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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
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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