🎸 'House of the Rising Sun' guitar lesson w/ chords & tabs (The Animals)

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Hey everyone – in this video I'll teach you how to play House of the Rising Sun! I'll walk you through the chord shapes, progressions, strumming, and show a few tricks for capturing The Animals guitar sound (raked strumming, arpeggiated picking, etc). Enjoy!

0:00 Introduction
2:02 Chords
4:56 Chord progression
5:37 Strumming patterns
6:57 Verse Playthrough
7:41 "Easy" arpeggio / picked style
9:57 "Raked" picking motion (trickier to play smoothly)

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[lazy_amanda]

I am a simple human being,
I see an F chord.. I cry!

[charlesgonterman]

Hey!!! I’m 84 years old and I love playing this song. Thanks for your great instructions. I bought a new Zager acoustic guitar and it sounds great on it.

[DoctorBright]

Im an 18 year old with 0 rythem, but always wanted to learn the guitar. Im sitting with a pen and paper writing down the cords to practice during quarantine

[strikingtiger-filipinomart]

I don't teach guitar but instead I teach martial arts. I'd have to say from teacher to teacher, you are one heck of a great teacher! You break things down better than I've seen from any guitar teacher! Thanks so much for sharing!

[DavidS]

I have to say, you do the BEST teaching on YouTube...I commented a while back that I put the guitar down 30 years ago. I had to raise the 2 guys and really didn't have time anymore, so you can say that I am a few years older than you. I went out about 7 months ago and coughed up 800.00 for a good guitar, you have me going again, the only problem is my motor skills have slowed down tremendously. Thanks for getting me back...great job!!

[lelaarneson]

I am 75 and an accomplished pianist but am learning guitar. Strings are harder than keys by the way. But...what a great instructor you are. I know I can do this. If I lived closer to you, I would want direct lessons. Your graphics are so appreciated as well. Thanks loads!

[sydparrott]

I appreciate the way you break down the lesson into the precise fundamentals, this is one of the best online tutorials I've seen

[oranmar]

I'm pretty new to guitar, found an easy song and learned it. I thought I'd find a harder one to set my sights on and this seemed like the one. Thank you so much for putting so much detail into this lesson. It means a lot. Thank you

[PrankStarzz]

i'm just under 3 months playing on guitar, i just learn to play this whole thing in half an hour, thanks for being so definitive & detailed, i kept saying this guys awesome, just cause you made so easy for me to figure it out! Thanks dude!

[billharden]

Thanks again Dave! Im building up a nice list of tunes for my kitchen concerts.

[pietervanheerden]

As a more senior beginner, thank you very much for explaining exactly the issues i had with this song. Even though it were a few small things and tips i needed, you nailed it. Well done!

[Evgenij]

Such a great tutorial. I don’t know where you learned how to tech but you learned it well. First a short and simple explanation how it’s play than the chord than the order of those after all that you showed the different play styles. <3

[ScottCamire]

David I have learned a lot from your videos. You're a great teacher. Keep up the good work and I thank you with tips in your jar as many people should. Two thumbs up !!!

[lees]

Absolutely wonderful lesson. I have been trying this song on and off for oh, I don't know 25 years, lol and it was never quite right until I saw this video. Many thanks!

[tonyward]

I`m an old guy, I really like how you explain IN detail the `Rake` It sounds Awesome.!! I`m just starting out ..Thanks a lot

[airdragon]

You know I've been trying to learn this song for about a week now and this makes it seem so do-able. It really has helped

[edcrutchfield]

They way you walk thru this song with the words and notes is great . Thank you for your good works with the guitar 🎸

[egasira]

I am a Japaneae.asometimes I find that Male voice is hard to hear what they are saying. Your English is so clear and not too firsr for people who grow up with different language. the tone of your voice is perfect. The way you teach is treasure!! Thank you for the tutorial videos

[tondekumo-kun]

1:58 chords needed
5:35 strumming patterns
7:38 arpeggio picking
9:51 Rake picking

[JFS]

i'm still listening this song since my high school days, learning guitar together with my friends and classmates, but then, almost forgotten the chords i've learnt, but song still remain in my mind, thanks for your kindness and the nice & excellent demo, from Philippines.