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The chord extensions will be different in standard tuning due to the new layout of the fretboard based on the tuning. The first finger will be handing the barring of the major chord so I would suggest the hammer ons take place with the third finger covering the D string and the middle finger covering the B. These style of chord extensions aren’t too difficult to perform. This is then replicated at the 12th fret with the G Major chord being turned into a G6sus4 bu hammering onto the 14th fret of the D and 13th fret of the B strings. While the name of the chord might sound complex, it’s much easier to play than its title suggests. Keith uses these major chords to extend by hammering onto the 7th fret of the D string and 6th fret of the B, turning the C Major into a C6sus4. The chord at the 5th fret is a C Major and the chord at the 12th fret is a G Major. The riff involves two chords, both played with just the first finger barring across the 5 strings used. If you search through the guitar transcriptions of all the classic Stones hits, this type of riff will crop up time and time again. This chord based riff is a mainstay in Keef’s style. Guitar Tab showing an Open G chord riff using major and 6sus4 chords. I’d recommend using your thumb for the notes on the G string but experiment between your index finger and middle finger for the droning open high D string. You would mostly expect to play a lick like this with your fingers rather than a pick due to its string skipping nature. It’s a great way to use a droning open string along with some choice notes from the G Major scale to creating some swagger. This bluesy lick is reminiscent of the main riff from the Stones hit Honky Tonk Women. Guitar Tab showing an Open G tuning lick with a droning string using notes from the G Major Scale. Keith Richards often plays in this tuning with without the use of the Low D string. This gives us, D G D G B D (Low to high), which makes up a G Major chord across all six strings when played open. We then apply this tuning across the strings. Open G tuning takes the notes of a G Major chord: The chord can be a major or minor chord, or any other variant that you need. An open tuning is when you tune the guitar strings to the notes of an open chord. Open G tuning is a type of “open tuning”. Sling your Telecaster nice and low, get rid of your low E string and lets dive into the world of Keef.Īll the examples in this lesson are in Open G tuning unless otherwise stated. It’s all about creating that rock and roll feeling with every lick and riff. Keith is a total feel player and does not ever entertain the speedier end of the guitar playing spectrum. When playing like Keith, forget the idea of playing speedy guitar runs and focus more on capturing the vibe.
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You’ll notice when learning to play in Keith’s style that he’s often very loose rhythmically, which he gets from his love of reggae, but also very driving which comes from rock and roll. Keith took a lot of inspiration from 1950’s rock and roll and regularly name checks Chuck Berry as a huge influence on his playing. Keith (Or Keef as he’s otherwise known) doesn’t use the Low D string, so all his open G guitars don’t even have it on there. Open G is a tuning that tunes all the open strings to a G major chord (G B D being the Major chord triad for G). They even based the character of Captain Jack Sparrow from the Disney franchise Pirates of the Carribean on Keith’s larger than life characteristics.įor the majority of his career, Keith plays his 5 string Telecaster, named Micawber, which is in Open G tuning (Low to high, D G D G B D). Playing amazing riff after amazing riff on his low slung Fender Telecaster with 5 strings (Yup, he doesn’t need all 6!), this man is rock and roll personified. If you are unfamiliar with Keith Richards, you may know him better at the guitarist from the Rolling Stones. Keith pretty much wrote the rule book on living loud and fast.Īny of your favourite guitar heroes will all owe some form of gratitude to Keith as an inspiration. One of those people should be Keith Richards. When you think of someone who is a through and through rock star, a few people probably come to mind.
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