Members zappolehgan Posted July 20, 2010 Members Posted July 20, 2010 For playing a cover of "you really got me" can i just leave the root note off the power chord, and just play doublestops, or will it not be effective if i play it live? im afraid if i do it this way i may be missing something its just annoying keeping that root note down with all that movement, when i leave off the root and just hit it like double stops it comes out sounding much cleaner.
Members jeremy_green Posted July 20, 2010 Members Posted July 20, 2010 Depends on the feel you are going for so yes you can. I probably wouldn't if it was Van Halen's version, but if it's the Kinks version you could probably get away with it. Try both - do what sounds better. Not what's easier.
Members GtrProductions Posted July 21, 2010 Members Posted July 21, 2010 Practice the line slowly with a metronome and I bet you could learn how to nail it....
Members darthbatman Posted July 21, 2010 Members Posted July 21, 2010 if you do it without the root, then fifth is what ends up sounding like the root, so it would sound like you were playing a fourth chord a fifth up from where you're 'supposed to', but it might sound pretty good that way anyways
Members benzem Posted July 21, 2010 Members Posted July 21, 2010 If you play it in A just use single note G 3rd fret 6th string. Open A chord form. Then when you move to B, use 5th string power chord w/ open A single note.So the only time you'd need to move is on the E to D, which I avoid on this song by leaving the E as the root of the D chord. At the 7th fret barre, 5th str pwr chord, and just lift your 3rd (or 4th) finger and barre strings 5 thru 2 with 1st finger.And/or practice moving chord form cleanly, which is not all that easy but SO important.
Members JonR Posted July 21, 2010 Members Posted July 21, 2010 if you do it without the root, then fifth is what ends up sounding like the root, so it would sound like you were playing a fourth chord a fifth up from where you're 'supposed to'Probably not. An isolated 4th interval usually sounds like an inverted 5th - ie the top note sounds like the root. IOW, it would still work. After all, that's how the opening of Smoke on The Water is usually played: parallel 4ths on the 4th and 3rd strings. The top note is the root in each case. You Really Got Me should (in theory, given a good guitar tone) work in the same way - provided a 2nd guitar or bass comes in to play the low roots. Of course it's better to play it with the low root to start with, if you can - but the important thing is that it sounds clean and strong, not subject to fluffed notes
Members gennation Posted July 21, 2010 Members Posted July 21, 2010 You can do whatever you want. If you want it to sound like the original, keep the Root on the low end.
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