Rock n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
possibly one of the greatest rock riffs
of all time by the legends AC/DC
let's get to a closeup and check out
the left-hand fingering first up
Okay, we are starting off here with
the first finger in the first fret
of the third string and we'll also
be playing the open B string
so we get a little interval of
a third there and possibly playing the
thickest E string but very heavily muted
then the first finger is gonna move up
and make a little bar on the second fret
just playing the second
and third strings again
We might play a little of the
open A string at this point as well
I'll talk about the fingerpicking part
a bit more in a second
then we've got second and third fingers
going down the second finger in
the third fret and third finger
on the fourth fret of the
third string ,so we end up with
and then we move back to the little bar
these two are definitely played
with the open A string as well
but it's a little bit muted
second and third go back on
also played with the deadend open A
then
the second finger reaching over to
the third fret of the thickest string
with a little bit of a bend not a proper
none of this stuff just a
down to an E
a little open E bar power
so open E string, the thickest string
first finger covering the second fret
of the fifth string and the fourth string
let's go to the main thing
now we get the little riff part
without any bass notes
back with bass note
its an A bass note
and this time, its a bit of a shorter
its the same note, the G
the third fret of the thickest string
but he jumps right up
to the seventh fret
cause you can hear the trial off
the little chord sliding back down there
it's quite a jump to get
the open thickest string
as well is ringing out
so open E, E at the seventh fret
of the fifth string
this is like a power chord
so you get that quite sticky
quite a bit of a jump
just gonna have to do it a few times
get use to the movement
let me play that riff for you one time
nice and slow, just so you can
see the whole riff in context
then well have a look at the picking hand
quite nice to get a bit of
the nice vibrato here
with the second and third fingers
make sure using that kind of
a pivot point there
with the edge of your first finger
that's where you get
especially with two-finger bends
the two-finger kind of heavy vibrato
you get a bit on the A
I think as much on the A on the record
It's mainly
Okay, lets have a look at
the picking hand
yes, I know I've got revolting nails
but I need then for playing guitar
so let's skip over that bit
and get straight to actually
looking at the tune
Now, what we want
is a really good palm mute on
those thickest two strings
cause the first time we play
the low E and the A string
the thickest string
and the fifth string
we want them really heavily muted
cause they're not very loud on the record
in fact, I was kind of debating
if they're there
but I'm pretty sure they're
so we've got first of all
thumb playing the thickest E
fingers one and two plucking
the second and third strings
then it moves to the little A
it moved over to the A string, then
when you're playing
your second and third fingers down
there's no bass note
so it just dies away
kind of muting it a bit with my thumb
actually, thinking about it
and we're back
so thumb and
first and second fingers together
then, when the second and third fingers
go on that time, its with the A bass note
it's kind of a funny note
but it works, you know
thumb, playing that low note
thumb, first and second
playing all at once
second time, there's no bass note
for that little climb up
not that I can hear
it's on the A
thumb and then the big jump
and then the slide
I'm using kind of thumb, one, two
and three
it might be a
it might be a strum
it could just be one, two and three
it's hard to hear exactly what
he's doing
I think that it sounds most likely
he's doing thumb, one, two and three
there on the E chord
slowing down
let's look at the whole thing
a little bit slower
well, there we have it
that's Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
by AC/DC, great, great tune
why don't you have a go and see if you
could work out the rest of
the song on your own, it's kind of
an open chordy stuff you know
a little bit more riffs to work out
but, it's a really good practice
to learn stuff using your own ears
and not tabs that you find on the interweb
so, have fun with that and I'll see you
for another riff very soon
take care of yourselves bye, bye