Guitar Fretboard Notes (Open D)

Below are the notes on the fretboard for a guitar in Open D tuning, which means that your 1st and 6th strings are lowered to a D, your 2nd string is lowered to A and your G string is lowered to F#.

The black dots represent the markers on your guitar on fret 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12 (double marker). The red notes are the natural notes and the black notes are the sharps and flats.

Guitar Fretboard Notes (Open D Tuning)

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Guitar Fretboard Notes (Drop D)

Below are the notes on the fretboard for a guitar in Drop D tuning, which means that your 6th string is lowered to a D. The black dots represent the markers on your guitar on fret 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12 (double marker). The red notes are the natural notes and the black notes are the sharps and flats.

Guitar Fretboard Notes (Drop D)

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Guitar Fretboard Notes

Below are the notes on the fretboard for a guitar in standard E tuning. The black dots represent the markers on your guitar on fret 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12 (double marker). The red notes are the natural notes and the black notes are the sharps and flats.

Guitar Fretboard Notes (Standard E)

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Be Yourself - Audioslave

This song is fun to play, especially if you have a Wah Pedal. It is played with a Capo on fret 2. The part that gets more intense in the solo should be played funk style, which means that you strum all the string muted except for the notes indicated.

Audioslave - Be Yourself P1

Audioslave - Be Yourself P2

Audioslave - Be Yourself P3

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Cochise - Audioslave

This is a fun song for riffs. There are two main riffs, the verse and the chorus and they are repeated throughout the song. The solo is simple, just fast picking and a few slow bands with guitar effects.

Audioslave - Cochise P1

Audioslave - Cochise P2

Audioslave - Cochise P3

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Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

It is a simple song to play with a band, but quite challenging to make interesting when played with a guitar only, as it is the same thing almost the whole song.

Below the Lead Sheet is the music sheet for the lead guitar for the whole song. There is delay, reverb and he uses a volume pedal to get the notes to come out ghostly sounding by starting with no volume or very little while plucking the note and increasing the volume when the notes resonate.

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Lead Sheet

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Lead Guitar P1

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Lead Guitar P2

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Lead Guitar P3

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Lead Guitar P4

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Second Hand News - Fleetwood Mac

This song is simple on the surface, but it requires a lot of energy to keep the strumming going the whole song and there is a second guitar part that is hard to replicate. The chords are simple, but pay attention to the strumming and the DS on measure 14 that takes you back to measure 3.

The Solo is below the lead sheet. It’s in F# Minor Pentatonic scale position 1 and 2.

During the Verse and Chorus, there is second guitar that plays harmonics and high pitch chords. From my research, it is played with a Nashville Tuning which consist of changing the lower 4 strings of the guitar to a lighter gauge, in order to tune those strings one octave higher. I am not sure about that, as I don’t have a guitar to try this with, but if someone knows more about it, please give me a shout at patrice@paliatsky.com.

Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News Lead Sheet

Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News Solo

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Speak to Me - 10 000 Maniacs

The intro and chorus are played with triads on the first three strings. The Verse is played with open chords strummed and arpeggiated. Watch out for the DS on measure 17 that takes you back to measure 9. Also, pay attention to the measure of 2/4 in the Verse.

10 000 Maniacs - Speak to Me Lead Sheet

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I Miss You - Incubus

The time signature in this song is interesting as it is feels a bit like 6/8 in the chorus because of the half time feel, but in the verse it feels like 6/4. In the end, it doesn’t matter, it sounds good. Pretty simple song to play. The guitar is tuned in Drop D. It is the same riff in the intro and Verse, but in the latter it is palm muted. The Chorus is simply strummed.

Incubus - I Miss You P1

Incubus - I Miss You P2

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Welcome to the Working Week - Elvis Costello

This song is fast and uses a lot of Barre Chords. It is very short, but still has three verses, two and a half choruses and a bridge; it’s quite impressive.

Elvis Costello - Welcome to the Working Week Lead Sheet

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Show Me How to Live - Audioslave

This songs has powerful riffs and interesting guitar effects, very typical of Tom Morello the guitar player for the band. The tuning is Drop D. It is played with lots of overdrive. The solo is very simple, but you need to have a kill switch on your guitar and an effect called Step, it is a Boss pedal.

Audioslave - Show Me How to Live P1

Audioslave - Show Me How to Live P2

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Can't Repeat - The Offspring

This is a fun song to play, as it is all power chords, but it’s quite fast. The first three pages are the rhythm guitar and the last page is the lead guitar.

The Offspring - Can’t Repeat Music Sheet P1

The Offspring - Can’t Repeat Music Sheet P2

The Offspring - Can’t Repeat Music Sheet P3

The first two lines are the lead guitar that is heard in the Intro and at the end of the Choruses. The last three lines are the lead guitar in the Outro.

The Offspring - Can’t Repeat Lead Guitar

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What's Up - Four Non-Blondes

This is a great strumming song. Note that on the last beat of every measure, she removes her fingers to get to the next chord, that is what gives this strumming pattern its iconic sound. Below the Lead Sheet is the music sheet for the Lead Guitar that plays throughout the song.

Four Non-Blondes - What’s Up Lead Sheet

Four Non-Blondes - What’s Up Lead Guitar P1

Four Non-Blondes - What’s Up Lead Guitar P2

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Torn - Natalie Imbruglia

This is a good strumming song. In the recording there is a main acoustic guitar written below, but there are also a few other electric guitars play arpeggios of the chords in the pre-chorus and a simple repeated pentatonic pattern in the chorus (D - F - D - G - D - F - D - G - D - F). The solo at the end is played with a slide and the notes are F - C - D - A and on the third time he plays F - C - D - F - D - A.

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Lead Sheet P1

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Lead Sheet P2

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People Are Strange - The Doors

Great challenging song both for the rhythm and the solo part. The latter is fast and technical. Watch out for the repeats. Note that the tempo changes throughout the song, as it wasn’t recorded with a metronome like nowadays, but the good ol’ way of feeling the music.

The Doors - People Are Strange P1

The Doors - People Are Strange P2

The Doors - People Are Strange Solo

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Supersonic - Oasis

Below are the music sheet for both guitars played in this song. The first one is the rhythm guitar part and below that is the lead guitar.

The first chords is an F#m without playing the first two strings. then the A5 and B5 are played with open strings.

Oasis - Supersonic Rhythm P1

Oasis - Supersonic Rhythm P2

Oasis - Supersonic Lead Guitar P1

Oasis - Supersonic Lead Guitar P2

Oasis - Supersonic Lead Guitar P3

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About A Girl - Nirvana

This song is a great beginner song. The tuning for this song is Eb standard (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb). Pay attention to the repeat signs and the Da Segno (D.S.) that takes you back to measure 5.

Nirvana - About A Girl Lead Sheet P1

Nirvana - About A Girl Lead Sheet P2

Nirvana - About A Girl Solo

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Yesterday - The Beatles

In the recording, Paul McCartney played with his guitar in Standard D Tuning (D,G,C,F,A,D) , but in his performances with the Beatles, they played it in Standard E Tuning. This song is played in a fingerpicking style where your thumb plays the bass note of every chord and your fingers play the other strings, mainly the 4th, 3rd and 2nd strings.

At the end of the song, Paul plays the D8, C#8 and C8 in a C chord shape and alternates with an open G string. It’s a little bit like in Blackbird.

The Beatles - Yesterday Lead Sheet

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Last Resort - Papa Roach

This song is very good to practice picking. It’s fast and very rhythmic. There is a lot of power chords and octaves.

Papa Roach - Last Resort P1

Last Resort - Papa Roach P2

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One Step Closer - Linkin Park

This song requires very heavy distortion to recreate the sound. Watch out for the rhythm, the measure of 2/4 and the D.S on measure 12 that takes you back to measure 1. The tuning for this song is Drop C# which means that your guitar is tuned a half step down lower than standard tuning and your 6th string is a C# (Db).

Linkin Park - One Step Closer P1

Linkin Park - One Step Closer P2

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