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Mike Olekshy
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 09/21/10
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Mike Olekshy
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 09/21/10
Posts: 1,074
09/27/2019 12:25 pm

Hey there! Thanks for the kind words!

To play this song right through, I'd use Guitar 2 as the rhythm parts, and then switch to Guitar 4 whenever a lead part comes up in the song.

This song does present a bit of a challenge since Guitar 1 (the acoustic intro) is in a completely different tuning, so you couldn't do it using the same guitar as the rest of the song - unless you adapted the parts from the intro into standard tuning. Just a tip if you're interested in doing it --- the D, G, and B strings (4th, 3rd, and 2nd strings) are the same in standard tuning, so just learn the tab using only those strings and you'll be right in the ballpark.

Otherwise, as I've seen many bands do (including The Guess Who), don't even play the intro and just start the song with Guitar 2.

Hope this helps, let me know how it goes!!

Mike

Originally Posted by: noeldesigns

Hi Mike, starting to work through your course on American Woman. Great course!! There are 4 guitar parts.

How would you recommend playing this song as a solo electric guitar i.e. incorporating guitar parts from each of the 4 guitars?

Your feedback is appreciated.

Thanks.


Keep rockin!
Mike Olekshy
GT Guitar Coach