Chords for Metal Guitarist tries to learn Rock

As a metalhead, even though I listened to a lot of inaudible noises and low-tuned hilariousness,
just like everyone else or most people, I started off with non-metal things.
Actually,
surprisingly, [D] punk music like NoFX, Rancid, and [Eb] Blink-182.
Very quickly, obviously,
classic rock like everyone else, you know, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, ACDC, The Beatles,
all the greats.
However, over the years, as I got more into metal, I never really took time to learn
how to play, make, or write rock music.
Especially whatever rock music might be nowadays.
So,
today, as a metal guitarist, I'm going to search the [Gb] interwebs using the best friend [Bb] in the world,
the Googles.
I'm just going to literally learn how to play [F] rock music.
Let's do it.
I think I
already got a copyright [Eb] strike for playing Smoke on the Water.
So, this is going to be a [F] great
video.
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How to_
How to rock music.
I don't know.
Wow, I spelt that so [Gb] wrong.
How to post music NFTs
on rock.
How is this the first thing I get?
Oh, it's because I [E] actually spelt it wrong.
Okay,
my [D] bad.
Okay, how to rock music.
Rock music, Wikipedia.
Let's start with Wikipedia,
the most trusted source in the world of [Em] not stupid.
Rock is a broad genre of popular music
that_
You know what?
I think I'll skip the Wikipedia [B] part.
How to start listening to rock
music.
This is a little off [C] topic, but I'm curious.
Covering the basics.
Dude, wiki how?
I don't know
how it still exists.
How to wiki how?
It's just such a weird picture to choose for this.
Let's
actually learn something, maybe.
I should have Googled this.
Wow, I'm already messed up.
How to
play [E] rock on guitar.
[Fm] 10 essentials to learn rock guitar.
Okay.
Here are the keys.
Number one,
power chords.
I mean, [Bb] I already know that.
_ _ [F] _
Learn one rock song at a time.
This is how do you play
guitar?
Just play guitar.
Thank you, website.
A lot of rock rhythm is based on the use [Bb] of power
chords, strumming, and eighth notes, right?
And quarter notes.
I just realized.
[Db] Drop A sharp on
this guitar.
I'm going to go ahead on a limb here and probably say I am in the inappropriate tuning
and setup for what I'm trying to learn here.
Yeah, give it one second.
One second on this [Ab] one.
And please. _ _
Okay, power chords.
What does it say?
An eighth and sixteenth notes.
[D] Okay.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ [D] Start a rock band.
Oh, thanks.
Well, now that you know that you're supposed to do this
_ [Bb] and that you probably need to learn riffs and licks, well, just go.
What are you waiting for?
You know how to do it, right?
Okay, here we go.
The pentatonic [Eb] and blues scale, also known as the
guitar center [E] scale.
These I do know already.
Wait, I forgot [Bm] it.
One hour later.
_ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [E] _ All right.
Four pillars [Db] of rock guitar.
Palm muting.
Okay, so that's not hard.
[A] _ _ [B] _ And then down [E] strokes.
I was
already doing that.
[F] It's just metal light.
I guess that makes sense.
How to play rock and roll guitar
in three simple steps.
Okay, here is.
Wicky Howe so far has been the most helpful with its messed
up [D] diagrams.
Like, what is this?
Hell yeah. _
Am I a rock star yet?
I don't know.
I just have a jacket.
This is why we're wearing a jacket today, so I can be the perfect [C] medium of rock and metal poser.
I'm sorry, I'm just doing this video to oppose my_ _ _
All right, blues scale.
Wow, this is [A] the worst looking mapped out thing I've ever seen. _
[B] I was like, blue, that's minor.
Okay, [D] that's [E] a fret there, bro.
This is so confusing to look at.
I know the blues scale. _ _ _ _
_ _ Like, sure, I got it.
Wow, thank you.
Okay, maybe [Dbm] there's another website.
Rock guitar learning path.
Oh, it's like a web series.
Claim your [D] free downloads.
Can something
not [E] just be a scam?
I mean, I'm trying to get in the mindset of just, hey, I'm a new guitarist.
I
just want to learn how to play rock and roll because my daddy, you know, I listened to Queens
in the Stone Age when growing up.
So I want to learn how to play rock and roll.
Buy my course.
How do I get the rock sound on my guitar?
Okay, teach me.
Let's find about sound.
I know the scale
and it's blues.
So much of rock [Eb] guitar playing has to do with the tone and [G] the attitude you're using.
So let's start.
I love how the [B] attitude is included.
I'm pissed.
I'm using my Fender Stratocaster for
this tutorial, but you can use any guitar for the exam.
Okay, good.
I'm using my bridge pickup to get
a bridge pickup.
Checkaroni.
Going straight into the amp with a clean tone.
It [G] sounds like this.
_ _ [B] Okay, one second.
All right, so starting with a clean tone.
See, now I'm actually learning something.
So clean tone.
Okay, [A] so like, I don't know.
Okay, clean tone.
Gain is set to three [D] out of ten.
Amp's gain is set [Gb] to three out of ten.
I'm already at seven.
[A] _ [G] Sounds like it's not even plugged in now.
I [D] will check out what happens when we turn up the [G] gain.
Oh, it's gonna get noise.
It's gonna get
[A] better.
Yeah, yeah.
You see how that knob there, the gain, is all the way at the [D] end.
Smart.
[Gb] All right, I have
the most god-tier [G] rock tone.
That's what [D] I learned.
Distortion and gain at ten and ignore everything
else.
So we're good.
What are the chords for rock?
[Eb] There's four chords for rock?
Why is that?
Why?
Just play all of them.
Okay, what are the four chords for rock and roll?
In the key of C major.
Yeah, okay.
These are F, C, G.
Okay, you're gonna give me tabs?
No.
[Eb] How to play rock and roll guitar?
Maybe this one
will help.
Chords and [F] melody.
Thank you.
My goodness.
Thanks to its heritage in blues and country, the vast
majority of rock and [C] roll songs use three chords.
Just tell [E] me the f***ing tabs, bro.
Like, why are you giving
me math?
Someone took grid [A] paper to draw this.
A7.
So we got A.
_ Okay, [Eb] rhythm.
I already know the rhythm.
It's den den den den [Db] den de.
Solos.
Okay, teach me how to solo.
How do I solo and rock?
The vast majority
of rock and roll guitars operate within the pentatonic scale [E] for their solos.
Hell yeah.
Can _ you
learn all the guitar techniques?
We've learned all the scales, the chords.
So there's only one thing
left to do.
Jam with the backing [Em] track that you found on YouTube.
I'm just gonna pick the one with the most views.
Because that's how brain [Ebm] goes.
That has 8 million views.
E major.
Sorry, I'm gonna pick [B] this one.
B minor.
Okay, let's go.
Okay, so B minor.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] I just, I'm sorry.
There's too little distortion on this.
[A] _ _ [Gm] Okay, drive pedal help.
I'll add some delay, some verb.
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_ _ Sorry, [E] I gotta use more pentatonic.
[Bm] _
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_ [D] I guess I learned how to rock and roll.
What a stupid f***ing [Gb] video.
Yeah, the only thing left to learn is MGK,
but I don't think I want to throw myself [E] off a balcony in-game.
So I guess we'll just move on
from that.
Metal guitarist learned rock.
I learned a lot today.
I feel very, very connected to all the
guitar centers in America