Correct fingerings

ScavonePJScavonePJ Posts: 94
edited August 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
correct fingerings for smoke on water and ironman?

I can play em' but its not that east the way I do em' any help?
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  • djyman15djyman15 Posts: 181
    1st, 3rd and 4th. aka index ring pinky. simple power chords

    if you dont want to use your pinky, just barre 2 strings with the ring
    "Even if your heart would listen, I doubt I could explain"-Jimmy Eat World
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Man, I just wrote out this long, involved, accurate and annotated essay... only to realize I had misunderstood the question entirely...

    Man, am I embarrassed.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Originally posted by djyman15
    1st, 3rd and 4th. aka index ring pinky. simple power chords

    if you dont want to use your pinky, just barre 2 strings with the ring

    but its 1, 4 6 on the frets, is it possible to spread em' that big?
    "The true measure of a man is not where stands in times of comfort and convienence, But where he stands in moments of conflict and controversy."

    -Martin Luther King Jr.

    "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens"

    -Jimi Hendrix
  • Originally posted by mccreadyisgod
    Man, I just wrote out this long, involved, accurate and annotated essay... only to realize I had misunderstood the question entirely...

    Man, am I embarrassed.

    Don't worry bout' it
    "The true measure of a man is not where stands in times of comfort and convienence, But where he stands in moments of conflict and controversy."

    -Martin Luther King Jr.

    "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens"

    -Jimi Hendrix
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by ScavonePJ
    Don't worry bout' it

    Maybe I should've posted it...

    Guys could've learned something, and the ladies would've blushed...
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Originally posted by mccreadyisgod
    Maybe I should've posted it...

    Guys could've learned something, and the ladies would've blushed...

    Then post it......................
    "The true measure of a man is not where stands in times of comfort and convienence, But where he stands in moments of conflict and controversy."

    -Martin Luther King Jr.

    "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens"

    -Jimi Hendrix
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by ScavonePJ
    Then post it......................


    Okay...

    Well, guys, when you want to please your lady, you...

    [EDITED FOR CONTENT]

    ... and after you remove the handcuffs and clean up the Crisco, light her cigarette like a gentleman and get some sleep. Tomorrow is another day!
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Originally posted by mccreadyisgod
    Okay...

    Well, guys, when you want to please your lady, you...

    [EDITED FOR CONTENT]

    ... and after you remove the handcuffs and clean up the Crisco, light her cigarette like a gentleman and get some sleep. Tomorrow is another day!


    how bout some help with the fingerings now, the oones I was talking about.
    "The true measure of a man is not where stands in times of comfort and convienence, But where he stands in moments of conflict and controversy."

    -Martin Luther King Jr.

    "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens"

    -Jimi Hendrix
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by ScavonePJ
    how bout some help with the fingerings now, the oones I was talking about.


    Iron Man

    e
    B
    G--2----5----5--7--7----10-9-10-9-10-9--5--5--7--7--
    D--2----5----5--7--7----10-9-10-9-10-9--5--5--7--7--
    A--0----3----3--5--5
    8-7--8-7--8-7--3--3--5--5--
    E

    Now, the C5 chord (second chord) is:

    e
    B
    G--5--Pinkie
    D--5--Ring
    A--3--Index
    E

    You just drop the index finger on the A5 (first chord), and for everything else you just shift the same chord shape up and down the neck. That's a 5-string power chord (because your root note is on the 5th string). 6-string power chords are the same shape, just moved down one string.

    Smoke on the Water

    e
    B
    G--2--5--7----2--5--8-7----2--5--7----5---2-2--
    D--2--5--7----2--5--8-7----2--5--7----5---2-2--
    A--0--3--5----0--3--6-5----0--3--5----3---0-0--
    E

    Now, you can simplify by playing a simpler power chord...

    e
    B
    G
    D--5--Ring
    A--3--Index
    E

    Especially with distortion, the two will sound pretty close to the same. Both are technically X5 chord shapes. Power chords are essentially just barre chords with no accents, emphasis, or 3rd tone (major or minor; they are neutral). The very foundation of punk, heavy metal, hard rock...
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
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