Rocket Man (Lesson) – Elton John
Video Title: Rocket Man (Lesson) – Elton John
Hey y’all hey uh how about another uh elton john tune i think there is a guitar in this uh buried deep in there you can hear it at certain parts especially during the chorus but uh how about a guitar part for the whole all the way through it
Uh this is just my own arrangement i don’t know what the guy’s doing uh on the recording but this will get you through a campfire session um it’s in g minor so i’m uh k put it at three and gonna do it with e minor shape so excuse me i’m gonna call them
What they look like from the capo so that’s a g minor but i’m gonna call this e minor so it starts with e minor seven e minor with your b string at the third Fret All right so you go from a Spend that b string up on the egg Now that little the cord in between up to the c that’s an important little part of it because if you listen on what he’s doing on the piano he does sort of climb up that so it’s a D minor seven to a so that’s just the a string second fret i’m gonna Right right right there you want your high e and the third fret up So let’s see which is just a g but you you’re concentrating on walking down the a string on that so to a minor so c g but only without doing the low part so that’s an a minor seven right but with the way when you do an a minor seven and you
Do it like that take the g string open so you have a g note in there you want to walk it down for the low g note too so c g a minor a minor 7 on that low g this last one that’s a d right but hitting the low
F sharp note and the high e i like that open for that core so you get this effect of as opposed to as opposed to a full d i like it with a high e open and listen to the strum because you do get some triplets in there Same thing important to keep that high e at three on these chords um with that high e3 That’s that same thing on that one you can go that’s here You can hear that on the the little acoustic part that’s your that’s basically a df d shape moved up here g except you want to the d and g strings are open b is up here at 11 behind that twelfth fret marker and then ten on the other [Applause] suspend the high e string when it comes out of this goes into the next verse but after that I’m hearing it not as a this kind of scene but where you got the b string covered at three mars ain’t the kind of place to really so when you go from that and then you start into the next verse that e at the third fret stays Honest Uh i think that’s the whole thing that just goes out on on those outro chords some that sounds like the c’s it sounds like the b and e on both of those c and g chords for the outro part it sounds like that it’s a good one to work on the sort of
Uh feel of the strumming because it is a kind of a in fact the intro part As he goes through that first verse it’s it’s not exactly free time but but he’s uh he’s a little bit loose with It So that you know what i just played through that little bit there that’s not like up down up down you can see there’s you’re accenting certain spots and and accenting certain strings on certain spots you know give it a little flourish when you get to [Applause]
Where you want to hit the high strings yeah so there’s some stuff going on there [Applause] give it your own feel walk through it a few times and put some personality into it so it’s not it doesn’t doesn’t sound like you’re sitting around a campfire like you would expect
With you know michael row your bow to shore type stuff so get a feel for it good luck
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Another valuable contribution…… thanks again james!
Great lesson. You are inspiring the way you can get the guitar to capture the essence of the song.
Like the way you transposed that song, Thankyou , watching you from Sydney Australia
James. I miss you brother.
You are a fantastic at arranging and nailing the chords and nuances of songs .Thank you for sharing your gifts.
once again I find myself here. its a good place to be. got my martin d-41 out, wheres yours?
Old enough to remember, seeing Elton John in concert for the madman across the water album and honky Château you brought back some great memories there and you did it justice. Thank you.
You are the absolute best on YouTube. Thank you! Been watching since privettricker 10 years ago.
Another great video. Your chords are bang-on!
Missin’ me some James James.
Thank you so much. Your time and effort is greatly appreciated.
miss you, you mofo
Excellent review, a real guitar pro 👏 👍
Love it
Brilliant! Thanks for this. I was struggling with the voicings of this song. I was detuning my guitar down a whole tone (two frets) and playing it in Am
Bravo! And thank you good sir!
I hit subscribe and I love your shirt.
Come back, dude. We miss you!
Thank you – this is a brilliant channel. I pass all the million-subscriber lessons/demos because they are often wrong. You are always spot on.
Thanks JAMES!
Brilliant work ⚘
Thank for showing about the songs chords and thank for teaching how to play the different songs you are a gennious and dont stop to do it god blees you
Your extraordinaire ability on arrangements of the songs that you perform and your enviable technique on the guitar make the sound very close to the original records, even when they are played on the piano. You are a very good and efficient teacher, as well. I've learned how to play many beautiful songs from you. I'm really grateful to you. Thanks a lot, James
Nice arrangment. Best I've heard.
Awesome tutorial man, thank you!
Beautiful!
bloody terrific tuition JJ ,fantastic result .All those clear simple tips wow thx man, been listening to that since i was 18 ,now 63 and can play and sing it
Having hard time with the triplets. 58 , used to be simple , not any more ! Your an awesome teacher. Keep it up and hope to get to meet you someday! I certainly owe you !
This is very good. Thank you!
Sorry if this sounds like criticism James, I love your lessons but on this if you play the fist chord Em7 with one finger on the A string and a one up stroke it gives a much better opening sound, have a try
What GREAT lesson!!! Thank YOU!!!
Thanks James, you nailed it
Your lessons are great, your guitars leave me envious , and your narrative is unique. Nice job all round really.
GREAT arrangement! Thanks JJ.
Love it. Also uncanny how Elton’s chord progressions are so similar to a lot of Oasis tunes. I know you have often said that your right hand technique is just natural, but the double time strumming really adds to the feel. If you have any hints on that Townsend-Esque strum I’d be super interested.
Nice arrangement, lots a 5ths and inversions- Elton is a man of inversions!
Tks James just always wanted to work this out.
hey James , thanks for your kool guitar lesson on one of my E.J fav. songs, your Da Man! Are you the Washington Capitals fan? just curious.
Thanks, great share, and lovely to see it transposed to the guitar.
This was so great! Thanks so much for teaching this one!!!
👆🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Blimey – you can play
Damn that guitar sounds really good & your strum patterns seem right on. Thx for sharing the talent.
Nice job JJ
I must say Lessons by Rush was very well done also. Yes James a free plug from me. lol