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Guns 'n' Roses
Sweet Child O' Mine

by Andy Webber

Possibly the greatest guitar riff ever written! This memorable riff is based based around the D chord shape and is within the grasp of the beginner guitarist if you put in enough practise!

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As with everything we teach on this website, start of really slowly and then gradually build up to full speed. Work your way through the whole riff so that you know every note off by heart before trying to play it fast.

The temptation with this riff is to use all downstrokes here, but it is much easier in the long run if you follow the video and use and alternate picking technique. This will make it easier to play withouth mistakes when you get it up to full speed.

You will also need to dampen the strings that are not being played by using the pads of your fingers on your left hand that aren't being used to play notes. This cuts out any unwanted noise.

Make sure your know why this is based around the open D chord shape. It may be 12 frets higher but the fingering is still the same. Note how the root note changes throughout the riff.

Any problems or queries, feel free to get in touch!

Andy Webber.

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