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Setup & Settings used on the Lesson Example Track

Primary Guitar	Primary Amp		Effect #1		Effect #2
The Fat Strat	Crate GFX 212		None		None
Click photo for Strat details			N/A		N/A
	Settings		Settings		Settings
	Channel:   Shape:   Low EQ:    High EQ:    Reverb:	Gain #2   6.5   3.5   6.5   7.0	Output: Attack: Sensitivity:		Level: OCT 1: OCT 2: Mode:
	Effect order from Guitar to Amp

*Remember Effect suggestions are my suggestions for the home player.  Usually suggestions are geared for a low budget.  I purposely use effects and equipment that I know everyone can afford, and get their hands on in an effort to prove that you can get a great sound without mortgaging your house.

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Answer notes

For this problem I tried to throw you for a loop by using versions of power chords that incorporate the 6th in spots.  These are more common in Rock music than people think and often times leaving them out is the reason why some of your SRV and Hendrix style riffs don't sound as Jazzy as they should. 

This problem was easy for some, but for others it wasn't so easy.  If you remembered lessons learned from previous problems, then you would have figured out some of it, right off the top.  I also reused some of the chord shapes that I used in problem #1.  These shapes incorporate open strings, or I should say an open string, (the 3rd string) that remains constant while the other notes around it change.  This is something to always listen for when either trying to figure something out, or come up with riffs of your own.  As I've said in the past, sometimes it's best to listen for what's the same in a riff or chord pattern and then deduce what's changing from that information.

Enjoy the tabs.. and be sure to compare yours to mine and play both ways, (yours and mine) to "train your ear" to what a good note sounds like vs. a bad note or a mis-match I should say.  This is a good one to practice as well for getting a good VH groove.  The slick little sliding riff in there is a VH style classic.

Tabs & Lesson

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Original score by: Jeff Fiorentino

Transcription by:  Jeff Fiorentino

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TABs

With mild overdrive and a medium level of reverb.  Apply a slight amount of Palm Mute to the power chord parts in order to prevent unwanted ring out..

Main riff, repeats