How To Play The Stevie Ray Vaughan Shuffle

Learn how to play the Stevie Ray Vaughan Shuffle on the guitar

In this lesson I teach you how to play the Stevie Ray Vaughan shuffle which is the main rhythm part from his song Pride and Joy.

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[TheVatonaught]

I've been working on this for an embarrassingly long time. It's finally coming on and feeling natural. DONT GIVE UP beginners !

[MM-bgin]

Just started working on PandJ. I emailed my teacher how to get the upstroke right. You explained it well. He also told me to strum it in a circular motion.

[allocke]

You are an excellent teacher. You set your ego aside and focus on a students needs.

[CarlWinter-oyuf]

Its going to take very long to get this ARV shuffle right --you are spot on --needs a huge amount of practise !

[michaelmendillo]

What a great tutorial brother, Thank you very much, There is no doubt that this one takes lots of practice, , but!!! It's totally worth it !!! 😎✌✝💕

[charlesthepassionspoet]

Hard work for many-including me. and I will start working on it now thanks for this lesson. It is clear.

[gregglashauser]

Great lesson, I'll be practicing this to get it up to speed thanks

[darrencamacho]

Thank you so much..breaking it down like this ..priceless
Thanks

[lastofthehorsemen]

A Strat with dual humbuckers, I like it.Just got the Am Pro ll Tele Deluxe with dual buckers and love it.Would really like to try a Strat version

[parasshah]

Good teaching pls, all the this type lesson Tnk u.

[frankswildyear]

This is so simple, yet so difficult! I’ve been fiddling around with it for years, and still can’t play it with any authority

[danesnowden]

Lord I'm so uncoordinated...I'm having one hell of a time I must admit.

[searchlight]

Sir I want all major and minor scales
separately
can you make tutorial??

[GuyNarnarian]

The hardest part of this shuffle is the G to G# and then upstroke. I can play it better if I omit that hammer on and just bend the G up a half step then hit the open strings. But its hard, Stevie makes it look like he's just strumming away cowboy chords at the campfire. Any thoughts on this? Or keep trying to get that G# in there without a bend? It does sound more like the track without the bend.

[ChristIsLord]

Do you know what your action is set to on this guitar?

[nickname]

MODAl ARPEGGIOS AND GUITAR TRICKS WITH THEM LESSON PLEASE

[jeff-TessAD]

It appears the upstroke and downstoke on the video notation is opposite from what you are playing and saying. Just a note ( pun intended). Sounds like what you were playing is the intended stroke.

[devakibelwal]

@moveforeardguitar plz recommend me all your lessons of rythm guitar {from beginning to intermediate}