Sweet Child of really annoying....

Jetfire · October 2013

Is it just me or does anyone else find the intro to Sweet Child O Mine really frustrating to play?

Lixarto · October 2013

The whole song.

To listen to.

Yes.

ftumch · October 2013

I got sick of it yrs ago, why frustrating though?

viz · October 2013

Lol ftumch and lix.

octatonic · October 2013

Nope, it is a classic and pretty easy.

monquixote · October 2013

Am I the only guitarist who has never tried to learn it?

From what I remember from Slash's book it was a finger exercise he used to do to warm up which Axel incorporated into a song so it's probably intended to be taxing to play.

octatonic · October 2013

Yes it was a warmup lick that they jammed on.

Izzy had a bit to do with the arrangement I reckon.

Jetfire · October 2013

The first two bars are fine, the change in bar 3 that really grips my shit and Ive prob got the fingering wrong..

Im only learning it as I have to do for the covers band Im doing...

mike_l · October 2013

I'll have a little noodle later and see what my fingering is, I can't remember off the top of my head.

ftumch · October 2013

If I've got this right, on the third bar the first note is 14th fret on the d string and the note your coming from is 14th on the G, is that the bit you mean? I just play the g with a little bit more of the fleshy part of my middle finger and roll onto the d string with the same finger. That's probably a really bad explanation.

daveww · October 2013

The easiest way to play the intro is to alternate pick. If you do that it's relatively easy. The bit that sounds similar to the intro later on which isn't is a bit of a bitch though.

axisus · October 2013

I love that song! I can play the intro and strum the chords but I've never got around to working out the solos. I'm just hopeless with learning stuff, the notes don't stay in my head

DulcetJones · October 2013

Heard it way too many times for this lifetime.

Emp_Fab · October 2013

monquixote said:

Am I the only guitarist who has never tried to learn it?

Nope. I've never bothered either.

Thought about it a couple of times... but never got around to doing anything.

Now... there's a surprise !

John_P · October 2013

I gig it pretty much every week - the 3rd bar I start with my 2nd finger. I hadn't really thought about it but just had a go - the note before on the G string at the end of the 2nd bar I play with the pad of my finger and roll over to use the tip of that finger for the E to start the 3rd bar... easier to play than explain...

Just play it loads and it'll become a riff you can do without thinking..

ftumch · October 2013

John_P said:

I gig it pretty much every week - the 3rd bar I start with my 2nd finger. I hadn't really thought about it but just had a go - the note before on the G string at the end of the 2nd bar I play with the pad of my finger and roll over to use the tip of that finger for the E to start the 3rd bar... easier to play than explain...

Just play it loads and it'll become a riff you can do without thinking..

Yep same as me

octatonic · October 2013

ftumch said:

John_P said:

I gig it pretty much every week - the 3rd bar I start with my 2nd finger. I hadn't really thought about it but just had a go - the note before on the G string at the end of the 2nd bar I play with the pad of my finger and roll over to use the tip of that finger for the E to start the 3rd bar... easier to play than explain...

Just play it loads and it'll become a riff you can do without thinking..

Yep same as me

Same here.

Grunfeld · October 2013

John_P said:

Just play it loads and it'll become a riff you can do without thinking..

+1 When I first played it live I was more than a bit nervous about it cos let's face it, if you stuff it up everyone is going to notice and you will look amateurishly stupid. There's very little wiggle room on the solos too, everyone knows them note for note.

However, many playings later... it's easy money cos it's not actually that difficult thereby allowing you to dick around standing on a table with a top hat on your head, holding your guitar up in the air and grinning at the audience like you're very clever... a bit like last night in fact :-) [/no shame]

So it's well worth nailing IMO

daveyh · October 2013

Lixarto said:

The whole song.

To listen to.

Yes.

This.

TPReggie · October 2013

Yeah I had the same issue as you in the beginning, but as the guys said, just keep playing it over and over and it really does become second nature. Only the fast part of the main solo to learn for me now - although I have to confess I kind of got fed up and gave up on it as I found something else to learn, terrible of me I know :-\"

ICBM · October 2013

Lixarto said:
The whole band.

To listen to.

Yes.

Edited for accuracy.

monquixote said:
Am I the only guitarist who has never tried to learn it?

No!

Grunfeld · October 2013

TPReggie said:

Only the fast part of the main solo to learn for me now - although I have to confess I kind of got fed up and gave up on it as I found something else to learn, terrible of me I know :-\"

That bit did take a while -- I take you mean those two bars where the wah kicks in. I experimented with a few different fingerings before I got one I was happy with, but like the rest of the song it's not too hard although it's certainly a bit pacey.

John_P · October 2013

Grunfeld said:

John_P said:

Just play it loads and it'll become a riff you can do without thinking..

+1 When I first played it live I was more than a bit nervous about it cos let's face it, if you stuff it up everyone is going to notice and you will look amateurishly stupid. There's very little wiggle room on the solos too, everyone knows them note for note.

However, many playings later... it's easy money cos it's not actually that difficult thereby allowing you to dick around standing on a table with a top hat on your head, holding your guitar up in the air and grinning at the audience like you're very clever... a bit like last night in fact :-) [/no shame]

So it's well worth nailing IMO

Mr G - you sound like the perfect dep for one of my bands - I just hope you're better at balancing on tables than I am ;-)

daveww · October 2013

I still do get nervous sometimes and, even though it is pretty easy to play, messed up the intro completely on one of my last gigs..... Made up for it on the solos though

jpfamps · October 2013

Sweet Child of Mine, the new Stairway.

AlbionLass · October 2013

Got sick of SCoM sometime around 1988.

ChrisMusic · October 2013

Grunfeld said:

John_P said: Just play it loads and it'll become a riff you can do without thinking..

+1 When I first played it live I was more than a bit nervous about it cos let's face it, if you stuff it up everyone is going to notice and you will look amateurishly stupid. There's very little wiggle room on the solos too, everyone knows them note for note....

daveww said: I still do get nervous sometimes and, even though it is pretty easy to play, messed up the intro completely on one of my last gigs..... Made up for it on the solos though

You mean like this...

So what's the worst that can happen? You'll never do this, and you'll be in good company if you ever did. Relax & enjoy.

daveww · October 2013

lol - yep just like that...... but I kept me shirt on

maw4neu · October 2013

Its frustrating for sure . .

Sometimes I nail it most times I fail at it though . . Mind you Im a rhythm player really . . just not a good one :-)

Now "Plug in Baby" . . . Love it . . !

bigjon · October 2013

I cheat and play it at the 10th fret with my pinky playing the high notes at the 15th and 14th fret.

Catthan · October 2013

I worked it out by ear and at first I had difficulties in memorising the sequence of the starting notes on each repetition ( bar).

When I nailed it I just played it a few times and made it an "exercise" and after that it came naturally.

The solos are quite a useful exercise too to work on bend pitch. Both for the ears and hands.

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