The Court Of The Crimson King ~ An "Uncle Tony's Quick Tutorial" Guitar Lesson by Tony Cultreri

This one was truly a labor of love. I worked on it for over three months, and I give it to you freely & with an open heart. It my intention to show utmost respect to this music, to introduce it to new ears, and to hopefully give a deeper understanding to familiar ears. This tutorial is indexed for those that wish to skip around or ahead. I hope that you enjoy it, and that in some small way it helps to further the King Crimson experience. I have included instruction on the way Ian McDonald wrote it so that one could see how Robert Fripp refined it, and also because I think that it is a good arrangement if you are going to play & sing this song unaccompanied. Subscribe if you’d like, and please remember to “like” this video, as that helps it show up in search results. Thank you, and enjoy! Video Info: Chorus McDonald 1:36 Verse McDonald 3:23 Ian McDonald Play-Through 5:18 Arrangement 6:28 Chorus 7:35 Verses Overview 8:51 Verse I 11:50 Verse II 13:04 Verse III 14:17 Verse IV 15:50 Instrumental Section I 19:20 Section I Play-Through 22:47 Lead Guitar 23:35 Lead Guitar Play-Through 29:42 Tag 31:04 Three Golden Rules 32:02 Here's An Uncle Tony's Tutorial of how to play “The Court Of The Crimson King” written by Ian McDonald & Peter Sinfield, as recorded by Robert Fripp & King Crimson on their 1969 masterpiece “In The Court Of The Crimson King”. ~ Special Note: I was made to remove the full-song play-through, as my original lesson was “Blocked" for “Copyright Claim”. ~ This one was truly a labor of love, and I worked on it for over three months. It my intension to show utmost respect to this music, to introduce it to new ears, and to hopefully give a deeper understanding to familiar ears. This tutorial is indexed for those that wish to skip around or ahead. I hope that you enjoy it, and that in some small way it helps to further the King Crimson experience. ~ Remember: you should strive to have almost no tension in your wrists and hands when you are playing, keeping the rhythm is more important than playing the "right" notes, and down / up picking is the key to the universe! Have fun! 😎🤘🍔🍟🎸 Chorus McDonald 1:36 Verse McDonald 3:23 Ian McDonald Play-Through 5:18 Arrangement 6:28 Chorus 7:35 Verses Overview 8:51 Verse I 11:50 Verse II 13:04 Verse III 14:17 Verse IV 15:50 Instrumental Section I 19:20 Section I Play-Through 22:47 Lead Guitar 23:35 Lead Guitar Play-Through 29:42 Tag 31:04 Three Golden Rules 32:02 Chords: Chorus McDonald: D Am7add6 Am7 C Bsus4 B2 B (2X) Passing Notes: B C# Eb E F Verse McDonald: Em2 Em2add#5 Em2add6 Em2add#5 (2X) Am2 Am2add#5 Am2add6 Am2add#5 Em2 Em2add#5 Em2add6 Chorus Fripp: D C Bsus4 B (2X) Verse I & II Fripp: Em2 (deconstructed) (2X) Am2 Am2add#5 Am2add6 Am2add#5 Em2 (deconstructed) Verse III Fripp: Em2 (deconstructed) (2X) Am2 Am2add#5 Am2add6 Am2add#5 Em2 Em2add#5 Em2add6 Verse IV Fripp: Em2 Em2add#5 Em2add6 Em2add#5 (3X) Am2 Am2add#5 Am2add6 Am2add#5 Em2 Em2add#5 Em2add6 First Instrumental Section Fripp: D Cadd(b5) Cadd5 (4X) Dadd6 D (on 2nd X only) B Second Instrumental Section Fripp: D C (9X) B Tag Fripp: E2 Outro Fripp: E D Dbsus4 Db (repeat to end) King Crimson: "The Court of the Crimson King":    • King Crimson - The Court Of The Crimson King   Interview with Ian McDonald & Peter Sinfield:    • Song to Soul: The Making of ITCOTCK with P...   0:00 Opening Remarks 1:36 Chorus McDonald 3:23 Verse McDonald 5:18 Ian McDonald Play-Through 6:28 Arrangement 7:35 Chorus 8:51 Verses Overview 11:50 Verse I 13:04 Verse II 14:17 Verse III 15:50 Verse IV 19:20 Instrumental Section I 22:47 Section I Play-Through 23:35 Lead Guitar 29:42 Lead Guitar Play-Through 31:04 Tag 32:02 Three Golden Rules