Things Everybody Plays Wrong

[Bakerman]

Maybe not everybody, but if you check a bunch of covers on YouTube or anywhere... close enough. I'll figure out some more things to add here eventually.

1. This pinch harmonic thing from Steve Vai - Erotic Nightmares (Passion and Warfare, 1990)



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[unix-guy]

I love the faux monkey grip!

 

[Bakerman]

I love the faux monkey grip!

Thanks--I tried to get the dimensions pretty authentic (looked at a photo of a Jem & cut from a paper plate in about 20 seconds).

 

[unix-guy]

Thanks--I tried to get the dimensions pretty authentic (looked at a photo of a Jem & cut from a paper plate in about 20 seconds).

It definitely helped you nail those pinch harmonics

 

[Tonedeaf]

I use paper plates as faux speakers

 

[Dixiethedog]

A great little video. What is your choice of "faux" amp to go with your faux monkey grip and faux speakers?

 

[Bakerman]

A great little video. What is your choice of "faux" amp to go with your faux monkey grip and faux speakers?

I think it was (Axe-FX III) factory preset 15 (Recto 2) scene 6, Recto2 Red Modern amp. Also wah engaged (Dimebag squeal trick) with pedal around 75%.

 

[Bakerman]

2. R.E.M. - The One I Love (intro riff)

In the main, loudest electric part, that's a bend from F♯ to G on beat 3. I couldn't find one video where someone plays it that way, aside from Peter Buck live. Another part doubles the bass an octave higher, also shown here.

 

[GM Arts]

 

[TSJMajesty]

This "type" of chord progression happens in many songs, but I'll use Hit Me With Your Best Shot as an example.

In the verse, the root notes step down- E, D#, C#, but only the E & C# are power chords (root-5-octave.) The D# is actually an inversion of a B chord. This inversion is played with the major 3rd as the lowest note, as in 3-5-octave, which would be fingered: 5/6, 4/4, 3/4 (string/fret), or you could just keep your pinky on the 9th fret of the 4th string after playing the E chord, and just move your first finger down to the D#.

My ear is pretty sensitive, so it always drives me crazy when people play that descending chord progression as all power chords. It's just wrong.

A similar chord progression that has the same issue is in The Spirit of Radio. The chord is not a G#, but rather an E/G#.

 

[CodePoet]

This "type" of chord progression happens in many songs, but I'll use Hit Me With Your Best Shot as an example.

My ear is pretty sensitive, so it always drives me crazy when people play that descending chord progression as all power chords. It's just wrong.

I agree! That's a pet peeve of mine as well. Burns my ears.

 

[CodePoet]

(Paul Davids video)

Paul has been called out by Paul Simon and Dominic Miller recently for not playing their stuff correctly. But that's kinda cool for the original artists to watch and comment. He does often show himself as a bewildered guy with his hand stuck in his hair in his video thumbnails, so I suppose it's not a surprise.

 

[Bakerman]

This "type" of chord progression happens in many songs, but I'll use Hit Me With Your Best Shot as an example.

In the verse, the root notes step down- E, D#, C#, but only the E & C# are power chords (root-5-octave.) The D# is actually an inversion of a B chord. This inversion is played with the major 3rd as the lowest note, as in 3-5-octave, which would be fingered: 5/6, 4/4, 3/4 (string/fret), or you could just keep your pinky on the 9th fret of the 4th string after playing the E chord, and just move your first finger down to the D#.

My ear is pretty sensitive, so it always drives me crazy when people play that descending chord progression as all power chords. It's just wrong.

A similar chord progression that has the same issue is in The Spirit of Radio. The chord is not a G#, but rather an E/G#.

Another common one might be Eye of the Tiger, where it goes Cm Eb/G Ab with guitar playing x355 36 466. I probably remembered the sound of Weird Al's "wrong" version Gm Dm Eb (key changed to fit Al's range, most likely) for years before listening to the original very closely.

 

[Alex C]

 

[Alex C]

 

[Alex C]