Good Times Roll - The Cars | Guitar Lesson

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Learn how to play Good Times Roll, as performed by The Cars released on their 1978 debut album. A great piece of guitar arrangements, very accessible to "early in career" guitar players of all ages.

The lesson covers the rhythm and lead guitar parts and pays special attention to the intro of the song where there is a "rhythmic illusion" that catches a lot of us off guard (myself included). I'll outline the timing of that intro and how you can now hear it differently.

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00:00 Introduction / What to expect
02:20 The Rhythmic illusion during the intro
07:25 Tuning & tone
09:09 Lesson - Intro, Verse, Chorus (Ric Ocasek's parts)
11:22 Lesson - Rhythm guitar during solo (Ric Ocasek's parts)
12:02 Lesson - Rhythm guitar during outro (Ric Ocasek's parts)
13:08 Lesson - Rhythm guitar #2's parts
15:22 Lesson - Lead guitar parts (Elliot Easton)
20:28 Demo - guitar solo
20:52 Lesson - Lead guitar parts during outro
21:21 Final thoughts

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Gibson 64 Custom Shop VOX SG https://sweetwater.sjv.io/q41bqn
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1963 Fender Bassman

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