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Riffs you absolutely REFUSED to learn, and still learned by accident anyways
- Thread starter Blown Cone
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i was playing guitar and i accidently played the riff to follow me by uncle kracker... hate that song
Smoke on the water, I was screwing around with chords for intonation sakes when I got the fretless...and out came smoke on the water! Even worse though, is when you are messing around, just noodling and you stumble on a great riff, and you play it for your friends and they say oh...thats "that song!" thats embarrassing.
now are we talking about aping the chords (G, Bb, C, etc.) or playing the actual bass line? because the bass line rocks!
No kiddn. Haven't found a bass line yet that a few hundred bucks wouldn't pry out of me. I'll play Boy George with a **** eatn grin on my face for the right amount of cash.
Since were talking about "learning" Is the second chord in "smoke on the water" a B flat (B5) or is it an A sharp (A5) chord and why?
stay tuned for the answer...
While testing out fuzz pedals, I was playing random 2 note riffs. One of the sales people said something like "Built tough!" I realized I was playing the riff from the Ford truck ads.
Good Times and the "jokers to the left of me, clowns to the right" run in Stuck in the middle (which I'm fairly positive I still don't play it exactly)
90% of the time I like to just do my own thing...certain things you cant cuz they are just too right, or iconic.
90% of the time I like to just do my own thing...certain things you cant cuz they are just too right, or iconic.
i was playing at this church that i used to play for (I'm not religious by the way), and we were playing a song in Eb. There was a bass solo that I was supposed to play at the bridge, and I wanted to impress the church-goers with my amazing skittles, but instead of a cool groove, I accidentally played a recognizable riff.... I didn't even know how to play it prior to that day... It was "Beat it" by Michael Jackson.
+1 on that.
The bass line to Smoke on the Water is a testament to what a bassist can do with the Minor Pentatonic scale and a lot of really kind bud.
It's quite complex, I don't think Glover used the same lick twice during the entire song, and is made of 110% pure and unadulterated groove.
Since were talking about "learning" Is the second chord in "smoke on the water" a B flat (B5) or is it an A sharp (A5) chord and why?
stay tuned for the answer...
That is great question regarding enharmonic tones. The note name is based upon which scale and key the progression was written in. Aint theory fun!!
