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Hey! In this lesson, we’re going to be learning the song “Smell Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana. And it’s a pretty easy song to play if you know, your E shape barre chord and your A shape barre chord which is going to be moving those two chords around to play the song.
So start off on F chord on your 1st fret with your index finger, the E shape. Then you’re going to go to a B flat chord on your 1st fret again with the A shape barre chord. Then you can come up to the G barre chord with your index finger on the 3rd fret, slide that up, one fret to an A flat, barre chord. And then you’re going to finish it off to the D# barre chord with the index finger on 4th fret.
So let’s play just those chords and sequence, and then we’ll put the right hand rhythm with it [Demonstration]. Okay, let’s take a look at the rhythm for the F chord [Demonstration]. So in that, we’re just going down [Demonstration].
So let’s go to our B# chord [Demonstration]. I like to play this with an upstroke and then two down-strokes. And then you’re going to come to your G barre chord, play that once, slide up to the A#. You’re going to play that down, up, down, move to your D flat chord [Demonstration]. Then for me, I use up, down, up on the [Demonstration]. So I’ll play the whole thing slowly and then we’ll add some muting to it as well to get the full affect [Demonstration].
Okay, in between each chord, there’s a bit of muting going on and it changes every time you place it just a little bit, so I give you an idea of what that sounds like that really quick [Demonstration]. So the main places you want to look out for this is when you’re going to firm your F chord to your B# chord. I think I had muted it four times there [Demonstration].
Then, the other place you’re going to look for it is from your A# chord going to your G# chord [Demonstration]. Same thing, I think I did four mutes there, [Demonstration].
So I’m going to play one more time for you all together [Demonstration].
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