Tumbling Dice in Standard Tuning - Rolling Stones Guitar Lesson

Rolling Stones / Keith Richards classic from Exile on Main Street. Gibson Les Paul Melody Maker, Lollar P90, Yamaha THR5.

[@greg7656]

That guitar is absolutely beautiful.

[@condocows7635]

I actually learned this first from Andy of Pro Guitar Shop which was great. But I also find your standard tuning very handy and quite close to the original. Saves a lot of time tuning to open strings for a song. Thanks for the lesson.

[@drutgat2]

Great stuff. You are one of the best guitar instructors on KZbin. Many thanks for posting this.

[@wbh2767]

Just what I needed for my Stone's Fix Thamks!!

[@edwardevans652]

THANK YOU for the excellent lesson. LOVE the TV Yellow Les Paul Junior Melody Maker! I also have one in Heritage Cherry. Light, comfortable neck and with some dirty distortion and a great amp, she is a Rock machine! Let’s make a pact to never sell ours. They will be collector's item soon.

[@abejacgot]

Spot on, I don't want to re-tune, or switch guitars. Thanks

[@MrJasdog107]

Excellent lesson on how to play a classic Stones riff .

[@MA-vr8gp]

Very cool and thank you very much for this great lesson!

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

Brother, I wold not criticize you on anything you do as a lesson. I find your lessons EXTREMELY helpful and educational. I'm very impressed with your guitr ability and knowledge. Just put it out and im with Yah! Thanks!

[@Hoodrio]

Thanks for the kind feedback!

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

@@Hoodrio Your very welcome!

[@outtamilk]

Just what I was looking for - thank you so much!

[@richard21995]

Great tutorial thanks, many guitarists want to play it in standard tuning.

[@tubularbill]

Excellent lesson. Thank you!

[@afrikanbootyscratcher8818]

Excellent lesson, beautiful guitar. 10/10

[@benrait6764]

Thanks Hoo (can I call you Hoo?). Great lesson and just what I was looking for. I have a very low vocal range and need to do this without the capo (in G) but this lesson still works perfectly.

[@michaelhikes2008]

Excellent instruction!

[@FraskGoska]

This is perfect. I can't change guitars at gigs. No problem sir!

[@gcf7175]

Great lesson. Sweet Jr. Thanks.

[@robertvanhousen1015]

Thanks again for the lesson! Thanks for the tip on the open g version as well!

[@tpitman]

Great lesson. Thanks for showing.

[@tlb2732]

Thanks for the video. I love open G and really all alternate tunings. But I wouldn't interupt the flow of a set by tuning between songs. If I thought it was that important to the song, I'd have another guitar waiting tuned to open G. But I havn't found it to be a problem playing such songs in standard tuning. My main reason is that my guitar has a tremolo bar. Alternate tunings mid-set are out of the question. Being the guitarist in a three piece cover band where all members sing lead and/or harmony on most every song, I've learned to be quite creative in arranging song parts to capture the essence of songs by bands with multiple guitarists. I play a number of songs by different bands in standard tuning that were originally recorded and are usually performed in open G or in drop D by those bands. Recording in the studio or the bedroom is much different than playing live for an audience. You learn to adapt and do what's necessary to keep the show's momentum building. You don't stop everything and leave an enthusiastic audience waiting just to be able to say you played it exactly like Keith.

[@JasonB5232]

Thank you! Lazy, don't want to take 2 guitars, all of the above.

[@lengross4126]

You are the best. If you can make a slug like me able to play this classic your a miracle worker. Thanks!

[@Hoodrio]

Thanks for the great feedback, Len!

[@jdhill7369]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@Havanacuba1985]

Dude that was totally awesome thanks, could use a standard version for playing on my charvel with a Floyd ,thank you

[@vKarl71]

Excellent lesson, Thanks! You might zoom in a bit, though your detailed verbal explanations are almost enough by themselves, which is great for visually impaired people (who are ignored by most teachers on youtub)

[@qjarman7753]

Great lesson man

[@naturepark4684]

Great tutorial

[@georom]

Outstanding

[@joseph-ow1hf]

Love your stuff brother. Learn a lot from you. Not a huge Gibson fan, but I like that MM.

[@Hoodrio]

Thanks, Joseph. If you've seen my other stuff you know I'm a Fender man as well - cheers!

[@joseph-ow1hf]

I've recently become smitten by PRS. They seem to make Hummers that have some spank and real clarity (and can be coil split) Plus they make a headstock that gives a straight string pull and has a fairly shallow tilt back. The S2 is USA made but reasonably priced. Current guitars are US 57 Strat reissue and an original stock (other than ton of fret finishing) Squire 51. (I love this guitar, best $150 spent ever) and a Washburn acoustic. I'm so glad you take time to take these dives into music by Keith, Fogerty, Petty etc. I grew up as a bit of musical snob, it was all prog & jazz.......ya know.....players! but maybe, because I'm a crappy guitar player, I started to look at simpler songs. But now I love it. And found the more modern day interpretations of what you could call, I dunno 'roots' rock? Bands like the White Stripes, Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, etc. Sorry to ramble......

[@hawmouse]

Great stuff! A finer breakdown of the 'rolling the tumbling dice' riff on 4, 5 and 6 would help. Really got the Keith Richards sound.Keep rocking!

[@keithconner9036]

Great. Very handy. Tell the people to put the pitchforks down

[@marycupano6422]

NICE!!!

[@scootmcgoot570]

Nice axe bro. Tone sounds great too

[@jamesortiz5388]

Fun song!

[@edpetrik4304]

Hey my man .... tanx ! 😎🎸

[@mikeduckworth1413]

You make a good point..Sometimes ..as in my case...having a guitar available in open G doesn't work well..especially playing live..

[@mikeduckworth1413]

and It's not lazy..sometimes it just works better for live playing

[@MarkSD]

Tuning, a necessary pain in the ass. Probably why I never bothered learning anything open tuning. Here's a song title "closed mind on open tuning." (Not a big fan of the capo either). Yeah, call me lazy, but that's why I dig the lesson.

[@jon.wilson]

Mark SD open tunings really open up a whole new world of music, pardon the pun. But if you can learn how to play open tuning songs in standard tuning, then good on you.

[@MarkSD]

You are so right and I so admire players who play in different tuning or those who can recognize and play any mode at the drop of a hat. There's so much to learn with standard tuning plus theory, sometimes it's overwhelming. I wonder how's my brain gonna remember all of this. If I start messing with open tuning play my brain will explode.

[@jon.wilson]

Mark SD absolutely. I barely know any music theory myself and it makes me feel a little bit better to know that a lot of great guitarists don't know much music theory either haha. I'm just a bedroom guitarist playing my favorite songs, I don't ever plan on becoming a famous musician.

[@2gazbo]

Great lesson - can you do it without the reverb?

[@philfrank9226]

I play it the same way without a capo.

[@raybassman7536]

Hey Hoodrio, your Melody maker is even more Baddass than your Keith Tele.

[@Hoodrio]

Thanks, Ray!

[@teleguy5699]

What year is that Melody Maker?

[@Hoodrio]

See my review here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4aXaqiCmKpopsUsi=YO93RZr0iP8yB9G5

[@teleguy5699]

@@Hoodrio Thanks!

[@dwaneyocum1718]

My father taught me to never retune my guitar to fit a particular song... he wouldn't even use a capo, and today, neither do I.