Chords for Stone Roses Waterfall Guitar Lesson Tutorial - Easy Stone Roses RIFF!

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_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hi guys, [E] Andy here and in this lesson we're checking out how to play Waterfall by the Stone Roses.
An absolutely classic riff and deceptively easy to do.
We'll need a capo at 4th fret to be able to do this riff and if you want to be able to
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But other than that, let's get in for a close up of how to play this classic riff.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [B] _ _
So the chord I'm playing most of the time [D#] _ is a Dsus2 but to make it a little bit easier
we're going to just use our first two [D#] fingers.
Often a Dsus2 is played like this.
I'm going [G#] to use my first finger, second fret of the third string, middle finger, third
fret, second [C#] string.
_ And we start on the root note.
Everything's single string picking with a pick in this riff.
[F#] _
_ Root note of the D, the D string. _
String two, _ _ three, then two.
And _ _ _ _ the most effective [C] way to pick that is with [F#] a down pick. _
Up, up, down.
_ Down strum, up, up, down.
_ Which is going to be using something called [A] _ directional picking [D#] which is moving in the
direction of the next string you're going to hit.
[F#] So down, up, up, down.
_ _ After that we do a very [B] slight flick off but it's really [G#] light and if you have [A#] as much
overdrive as I have on at the [F] moment you'll just [B] really want to lift your finger off of
[C] _
where they are basically.
Both your fingers off _ _ to hit [B] the sort of open third string.
[G#m] Listen to this in [F#] context. _ _ _ _
_ That's all we want.
[C#] Just a faint hint [B]
of that open string.
[E] If you have any overdrive on at all that should [F#] happen pretty naturally. _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ Then we do pick that third string.
_ _ And then we'll take our middle finger [G#m] and put it on fourth fret [A#m] _
_ _ of the fourth string. _
Just here.
_ _ [B] Back to the third string, open.
_ _ And that's the whole main riff.
It's [F#] just done in a cycle.
Let me show you really slow. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There's two [F#] halves.
First half, _ _ _ _ _ second half, _ [B] open, open again. _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [B] Pick.
If we're thinking about this directional picking. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[B] _ For [A#] everything with this picking [F] hand my entire forearm and wrist is rested on this part of the guitar
above _ _ _ the bridge pickup.
Just like this.
So I'm pivoting [F#] from the wrist and [G#] my forearm isn't moving at all.
You can put your little finger down here.
That's not [E] necessarily wrong.
[D#] I just think it's way more effective to pick resting with the wrist above your strings like this.
For this indie rock style of guitar.
So let's have a go at this together nice and slow.
In two, three, _ four.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And that's the main riff.
We have a secondary riff that happens in the chorus.
And that sounds as follows. _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] So it's almost the same picking throughout.
But we'll set up with our first finger, _ second string, third fret.
_ Middle finger, fifth fret, proportionate to the capo.
_ And [B] on the fourth string.
_ _ _ And each time we're going to pick string four, _ two, _ _ and then three. _ _ _ _
_ _ Four, _ two, three.
_ [F#] And then we go down by a fret.
So move your middle finger one fret into fourth fret.
Again. _
_ _ [B] _ _ Each of those.
So one more time.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ And then we switch our fingers.
Kind of similar to anyone that's followed _ my channel.
Or have seen Wake Me Up When [Gm] September Ends.
This [G#] bit is very similar.
We go to the second [D#] fret.
_ And then we swap your first finger for your middle finger here.
So we've got one, _ _ _ two, _ _ _ three. _ _ _
And then when we're here we just repeat that _ picking [G#] pattern twice.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ Watch again carefully.
I'll do it dead slow for you guys.
Two, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
two, three, four. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
And then the same thing happens again.
But we strum the last two chords.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ You've got two strums there.
_ _ And then we will go back to the main riff.
So here in context. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] And then back to the main riff.
[F#] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] And [G#] it's a nice cycle to get into.
To do the [F] first main riff, if you're just practicing this.
[G#m] Do the first riff four times.
Play your next section, that chorus section.
And then go back to doing the riff four times.
And you kind of, by alternating those, you're working everything out.
So you've got a good amount of time on each part.
But not too much so that you're not kind of working the change between the sections.
So let's have one last play through. _
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Play along in two, three, four, one. _ _ _
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_ And let's go [B] to the next section. _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] And back [B] _
_ [F#] _ to the normal one.
[B] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That's all for [G#] this lesson.
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