Out On The Weekend
Another classic from the Harvest album.
Out on the Weekend - Lesson on Guitar and Harmonica
Lesson Info
Difficulty: Medium. Neil plays barre chords a bit differently that makes things interesting.
Lesson Length: 19:21
Instructor: George Goodman
Help File: The following link supplies the chords, lyrics and harmonica tabs for Out On The Weekend.
Out On The Weekend download pdf link - for educational purposes only.
Gear Used
Takamine EG541SC
I am playing my black tak in this one.
This is a Takamine G Series EG541SC bought in North Carolina when I was playing in a band called Double Take.
Specs:
Top - Solid Spruce
Back - Nato
Sides - Nato
Finger Board - Rosewood
Electronics - TK40
Finish - Gloss Black
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Out on the Weekend was recorded in A using an A harmonica in first position. I recommend the Hohner Special 20s.
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Musical Challenges
For Harmonica: Don't worry about single notes on this one. You will need an A harmonica.
The Harmonica Cheat Sheets video course demonstrates where all the notes are for every chord in every key on the harmonica.
For Guitar - Out on the Weekend utilizes a number of interesting barre chords as well as employing some hammer-ons and pull-offs.
Chords, strumming and counting rhythms is covered in Guitar Essentials, Guitar Chords and Rhythm Guitar And Strumming.
Video Timeline
0:28 - Introduction
Hey George here. Welcome to this video where I show you how to play Neil Young's Out On The Weekend on guitar and harmonica.
For guitar we'll go over the chords, strumming, rhythm, hammer ons and pull offs.
For harmonica we'll get the right key going and then tab through some of the solos.
0:54 - Guitar Chords, Rhythm and Progression
The song is in A but starts with Bm...
Here's the progression:
Bm | Bm | E | E | Bm | Bm | E | E
C#m | C#m | F# | F#7 | Bm | Bm | E
Chorus
A | A | D6/A | D6/A | DMaj7 | Dmaj7 E A | A | A
Things To Note
This was recorded in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia in August 2019.
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Peace. Stay in tune my friend.
George
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