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This is a cover of an Arthur Alexander song. The lead sounds deceptively simple but employs a couple of Harrison's signature techniques. For the main riff he plays with both the pick and the middle/ring fingers simultaneously. Also, he uses a false note on the D string but strums the G and B strings normally creating the illusion of three notes being strum but only two sounding out. This is accomplished by muting the strings with the heel of the strumming hand while strumming the D string and then quickly lifting the heel as the pick strikes the G and B stings. He used this technique in the solo to I Saw Her Standing There, Long Tall Sally and Kansas City for examples. I eliminated the second verse, the first bridge and third verse. This is a 1966 Gretsch Country Gentleman played through a Vox AD15VT set to AC30TB w/ no effects. Min Bass, Min Mid, Max Treble. .010 -.046 nickel plated wire wound strings. The amp was close-mic recorded with a DR07 digital recorder and then mixed with the backing tracks created from the original recording. Compression and plate echo were added during mixing. Harrison used a Gretsch Duo Jet which sounds very similar. No tabs
My videos are really intended for accomplished guitarists who want to polish up their Beatles repertoire and can benefit from "seeing" how a song is played - I am not a guitar teacher and do not provide tabs. I welcome specific questions. If the various chords that I am playing are not familiar to you then I would suggest that you visit some of the many free guitar chord sites. I had to learn these songs by listening to vinyl records and watching live performances on tv.
The use of any copyrighted material is used under the guidelines of "Fair Use" in Title 17 § 107 of the United States Code. Such material remains the copyright of the original holder and is used here for the purposes of education, comparison, and criticism only.
Beatles guitar lesson PLEASE: Read video description below BEFORE COMMENTING.
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This is a cover of an Arthur Alexander song. The lead sounds deceptively simple but employs a couple of Harrison's signature techniques. For the main riff he plays with both the pick and the middle/ring fingers simultaneously. Also, he uses a false note on the D string but strums the G and B strings normally creating the illusion of three notes being strum but only two sounding out. This is accomplished by muting the strings with the heel of the strumming hand while strumming the D string and then quickly lifting the heel as the pick strikes the G and B stings. He used this technique in the solo to I Saw Her Standing There, Long Tall Sally and Kansas City for examples. I eliminated the second verse, the first bridge and third verse. This is a 1966 Gretsch Country Gentleman played through a Vox AD15VT set to AC30TB w/ no effects. Min Bass, Min Mid, Max Treble. .010 -.046 nickel plated wire wound strings. The amp was close-mic recorded with a DR07 digital recorder and then mixed with the backing tracks created from the original recording. Compression and plate echo were added during mixing. Harrison used a Gretsch Duo Jet which sounds very similar. No tabs
My videos are really intended for accomplished guitarists who want to polish up their Beatles repertoire and can benefit from "seeing" how a song is played - I am not a guitar teacher and do not provide tabs. I welcome specific questions. If the various chords that I am playing are not familiar to you then I would suggest that you visit some of the many free guitar chord sites. I had to learn these songs by listening to vinyl records and watching live performances on tv.
The use of any copyrighted material is used under the guidelines of "Fair Use" in Title 17 § 107 of the United States Code. Such material remains the copyright of the original holder and is used here for the purposes of education, comparison, and criticism only.
