Hi. I am Bob from Toronto, Canada. This guitar lesson is about how to play Surfing USA by the Beach Boys. The song is in the key of Eb. The open riff is played as follows.
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First note; fourth string XIII fret
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That was the third string, whole fret,
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The third string, XIII fret,
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And play it the E chord. Just set of fourth, third and second strings.
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And take your pinkie and put it on the third string XIII fret.
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Eb note,
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And on and off again,
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For the slowly, it is,
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Then the chords are as follows.
[Demonstration] Bb, Eb, Bb, Eb, Ab, Eb, Bb, Ab, Eb, the same chord progression is played the same right through the whole song including the solo.
When the guitar solo is played as follows.
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You play the first string, II fret; second string, IV fret.
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And a slide into it,
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Then play bottom two strings at IV fret.
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That is the bottom string, II fret.
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Bottom string, IV fret,
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Second string, VII fret,
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And the bottom two strings, IV fret,
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Then slide the bottom two strings up to the XI fret.
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And go up either bottom string, XIV fret,
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In the XI fret,
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Second string XIV fret,
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XI fret,
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Third string; XIII fret,
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XI fret,
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The fourth string XIII fret,
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XI fret,
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And finally, fifth string XIII fret,
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Well, that is the whole song.
I hope this guitar lesson has been helpful and if you have any questions. Please message me.
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