To Thunderstruck or not to Thunderstruck
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I can play Thunderstruck pretty well on my guitar and came accross some youtube tutorials of the song. Interesting, I think, might be some trick or detail I can improve on. Are there bad tutorials out there or what, some of them can hardly hold a guitar and their version doesn't even come very close. :doh: What "struck" me the most is that almost ALL versions use picking (with one claiming that picking is the "real" way of doing it. Personally I think Angus uses both methods, I've seen him use picking on live shows.) So I was curious, am I the only person on this planet playing Thunderstruck with only hammer-on's and pull-off's (for the intro)? How do you play it? :-D
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)OriginalGriff wrote:
V is absolutely right
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I can play Thunderstruck pretty well on my guitar and came accross some youtube tutorials of the song. Interesting, I think, might be some trick or detail I can improve on. Are there bad tutorials out there or what, some of them can hardly hold a guitar and their version doesn't even come very close. :doh: What "struck" me the most is that almost ALL versions use picking (with one claiming that picking is the "real" way of doing it. Personally I think Angus uses both methods, I've seen him use picking on live shows.) So I was curious, am I the only person on this planet playing Thunderstruck with only hammer-on's and pull-off's (for the intro)? How do you play it? :-D
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)OriginalGriff wrote:
V is absolutely right
I push the button marked with a triangle... (I have the musical ability of a dead tree frog...yes, even less than Bieber and Jedward - at school I was banned from playing the triangle!)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I can play Thunderstruck pretty well on my guitar and came accross some youtube tutorials of the song. Interesting, I think, might be some trick or detail I can improve on. Are there bad tutorials out there or what, some of them can hardly hold a guitar and their version doesn't even come very close. :doh: What "struck" me the most is that almost ALL versions use picking (with one claiming that picking is the "real" way of doing it. Personally I think Angus uses both methods, I've seen him use picking on live shows.) So I was curious, am I the only person on this planet playing Thunderstruck with only hammer-on's and pull-off's (for the intro)? How do you play it? :-D
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)OriginalGriff wrote:
V is absolutely right
Yeah, but can you play it with flames[^] coming out of the guitar? Repost, I know, but you were asking for it, and I think it's pretty cool (no pun intended) all the same...
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Anonymous
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Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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I can play Thunderstruck pretty well on my guitar and came accross some youtube tutorials of the song. Interesting, I think, might be some trick or detail I can improve on. Are there bad tutorials out there or what, some of them can hardly hold a guitar and their version doesn't even come very close. :doh: What "struck" me the most is that almost ALL versions use picking (with one claiming that picking is the "real" way of doing it. Personally I think Angus uses both methods, I've seen him use picking on live shows.) So I was curious, am I the only person on this planet playing Thunderstruck with only hammer-on's and pull-off's (for the intro)? How do you play it? :-D
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)OriginalGriff wrote:
V is absolutely right
On my PC loud and proud!
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Yeah, but can you play it with flames[^] coming out of the guitar? Repost, I know, but you were asking for it, and I think it's pretty cool (no pun intended) all the same...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time -
I push the button marked with a triangle... (I have the musical ability of a dead tree frog...yes, even less than Bieber and Jedward - at school I was banned from playing the triangle!)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I push the button marked with a triangle... (I have the musical ability of a dead tree frog...yes, even less than Bieber and Jedward - at school I was banned from playing the triangle!)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
OriginalGriff wrote:
I push the button marked with a triangle...
OriginalGriff wrote:
at school I was banned from playing the triangle!
And yet you happily admit that you're doing it now - Have you no respect for authority man? :doh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time -
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I have the musical ability of a dead tree frog...yes, even less than Bieber and Jedward - at school I was banned from playing the triangle!
It looks I have some of your skills :-D
Veni, vidi, vici.
CPallini wrote:
It looks I have some of your skills
So? Give 'em back - Griff can use all he can get... ;P
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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CPallini wrote:
It looks I have some of your skills
So? Give 'em back - Griff can use all he can get... ;P
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeIt's a bit late now - maybe 30 years ago I could have used them...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I can play Thunderstruck pretty well on my guitar and came accross some youtube tutorials of the song. Interesting, I think, might be some trick or detail I can improve on. Are there bad tutorials out there or what, some of them can hardly hold a guitar and their version doesn't even come very close. :doh: What "struck" me the most is that almost ALL versions use picking (with one claiming that picking is the "real" way of doing it. Personally I think Angus uses both methods, I've seen him use picking on live shows.) So I was curious, am I the only person on this planet playing Thunderstruck with only hammer-on's and pull-off's (for the intro)? How do you play it? :-D
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)OriginalGriff wrote:
V is absolutely right
The studio version has Angus picking the notes (you can hear the pick strikes). Live, in certain shows, he does it via pull offs because it looks a lot showier but if you watch Live at the river plate[^], you see that he's picking.
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I can play Thunderstruck pretty well on my guitar and came accross some youtube tutorials of the song. Interesting, I think, might be some trick or detail I can improve on. Are there bad tutorials out there or what, some of them can hardly hold a guitar and their version doesn't even come very close. :doh: What "struck" me the most is that almost ALL versions use picking (with one claiming that picking is the "real" way of doing it. Personally I think Angus uses both methods, I've seen him use picking on live shows.) So I was curious, am I the only person on this planet playing Thunderstruck with only hammer-on's and pull-off's (for the intro)? How do you play it? :-D
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)OriginalGriff wrote:
V is absolutely right
It can be done both ways, I kind of use a combination of both where I pluck the string then hammer-on / pull-off. I would have loved to have the internet when I played years ago, it's so easy these days to look up a song and get the tabs and video lessons. We had to learn everything by ear or go buy a copy of Guitar Player. I've also worn out a few records along the way.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I push the button marked with a triangle... (I have the musical ability of a dead tree frog...yes, even less than Bieber and Jedward - at school I was banned from playing the triangle!)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
OriginalGriff wrote:
I was banned from playing the triangle!
:laugh: The teacher let me stand next to him while playing the piano and turn the pages for him...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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It can be done both ways, I kind of use a combination of both where I pluck the string then hammer-on / pull-off. I would have loved to have the internet when I played years ago, it's so easy these days to look up a song and get the tabs and video lessons. We had to learn everything by ear or go buy a copy of Guitar Player. I've also worn out a few records along the way.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
S Houghtelin wrote:
We had to learn everything by ear or go buy a copy of Guitar Player. I've also worn out a few records along the way.
Best way to do it. I've reviewed a few of the tabs and videos posted online for students and generally have found them to be lacking.
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I can play Thunderstruck pretty well on my guitar and came accross some youtube tutorials of the song. Interesting, I think, might be some trick or detail I can improve on. Are there bad tutorials out there or what, some of them can hardly hold a guitar and their version doesn't even come very close. :doh: What "struck" me the most is that almost ALL versions use picking (with one claiming that picking is the "real" way of doing it. Personally I think Angus uses both methods, I've seen him use picking on live shows.) So I was curious, am I the only person on this planet playing Thunderstruck with only hammer-on's and pull-off's (for the intro)? How do you play it? :-D
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)OriginalGriff wrote:
V is absolutely right
V. wrote:
Are there bad tutorials out there or what
YOu seen the state of some CP articles? Its the internet, full of wannabees. BTW Thunderstruck is pretty easy to play, the problem is losing interest since it gets very repettetive after a minute. It is plucked though the whole time, no hammers or pulls, if you listen to the atack on every note.
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I push the button marked with a triangle... (I have the musical ability of a dead tree frog...yes, even less than Bieber and Jedward - at school I was banned from playing the triangle!)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
I sympathize. When I sing, people tell me I should be on the radio -- so they can turn it off. I have a face made for radio and a voice that's perfect for Morse code.
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