How to play "Cannonball Rag" - Comping and Melody (Part 2) 

:D Hi, I’m Creepy Anna! (Hi, I’m Rick Beato)

​@@BarabykHoly cow! I read "creppy anal".

Agree! That applies to covering any tune. Once it’s done, there’s no magic behind it. To me having own take or being able to improvise over given tune/progression does way more to ones musicianship than just learning the tune.

I totally disagree...Chet Atkins wanted everyone to play his music...he even gave lessons on how to play his style.We are merely carrying on his legacy...the magic is in his music...that will never be able to be repeated. The little inflections he put in, whenever he played Cannonball Rag, because he never played it the same every time.....this is Mattius’s version of it...watchYou- tube, there are 100’s of peoples versions of this song. Tom Bresch even plays it differently to his father...in brief...the magic will always be there

At 27:44 I show the intro lick, there's also separate video on it - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qMRaUv2aSCM.html

Ah ok, thank you. I figured it out just now. I expanded it a little because it sounds so cool. I saw Marcel Dadi do this on Jerry Reed's " Kicky" " tune 20 yrs ago and could never quite get it. Thank you so much.

Appreciate the comment, and understand your concern, but nope. Vast majority of my audience expects to have things broken down slowly. It's based on feedback and the way I've been teaching and doing clinics in the past, also 20 years of doing one-to-one instruction. Bear in mind, that once you're advanced player, you're expected to be able to figure out these things by ear, not watch the videos. If you find it painful to watch, get your favorite version, slow it down and get your own pace of learning. I pretty much don't watch guitar tutorials for the same reason you mention. You never get 'just right' pace, as most of the tutorials are made with certain middle ground in mind. Sometimes they focus on too many basic things. You can also skip 10 seconds forward if you wish. 'L' on your computer keyboard. Have a good one!

@@Barabyk Hey..It`s all good you are doing a fine job...I just wanted to give you my perspective so you can improve and enhance your future videos.

​@@Barabyk Great answer, I appreciate and prefer your dedication and patience.

Car Guy It would be absolutely great to do so, the only problem is E note in the melody. I have big fingers, and putting my pinky to form G chord for alternating bass note would choke dead open E string, but once you’ve got comfortable way of doing it, it’s always good to have alternating bass note.

I see your point, also tried the ring finger covering both D and G strings, tricky but I'll get it! Thanks for all these lessons man, so many people teach this incorrectly. You've singlehandedly made me a much better player!