More on Playing 'Johnny B. Goode' on Guitar

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JOE WILES: We're going to take a look at the second half of Chuck Berry's introduction to "Johnny B. Goode." Let's take a look. Now this is how far we've gotten so far. Now in this part, we're going to go to the G string with our ring finger on the 8th fret. Now we're going to hit this string and bend it up, push it up so it matches the note that we would make as if we were on the 10th fret. Now this is the 8th fret note. This is the 10th fret note, and we want to push it up till it matches that note. Okay? As with every time we bend it, we're going to use our index finger on the B string on the 6th fret to answer. Okay? Just do that 10 times in a row with a little gap. One-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three-four, one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three-four--like that. Then we bend it again. Then to the 6th fret of the high E string. This figure should pad it down. Then go 9-8-6 on your B string. You'll bend that 10 times. You're going to bend that one more time, but instead of answering on the 6th fret of the B string, you're going to pad your finger down and hit the 6th fret of the high E string. The first one on the next phrase sounds like this. Okay? Then use your pinkie to the 9th fret of the B string. We're going to go 9-8-6. Okay? We'll use our ring finger to the 8th fret of the high E string and releasing it back to where the 6th fret is padded with our index finger. Then 9-8-6 back on the B string. It sounds like this. Then 8th fret on the G string. Then with our index finger, we're going to go to the 6th fret of the G string and slap on our middle finger to the 7th fret. Okay? And then down to the 8th fret of the D string. Together, it sounds like this. Then we're going to make a three-note chord with the middle finger on the 7th fret of the G string and the index finger still padding the 6th fret of the B and E string. We're going to rake our strings across with a palm mute. We give it kind of a delayed chord. We don't start it all at once. It's just a [SOUNDS LIKE] badada. Okay? Then we come back up to the 9-8-6 riff. Now we're going to stop it right there, and we will have another segment to continue what I've just talked about. I'll see you in the next segment.

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