"Wild Horses" Solo and Fills - Rolling Stones Guitar Lesson

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Covers Keith Richards' solo and lead fills and the chord progression. US Tele with Lollar Special T into Yamaha THR5 on "Crunch" (Vox AC-30) setting with Hall Reverb. The Silverface Champ is not being used as a cabinet.

[@hockleyrambler]

Great lesson,thanks for giving Keith his due on this song.I find a lot Mick Taylor fans think all Richards ever did was stand around and smoke cigarettes.

[@markbarrow220]

Concise and to the point. Thank you, thank you,, thank you. You Bring nothing but happiness to the world by sharing your knowledge. Rock n roll will never die.

[@Hoodrio]

Thanks, Mark - your kind comments made my day! Please check out some of my other Rolling Stones lessons. There is a whole playlist and much more.

[@shjhdhah]

yes!!!! the fills that actually signature the Stones songs....great lessons.....this is also a historical lesson....keep them coming!

[@mclaren3028]

Great lesson and with great your explanations on what Keith was thinking when composing his licks.....You are not giving a man a fish you are indeed teaching him to fish (or something like that)! Thanks very much.

[@Hoodrio]

Thanks for the great feedback, much appreciated!

[@KTMBB71]

Thanks for sharing your talent with all who love Keith's sound. Thank you VERY much.

[@therealmrbean2874]

Thank you so much. One of my top 10 songs and as a novice plucker, this is enlightening and unravels some of the secret sauce 👍🏼

[@johnoconnor316]

Great, great lesson. Loved the way you tied the notes being played to the chord progression. Really helps me understand the solo more. Thanks again.

[@davidtyler3116]

I love your lessons as they say why we do what we do! Fantastic!

[@bruces819]

So gratefull for the knowledge and wisdom you share ... not only what they play ... but WHY it works ... makes this a lesson, not gold ... but platinum with diamonds 💎💎💎 😊👍🐎

[@jessicanussey6905]

Thanks for a great lesson. Nice playing. You conveyed the material really well. I don't know much about music theory so I really appreciated how the solo fits in with the chords.

[@mrbyrne2406]

Excellent lesson, excellent teaching. You have a great natural delivery, it's very clear, relaxed and just as importantly informative.

[@bddmhopp5]

Fantastic job, Thanks! I've been playing guitar since 1982, and just recently have learned, from you thanks, the tricks to the sliding 6ths, the double stops, and how simple the chord parts over the cords are so cool. I'm into the band Blackberry Smoke right now and Charlie Starr certainly employs these tricks for his killer solos as well.

[@Karnak2240]

thanks for ALL your excellent lessons

[@noblezada]

thank you for teaching these licks with the theory infused into the explanation. And your references to other lessons and Keith's style. I just got into the Stones this year, and I'm learning so much.

[@JamesShelton59]

You are an exceptionally gifted teacher! Thank you for sharing!

[@ogawasan5581]

One of the best lessons i've had , learned so much from this , thank you so much !

[@minihorserock]

Thank you so much for the excellent lesson!!! Very helpful!

[@omarrodrigues1027]

Thank you for this lesson, greetings from Curitiba 🇧🇷👍🤘💯

[@MarcColbeckCCP]

Lovin' it! As always - from Adelaide, Australia. Thanks for all the work.

[@sentforth5]

Awesome instruction, and I thank you...I have to crash-course this one for my band...the theory is especially helpful! CHEERS

[@fabriziovigni]

Great video! Thanks for the lesson!

[@guitarman430]

Thanks for the tip on the F9 chord! Sounds great!

[@joerye6271]

Maybe the best lesson I’ve seen so far. Thanks so much from a huge Stones fan.

[@robertcatrini5127]

Great lesson. Thank you

[@jessicanussey6610]

Thanks a lot Great examples and instruction

[@chuckcaldwell474]

Great lesson man, THANKS. Been trying to figure out some of the fills , this helps tremendously !

[@guitarman430]

I’ve listened to this song numerous times. I believe Keith switched between the bridge and neck pickup during some of these lead fills!

[@harm9249]

I think so too!

[@dalewny6309]

Excellent lesson. Thanks much!

[@harrygorter6053]

Thanks so much for the great lesson !

[@irwanmlk3878]

Amazing tutorial real Ron Wood and Keith richard

[@pduncan742]

wow what a lesson!! and I got it 2.. thank you

[@keitheubanks5678]

This was a terrific lesson. Thank you! I learned the rhythm open G version of this song and play it all the time. Naturally, I became envious of some of those beautiful licks. I figured a few out for myself, but this lesson really gives me exactly what I need. Now I can throw a few of those in when I'm playing, but I can just play along with Keith's solo. Thanks again - I just subscribed.

[@hydegent]

Awesome tutorial many thanks

[@OliviaZalevsky]

You are a remarkable instructor!

[@peacefrog1916]

Great lesson dude, very insightful.

[@larryheller6963]

Love the way you explain WHY the licks are as they are using the chords they are playing over! Now if only I could find some tab that shows it that way so I don't have to memorize all this! ;-)

[@79HAYES]

EXCELLENT SIR!!! MY NAME IS RICHIE,NICE TO MEET YOU HERE, BEEN PLAYING THIS FOR DECADES.... THOUGHT I WAS....THIS REALLY BROKE IT DOWN IN MANNER I FOLLOW,IM AN AVID STONES FAN & PLAY GUITAR IN BAND, ANYHOW THX AGAIN,IM GONNA GO NAIL THIS, RICHIE

[@Hoodrio]

@@79HAYES Thanks, Richie - please check out my Rolling Stones lesson playlist for lots more of the same.

[@79HAYES]

@@Hoodrio will Do!.... you got a ALOT of solid tunes here,next I'm gonna get Cortez The Killer....band does that and many N.Young tunes, actually just saw Crazy Got then The Stones here in Atlanta of summer,we do Tumbling Dice, lots of Exile tracks, I'm still trying to master open G.... I love open E too.... be cool and thx again! Richie

[@Hoodrio]

@@79HAYES sounds like you and your band have excellent taste. Enjoy, and thanks again!

[@kammhron]

Very cool lesson. Thanx.

[@parkestanley2436]

Great and thanks!!!!

[@jeffanderson8384]

Good stuff! Great lesson.

[@jamesmagana315]

Nice fill in always wanted to learn this stuff. No dead spots

[@richardchampagne2864]

Dear lord my friend I just found this brilliant you are a master teacher and most brilliant guitarist I have ever heard are found online I love that part when you said you don’t hear that note that everybody plays it might be your hearing that was so kool, that note isn’t there😂 I think the recording got that ghost note ego in there, my friend I hope you are doing fine, and I think you for this lesson with all of my heart and soul 🎉

[@Hoodrio]

Thanks for the kind feedback, Richard! Check out my Rolling Stones guitar lesson playlist for more.

[@jeremyplatts1955]

I have been watching several of your videos and would like to add my voice to all the others congratulating you here. I bought Sticky Fingers album the day it was released and have always liked this track. You get a great tone and balance the lesson with useful bits of theory. Similar to a lot of Mick Taylor's work with the Stones, this is a great example of restraint, sampling chord fragments to build a meaningful solo.

[@enozajic407]

thanks a lot... great lesson.

[@1978Sundown]

Excellent video - espcially since Hoodrio shares some nice insights into playing leads in general over different chords -

[@bomemquasetudo]

Great lesson!! Just subscribed to your channel

[@guitarman430]

Some of the best guitar playing in Stones history was on albums with Mick Taylor! I believe Mick elevated Keith’s playing!

[@ThePduncan742]

Fuck milky blues, I dig how you explain as you go. It helps grasp the point you're making. Thanks for sharing such a gorgeous classic..

[@MrWilkat1]

Good job explaining everything. IMHO: I do hear that E note pull-off in the solo but it is very faint. Also, on the intro I'm hearing those dyads sliding in so that it ends on the G/B dyad with just one final stroke and then sustains.

[@SteveGunns]

He actually plays that little pull-off from the 12th to the 8th fret before the C Minor Pentatonic lick in the solo

[@slaterslater5944]

Super lesson One tiny criticism on the sound, I don't know if it's my ears or some KZbin artefact, but it sounds like there's some weird (dynamic) compression going on with far too slow attack and release on it.. Could be the camera mic overloading? Makes it a little unpleasant to listen to. But again great lesson, really good to get this level of analysis.

[@heinzhelbling]

great! Thank you! I hear in the intro solo the 2 tones from the G chord dropping down to the A minor chord - but dropping down a little later, playing just the last tone of the A minor chord tones. Maybe I heard a different version...am I right or wrong? Best wishes from Bavaria in Germany!

[@musicmatty67]

Bravo bigdaddy !

[@54macdog]

Thanks for another great lesson. I know you're happy with the Yamaha from your comments over at TDPRI, but you might want to say a bit more about it when you next use it in a video. Cheers!

[@bungy007]

Great demo. So I guess if we are playing the progression in Open G we have to try and transcribe

[@effzee]

btw, nice promo for the Yamaha THR5, sounds awesome :)

[@dixon9]

Thank you for such an interesting lesson - with a little goldmine of information. One interesting comment you made though has slightly given me pause for thought: You said Keith was in open tuning. I knew that the chordal progression was played in open G BUT are you saying that the leads/solo/fills were also played on an open G tuned guitar - not standard tuning as you are playing here?

[@Hoodrio]

Paul Tillett That was when I was talking about the chord progression. I said that Keith is playing an ADDITIONAL acoustic track on a 12 string in open tuning. The leads are played in standard tuning as a show here. Thanks for your comments!

[@dixon9]

@@Hoodrio I suspected as much. Thanks for such a swift reply.

[@fenno1979]

Intro is at 10:40 bookmarking it for myself later

[@effzee]

great stuff, thanks! You know what'd be a cool song for you to do? Allison from Elvis Costello. Or Watching the Detectives! Hell, almost any song from My Aim is True :-)))))

[@telesntubes8229]

Great lesson. Did Keef play the solo and fills on the record or Ronny? Most live vids of the Stones its Ronny playing these parts. Just curious.

[@Hoodrio]

Thanks. On the record, Keith played the leads. Ron Wood was not a member of the Rolling Stones until about four years later.

[@tbone2451]

great lesson ,i not getting the fingering at 9:08

[@Hoodrio]

MrThomasv Barre first 2 strings at 10th fret with index finger and play 11th fret of 3rd string with middle finger. It's a D major triad.

[@tbone2451]

thanx

[@ScruffyNerf_Herder]

Hey I got that baby amp.

[@TheBaconWizard]

What is that pickup at the neck??

[@Hoodrio]

Duncan SM-1 Mini Hum, best neck pup I've found for Teles.

[@TheBaconWizard]

Thanks :)

[@andrewwoodcock280]

This is almost certainly Mick Taylor's solo, not Keith's

[@Hoodrio]

WRONG. Quote from Mick Taylor himself: "What about “Wild Horses”? On “Wild Horses” I played acoustic guitar in what they call a Nashville tuning, which is tuned in exactly the same way, but you use all 1st and 2nd strings [high E and B strings], and you tune them in octaves [i.e., you tune them up an octave]. So you’re really playing in the same tuning - it’s kind of like playing a 12-string guitar without the other six strings. That’s the best way to describe it. This was on one of Keith’s Gibson acoustic guitars. Who plays the electric solo? On “Wild Horses”? Keith."

[@jsmoker10]

Wrong!

[@jsmoker10]

I know this is 7 years late, but I was wondering if you could tell me how you getting that beautiful twangy tone. I have a MIM 50’s style Tele….is that the neck pick up, and just a lot of reverb with a driven amp? Obviously lot of the tone is in your fingers, but if you happen to see this, and can give me quick “amp/guitar/pedal setting” I would so appreciate it. I haven’t played my Tele in years, but when I get home from work I’m gonna bust it out and try this solo and fills. Btw, you are an excellent, excellent teacher, and I would know, I’m a History teacher😃