Get the sound in your head. Watch where the notes go, no guitar yet.
D and G strings, open
Open strings
Press play and watch the fretboard.
About this riff
The same two strings all the way through, moved between three frets. Most people learn this one first because it sounds right almost straight away.
What helps
- Lay your first finger flat across the D and G strings and move it as one shape.
- Hit only those two strings. Rest your picking hand on the thicker strings so they stay quiet.
- Ritchie Blackmore plucked it with two fingers rather than a pick. Try both and keep what sounds cleaner.
Every note, written out
- D and G strings, open. Open strings.
- D and G strings, fret 3. First finger flat across both.
- D and G strings, fret 5. First finger flat across both.
- D and G strings, open. Open strings.
- D and G strings, fret 3. First finger flat across both.
- D and G strings, fret 6. First finger flat across both.
- D and G strings, fret 5. First finger flat across both.
- D and G strings, open. Open strings.
- D and G strings, fret 3. First finger flat across both.
- D and G strings, fret 5. First finger flat across both.
- D and G strings, fret 3. First finger flat across both.
- D and G strings, open. Open strings.
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