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Fingering for Day Tripper


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I'm having a bit of difficulty with the Day Tripper riff. I worked it out by ear, and am playing:

 

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-------------2-------4-------4---

----------2----5--2----2-5--------

-----2-4--------------------------

--5------------------------------

 

I'm holding the hand in a fixed position, so that if my first finger is on the second thret, and my fifth finger is on the fifth thret. I find it tricky to do the last 2-5--(up string)-4 because the 5 on the D string and the 4 on the G string both ring, then I have difficulty getting smoothly back to start the next iteration of the riff.

 

Is my fingering or the way I'm playing the riff sub-optimal, and should be changed? Or do I just need to practice more?

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If I recall correctly its...

 

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--------------2--0-----4-----0--2---

-----------2--------2-----2---------

---0--3-4--------------------------

2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2

 

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Yep, gennation is correct. Then you move down one string for the A riff in the same exact pattern and then back and then to F#m.

 

ETA: Wow, I have so few posts almost to seem newbieish - I've been playing for 26 years. :)

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I've always played it with a G natural as the 2nd note, and not F#, but I may have transcribed it incorrectly... Also, all of the 2nd finger notes I would use my 1st finger (perhaps yours is a typo?). Since it's two frets apart, I would use two fingers apart.

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I've always done it this way (same as Poparad I think)

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---------2-0---4---0-2----
|-------2-----2---2--------|
|-0-3-4--------------------|

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I've always done it this way (same as Poparad I think)


|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|---------2-0---4---0-2----

|-------2-----2---2--------|

|-0-3-4--------------------|

 

 

 

correct. i prefer to fret the open notes.

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Oops. I typed that wrong the second note should be a G. That is was I meant to type, there's only one way to play that correctly. I took the original posters tab and reworked it, but failed to change that note. I will correct it.

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And I was a bit tipsy and getting ready for bed. But the transposition was correct.

 

I prefer no open D, barring the 2's on the A and D string:

 

 

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|

|---------2-----4------2---|

|-------2---5-2---2-5------|

|-0-3-4--------------------|

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.... Also, all of the 2nd finger notes I would use my 1st finger (perhaps yours is a typo?). Since it's two frets apart, I would use two fingers apart.

 

 

That's the way I learned it:

 

 



			
		
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Thanks for all the feedback here. It's a lot easier to play with the open strings. But I also had the last note wrong. Even without using open strings, it's a lot easier to play with the correct last note instead of the wrong one.

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