Playing 'Can't Stop' on Guitar

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JOE WILES: In this segment, we're going to take a look at number 17, which is "Can't Stop" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Let's take a look. On the introductory riff, we're going to start with our index finger on the 5th fret of the A string. Then we're going to put our ring finger and we're going to keep it hovered over the 7th fret of the same string because we're going to bring it down here, okay? Now, the riff sounds like it's counted as in one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two, when in actuality, you're counting sets of four. As you go through the riff, I want you to count out loud so you keep proper rhythm, okay? One-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four. You see how--where my fingers were landing as I was doing that? On the certain particular--the quarter notes as I was counting them out. Make sure you follow that and keep the rhythm right, okay? We'll do that again. One-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four. Pay attention on that. It's kind of important. To speed, the introduction sounds like this. If you count while you play it to speed, it sounds like this. One-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four. Pay attention, that's a pretty fast way to count it, okay? In our next segment, we're going to continue "Can't Stop" with the riff that's played under the verse. I'll see you in that segment.

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