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Rock n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

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possibly one of the greatest rock riffs

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of all time by the legends AC/DC

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let's get to a closeup and check out

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the left-hand fingering first up

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Okay, we are starting off here with

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the first finger in the first fret

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of the third string and we'll also

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be playing the open B string

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so we get a little interval of

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a third there and possibly playing the

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thickest E string but very heavily muted

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then the first finger is gonna move up

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and make a little bar on the second fret

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just playing the second

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and third strings again

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We might play a little of the

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open A string at this point as well

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I'll talk about the fingerpicking part

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a bit more in a second

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then we've got second and third fingers

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going down the second finger in

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the third fret and third finger

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on the fourth fret of the

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third string ,so we end up with

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and then we move back to the little bar

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these two are definitely played

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with the open A string as well

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but it's a little bit muted

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second and third go back on

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also played with the deadend open A

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then

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the second finger reaching over to

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the third fret of the thickest string

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with a little bit of a bend not a proper

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none of this stuff just a

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down to an E

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a little open E bar power

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so open E string, the thickest string

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first finger covering the second fret

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of the fifth string and the fourth string

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let's go to the main thing

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now we get the little riff part

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without any bass notes

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back with bass note

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its an A bass note

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and this time, its a bit of a shorter

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its the same note, the G

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the third fret of the thickest string

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but he jumps right up

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to the seventh fret

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cause you can hear the trial off

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the little chord sliding back down there

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it's quite a jump to get

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the open thickest string

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as well is ringing out

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so open E, E at the seventh fret

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of the fifth string

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this is like a power chord

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so you get that quite sticky

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quite a bit of a jump

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just gonna have to do it a few times

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get use to the movement

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let me play that riff for you one time

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nice and slow, just so you can

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see the whole riff in context

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then well have a look at the picking hand

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quite nice to get a bit of

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the nice vibrato here

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with the second and third fingers

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make sure using that kind of

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a pivot point there

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with the edge of your first finger

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that's where you get

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especially with two-finger bends

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the two-finger kind of heavy vibrato

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you get a bit on the A

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I think as much on the A on the record

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It's mainly

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Okay, lets have a look at

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the picking hand

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yes, I know I've got revolting nails

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but I need then for playing guitar

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so let's skip over that bit

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and get straight to actually

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looking at the tune

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Now, what we want

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is a really good palm mute on

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those thickest two strings

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cause the first time we play

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the low E and the A string

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the thickest string

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and the fifth string

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we want them really heavily muted

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cause they're not very loud on the record

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in fact, I was kind of debating

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if they're there[br]

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but I'm pretty sure they're

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so we've got first of all

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thumb playing the thickest E

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fingers one and two plucking

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the second and third strings

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then it moves to the little A

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it moved over to the A string, then

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when you're playing

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your second and third fingers down

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there's no bass note

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so it just dies away

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kind of muting it a bit with my thumb

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actually, thinking about it

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and we're back

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so thumb and

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first and second fingers together

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then, when the second and third fingers

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go on that time, its with the A bass note

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it's kind of a funny note

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but it works, you know

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thumb, playing that low note

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thumb, first and second

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playing all at once

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second time, there's no bass note

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for that little climb up

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not that I can hear

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it's on the A

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thumb and then the big jump

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and then the slide

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I'm using kind of thumb, one, two

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and three

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it might be a

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it might be a strum

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it could just be one, two and three

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it's hard to hear exactly what

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he's doing

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I think that it sounds most likely

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he's doing thumb, one, two and three

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there on the E chord

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slowing down

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let's look at the whole thing

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a little bit slower

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well, there we have it

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that's Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

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by AC/DC, great, great tune

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why don't you have a go and see if you

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could work out the rest of

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the song on your own, it's kind of

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an open chordy stuff you know

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a little bit more riffs to work out

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but, it's a really good practice

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to learn stuff using your own ears

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and not tabs that you find on the interweb

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so, have fun with that and I'll see you

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for another riff very soon

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take care of yourselves bye, bye