Transeribed by Dave Kilminster Continuing C7's brief foray into one-hit-wonderland, here's a song that everyone remembers by the band that time forgot... The Knack was prevalent way back in the late 7Os/early 80s as popularised by such bands as Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, ‘The Cars and Mink Do Vile. More recent hints of a revival wore heard with The Fembrandts (eee my transoriotion of 11 Be There For You back in @r December 95) athough their four minutes of fame seem to be just about up. Performance Notes Ex 1 and 2 are the intro guitar left and right. The guitar on the lef is clean but witha sight edge, something like a loud Fender twin, while tha guitar on the right sounds more tke ‘@ Marshall ticking over at half volume Distorted but not enough to mess up the chords too much, For the begining ofthe verse the left quar (Ex 2) site out and just plays the accents ‘whist the right gutar (Ex 4) uses palm muting 0 that the rif doesn’ get in the way of tho vocals (does anyone remember dynamics?) For the most part the chords used inthis song ‘are simple mejor barre chords and triads so i ‘you're just getting to grips with these shapes this ie a good tune to have a go at. Obviously you dont have to be too itera with sections 1: song typified an American sound that <6 such as bars 15-16 in Ex 5, Ive just writen ‘out what's on the record which would vary ‘everytime they played i. Ex 6 Is two guitar parts arranged for one ‘guitar. Bars 3 and 4 are the solo part followed by a phase based around the C, &} and F chords in bars 6 and 6. This idea continues throughout the section (two bars of solo, two bars of chord fis). The solo ideas are based around the G minor portatonie scale: 1434 57 GBCOF Ex 7 is the middle eight and rhythm guitar Under the outro solo (Ex 8). More distortion (work that Big Mut!) and switching to the ‘hythm pickup will help to approximate the sound. The scale used is C major (i you don't know this scale by now then it time to take up the drums!) with particular emphasis on the notes ofthe major pentatonic: co 12 aig Ac 61 It al pretty standard stuff unl bar 13 when it shifts up a gear. I've written the recommended picking strokes for this section but its stil pratty awkward at thi speed. Try to keep tha side of your picking hand in contact withthe bridge. You nead to keep a point of reference to stop the hand going all ‘ver the place. I use my litle finger which resis on the body/pickup for extra suppor. Bars 18-20 contain an idea similar to the outro section of Sultans OF Swing by Dire ‘Strats. Again Ive included my preference for the picking stokes, i's not actualy too aificut but it sounds very effective. It also makes a nice pull-off exercise. Try changing the intervals to fit other chord types, move it onto ifferont groups of stings, use open strings ete, You can get a lot of mileage from a simple idea Ika this. The solo finishes with fsome unison bends (see also Frankenstein fast issue) dropped in with a guitar on the tole pickup for extra bite. ‘Arrangement Intro» Veree = Chorus + Vorso + Chorus + 1st solo + Into + Versa * Chorus + Chorus «Intro vatition + Ouro solo + intro variation That's about it for this month, Keep those requests coming in and well ry our best to please everybody (a fulle though none the less honourable ambition). 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