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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6379909" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>in the short term, before you get into those lessons, I shall teach you to play the main riff of Smoke on the Water. It's that easy.</p><p></p><p>First off: know your fret board.</p><p></p><p>if you play a string without holding it down on the fretboard/neck, that's "open" or the 0th fret.</p><p>the numbering starts from the top, by the headstock, down to the body (bigger numbers). You note the fret position with the double dots is the 12th fret.</p><p></p><p>This means, you'll have markers at the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th positions on the fret board (and beyond, but this is all you need).</p><p></p><p>assuming it's a right hander's guitar and you are right-handed, take your left hand index finger and put it on the 2nd fret (just behind the bar) on the big fat string (the E string).</p><p></p><p>Pick the string with your right hand (duh).</p><p></p><p>Now move to the 5th fret and pick</p><p></p><p>then the 7th and pick.</p><p></p><p>it should be 2,5,7.</p><p></p><p>Now for the next part:</p><p></p><p>2,5,8,7 (do the 8 to 7 faster)</p><p></p><p>2,5,7 pause 5, 2</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's probably the wrong key, but the shape is correct. The cool thing about guitar is you can change the key (or correct the key) simply by moving where you start. So I had you start at 2, move up 3, move up 2 more, and so on. If I told you the correct spot was really on the A string at the 3rd fret, you could just simply move what your doing to the next skinnier string and the 3rd fret and play 3,6,8 instead of 2,5,7.</p><p></p><p>In any event, if your wife is unmusically informed, this will impress your wife that you mastered a part of a song so quickly and earn you some rock-god points. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Your welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6379909, member: 8835"] in the short term, before you get into those lessons, I shall teach you to play the main riff of Smoke on the Water. It's that easy. First off: know your fret board. if you play a string without holding it down on the fretboard/neck, that's "open" or the 0th fret. the numbering starts from the top, by the headstock, down to the body (bigger numbers). You note the fret position with the double dots is the 12th fret. This means, you'll have markers at the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th positions on the fret board (and beyond, but this is all you need). assuming it's a right hander's guitar and you are right-handed, take your left hand index finger and put it on the 2nd fret (just behind the bar) on the big fat string (the E string). Pick the string with your right hand (duh). Now move to the 5th fret and pick then the 7th and pick. it should be 2,5,7. Now for the next part: 2,5,8,7 (do the 8 to 7 faster) 2,5,7 pause 5, 2 That's probably the wrong key, but the shape is correct. The cool thing about guitar is you can change the key (or correct the key) simply by moving where you start. So I had you start at 2, move up 3, move up 2 more, and so on. If I told you the correct spot was really on the A string at the 3rd fret, you could just simply move what your doing to the next skinnier string and the 3rd fret and play 3,6,8 instead of 2,5,7. In any event, if your wife is unmusically informed, this will impress your wife that you mastered a part of a song so quickly and earn you some rock-god points. ;) Your welcome. [/QUOTE]
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