Curtis Mayfield Lesson - 5 Essential Soul Guitar Techniques You Must Know

In this lesson you will learn some of the techniques that made Curtis Mayfield one of the most influential soul guitarists of all time.

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[scorpiochris]

Curtis was so underrated as a guitarist no plectrum used just that beautiful sound of his telecaster

[ainsleystones]

I've been a qualified guitar teacher for many, many years and always recommend this channel for anything funky and soul-based. I don't do recommendations lightly, but they're well deserved. Keep up the great work.

[ushnicyuvnikof]

The Telecaster is they most underrated soul / r&b / neo soul guitar EVER!

[Tune-O-matic]

Thanks for keeping Curtis alive !..He might be unknown to many now, but he was a huge influence back in the day...

[danh]

The first lick alone is enough to make this a great lesson. Great stuff, wonderful sound, thanx.

[FlamesAtft]

Love me some Curtis Mayfield!!...his music literally saved my life & guided me into the joys of being a Musician! So, .. I sing & play just like him! He was influential on my song writing style of that kind of R & B...Very cool of you to have illustrated just how he “Played” his ‘Strats & Telecasters!..not too many have recognized his contributions to Guitar Playing & Singing! ..in the Performing Arts...a style unmistakably him❗️👍🏾✨🎶🎸🥂🍾🤘🏾👨🏾A+!

[alfrazier]

I saw Curtis Mayfield in 1990, he was performing in central park NYC. He was phenomenal. You definitely got the Curtis Mayfield licks down packed. I think I'll listen to some curtis mayfiled right now. I love R&B, Rap, Rock music. I also love Soul Music, the kinda guy like Curtis Mayfield would play.

[berkstar]

This is the "Secret Sauce" to any guitar playing. Great stuff and thanks for the lesson.

[jimmy]

In case you didn’t notice, a lot of what Jimi Hendrix did was rooted in the style created by Curtis Mayfield.
Jimi didn’t invent this stuff, Mayfield did.
John Frusciante and John Mayer copy this stuff all the time.
What is extremely upsetting to me is Mayfield never gets the credit he deserves.
Thank you for bringing awareness to this!

[Flockx]

One of my favorite artists of all time thank you i needed this

[stanleyshack]

Curtis Mayfield's Awesome, Awesome!

[beyhancagritrock]

Thanks Rick. You're the only out there who can make this cool funk so easy to learn!

[walterredaelli]

(poor ) blues player here. Kudos! great feel and great lesson .. thanks
.

[hollymartens]

My 3 kings are Curtis, Pops, and Cropper.

[kelvendyson]

That live album you speak of is Curtis Mayfield live at the Bitter End in 1972!! Which is a fantastic live album!! I have it on vinyl! That interlude is from the performance of "We've only just Begun!! Cheers mate!!

[emrysbaird]

Great Lesson Rick ! I saw Curtis Live in London 1989

[markmcmyn]

This is what we need! I get so many musical ideas just listening to this!

[JoeSax]

Great video. You are an excellent teacher!

[michaelb.]

Love the thumb strum. So much tone potential there. Great lesson!

[dougshankle]

This is a really good lesson! Thank you for sharing.