May 14, 2010
The Smiths – This Charming Man – How to play / guitar lesson
Firstly, this is just me trying to help you to learn this song. If want to tell me how wrong you think I am then you are not the person that this video is aimed at (and maybe you should do a lesson yourself to show everyone how it should be played!). I am still learning myself but wanted to do this as it may help someone else. I know that I struggled to learn this song. Hopefully this will help you learn how to play this fantastic song. I play it with standard tuning and no capo. If you want to play along with the original version you will need to tune your guitar down. If you want to play along with the Hatful of Hollow version you will need to play part 1 more than you would do on the original version. Don’t bother letting me know if you think I have made any mistakes. I am not professing to be a ‘teacher’, simply trying to help anybody who wants it. Enjoy.
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May 14, 2010
HopeyProductions :
makes u wonder how they figure out all this. :L
beverly75248 :
Can you teach us “A Way” by the Bolshoi plz…..:)
gitarrojoe :
the original tune is like 1/4 step down i think…reminds me of dimebag using it for pantera album
carlosmdiaz1 :
Thanks so much for posting this tutorial – you have a wonderful style of teaching please continue to post videos !
dermot51 :
think ill stick with”how soon is now” come back F# all is forgiven
BIGLIPLEROY :
the intro part you played sounds really wrong when u play the 12 fret note 3 times. actually sounds horrible
juanrules :
I have the same guitar, put some new Pups in it and repainted the body and headstock just for some extra eye candy. Seriously love this tutorial! thanks!
IngridBergmanLove :
Good Video I love this song!!
iamjohn89 :
nice lesson thanks for that mate but this charming man was actually done on a 1954 telecaster (even though theres a rickenbacker in the video)
amw294 :
Thanks. I must say that I prefer my Tele to play and get a decent Smiths sound from. I understand that This Charming Man was actually recorded on a Tele so that says something I guess.
MegaGARFISH :
I don’t much like the Jagmaster, but I DO like your easy going teaching style! I think all Marr fans have their own interpretations as you say. It’s NOT helped by the fact that Johnny used to ‘detune’, capo up etc, to fit Mozzer’s vocal range. I tend to leave one guitar tuned up a whole tone for all the stuff off the first Smiths album. Rickenbackers?? A Strat gives all the ‘jingle f***ing jangle’ (as HE called it in Guitarist) you need! Keep up the tutorials Adam.
eldeadbeat :
thanx man this helps alot keep up the good work
mellaphoric :
Wow! Thank you so much for posting this. This tune has baffled me in the past.
amw294 :
Neither. It is a Squire Jagmaster. Supposed to be a cross between a Jaguar and Jazzmaster. It is OK but tends to go out of tune quickly. Not as good as my Tele but it is fairly easy to play and I quite like the look of it.
NLaveryGB :
what guitar you using mate?
Jag or Jazz?
amw294 :
Lots!!! If you Google Smiths on Guitar (excellent web site/blog) then go to the right hand side you will find out.
TheTinkers91 :
what are the effects he is using?
lewys93 :
Excellent tutorial, It’s helping me thoroughly at the moment.
merlinmercer :
lovely guitar even if its not a rick
Hendrixknowsbest :
great vid helped out alot but one thing is i found it a little hard to see what strings you where playing but i suppose that must just b me
89cheapmonday :
i recommend anyone goin to uni- choose Salford because johnny marr himself could teach you this riff if he had any spare time hehe
he works in the music department
edwardiansnow :
Thanks, this is great. Really helped out
sweeneybass :
oh thank u!
JARABE63 :
Thanks a lot for your time!
MobiusBandwidth :
much appreciated!