on playing!

[@danielfoisy2688]

Hi Tony, those are extremely well done tutorials and I thank you for it, only one thing, when Greg starts playing this one, he starts with the low E (not it's harmonic) and the harmonics of G B E. In contrary of the Yes song ''Roundabout'' where in the intro, They indeed start on the harmonic of the low E. I loved growing up with that music (1954 model here ;))

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

I’ve seen him play it live both ways, but you are correct that the opening note on the original record is an open low E, and not the harmonic. I added that to my notes, above. I was originally going to teach a live version of this, as I feel it’s a much better version, and on that he opens with the harmonic. I decided on the studio version because Keith's Moog solo is superb, and I wanted to teach that on the guitar. : )

[@thomasmorrismusic]

Thank you for showing us the parts that we were missing - I got to see them Live in San Diego Ca - in their prime - Thomas [ From Morris/Roberts Group -

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

I’m so glad you enjoyed the lesson! I saw so many great bands, but never ELP!

[@TheSingingDoctor325]

Hey Tony - Great lesson for the song but also for playing in general, many thanks!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

I’m so glad you liked it, Doc! Keep on playing!

[@DavoY2K]

You mentioned the advantage of KZbin. Yeah I remember learning songs by ear back in the day. Wearing out records from picking the needle up and replaying those parts over and over. Then later the cassette tape rewind button. Good luck rewinding an 8 track lol

[@outtathyme5679]

Hey Uncle T

[@Klaxet]

Nice tutorial! One suggestion - please position your camera a little higher, so it will provide better view of the guitar neck. Thank you.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

I’m glad you enjoyed the lesson! The fretboard seems perfectly viewable to me, but I’m always trying to improve. (I am on a desktop...) Perhaps I need to sit higher, so it will be more centered. Keep playing!

[@dirtjumpers96]

Great work. Thanks.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

So glad you liked it! Keep on playin’...

[@robmiller3464]

Tony great lesson. Is that a Guild D-50?

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you, I’m so happy that you enjoyed the lesson! My guitar was a 1990 Guild D-55. I recently traded it in because although it sounded incredible, it was always a very difficult guitar to play. Like a pair of shoes that never broke in. But I miss it...

[@snaggletooth14]

Your teaching is excellent and you remind me of the warden in The Shawshank Redemption.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you, and thank you? Keep on playing!

[@MrGtrzan007]

thank you !!!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

You are most welcome!

[@muzixman2011]

great stuff, especially the Keith's keyboard parts, what is the electric guitar you use in this video?

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thanks, I’m so glad you enjoyed it! ~ That’s my D’Agostino guitar. Pat D’Agostino was a builder with the Gibson Custom Shop in the 70’s. He made 5 of these by hand. The company was then sold and re-sold to overseas concerns several times, each owner making worse guitars than the previous. A few years later, it died. You can find terrible versions around; this is not one. This guitar weighs roughly as much as a Prius. It is currently in its case, replaced by a much, much lighter PRS McCarty 594 Thinline that I love.

[@muzixman2011]

@@UncleTonyGuitar your D'Agostino guitar is very beautiful, maybe it is heavy because it is quite thick do you know what guitar and effect did Greg Lake use to play the solo on this song? it sounds gorgeous

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

@@muzixman2011 Yes, my guitar is very thick and solid. Unreal sustain. ~ I do not know what guitar Greg Lake used on the record. Live, he used a top of the line Martin D-45 or similar. ~ Keep playin’!

[@sabyx5]

Than k you! Been playing it all wrong ..😅 . Subscribed!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

As long as you’re playing, it’s all right... Have fun!

[@septictopix4797]

The first note is not a harmonic. It's just an open E. You're thinking of roundabout :)

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed the tutorial. The first note is addressed in the tutorial notes above. Keep on playing!

[@alessiolaplaca7326]

Nice video ! could you tell me the precise model of your guitar? she is wonderful!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you for your kind words! It was a 1993 Guild D-55 USA. Nothing sounded quite like it, but it was a bear to play I just traded it in for a Martin.HD28 Which is much easier to play, especially as I get older. Keep on playing!

[@alessiolaplaca7326]

@@UncleTonyGuitar Your choice was certainly great! Never tried a d28 but I imagine it's a dream guitar🤤. A more comfortable guitar to play is always useful for a young man like you😉

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

@@alessiolaplaca7326 it is a wonderful, dream instrument, and priced accordingly… 😂

[@mvp019]

What year is your D55? They are such great-looking guitars that fly under the radar compared to Martin or Taylor.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

This was my 1993 Guild D 55. I traded it in for a Taylor 417e-R Natural because, although the Guild sounded and recorded beautifully, it was becoming just too much for me to play. It’s a very stiff, unyielding instrument. But quite frankly, the Taylor didn’t even come close to comparing. Yesterday, I traded the Taylor in for a Martin HD28E. Now we’re talking! I just could not live with that Taylor. Although it was beautifully made, I would not even put it in the same league as the Guild or the Martin. Now, all I have to do is pay for it…. 🙂

[@mvp019]

@@UncleTonyGuitar I have a 1979 D55 (Waverly, RI)...and every time I think about selling it, I just can't quite pull the trigger. The units from that era were heavy - I think you could toss that thing down the stairs and just check that it's in tune and go to the gig! Just found your channel and you have an excellent manner of teaching. From one paisan to another!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

If you really wanna hear my D55 check out a video of mine called “Another Winter”. And that was just plugged straight into the board! I thank you so much for the compliment, Paisan!

[@mvp019]

@@UncleTonyGuitar Just watched - only 1 question - who's that young guy playing your D55? ;) Fantastic playing!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

That young guy used to be me, somehow I got old and fat. Thank you so much for the compliments!

[@jakeblakeman447]

What make model is your electric guitar please Tony Steve Chester

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

My guitar is a 1977 hand made D’Agostino, essentially a double cutaway Les Paul, made by Pat D’Agostino, who had recently defected from Gibson Custom Shop. As far as we know he made five of these. This guitar was made for me. It sounds incredible and has enormous sustain, but it weighs as much as a Prius. He sold the company to Italian makers, who then sold it to Korean makers. You can find guitars that look like it online, but they are not the same. Hope you enjoyed the lesson!

[@jakeblakeman447]

It's a beautiful looking and sounding guitar, thanks for taking the time to respond and for the great tutorial, always loved that song@@UncleTonyGuitar

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

@@jakeblakeman447 I’m so glad you enjoyed the tutorial!

[@lossdomingoss699]

You were good kid, real good . but so long as i'm around you'll always be second best see.😅😅. Seriously , great teachings. Many thanks

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

... I might as well learn to live with it... Glad you liked it!

[@alejandrocane5932]

And those pancakes aren’t too shabby either.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Gotta have ‘em!

[@LuisFlores-ok5rs]

Excellent!

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

I’m so happy that you enjoyed it! Keep on playing!