"Man Who Sold The World" Nirvana | EASY 3-note Lead Guitar on Single String + 5 Chords & Strumming

Welcome to my "Man Who Sold The World" Guitar Lesson + Tutorial, by Nirvana (David Bowie). This easy acoustic version will teach you the chords, strumming pattern and the single string melody. It uses 5 fairly easy chords and a percussive strumming pattern that has muted notes. This is the simplest way to learn it, and even a total beginner will get the help they need, through unique visuals and simple acousic guitar tips & tricks. Enjoy!

"Man Who Sold The World" CHORDS: A, Dm, C, F, C#5 (easier than you think!)

"Man Who Sold The World" STRUMMING PATTERN: DuXu-uDu

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"Man Who Sold The World" TABLE OF CONTENTS

0:00 - INTRO
2:15 - MAIN RIFF
4:35 - CHORDS+SWITCHING TIPS
6:02 - SWITCHING PRACTICE
7:19 - STRUMMING PATTERN
10:12 - VERSE PLAY-ALONG
11:10 - THE CHORUS-STRUMMING
13:23 - CHORUS PLAY-ALONG
14:57 - CHORUS SCALES
17:06 - SCALES PLAY-ALONG
18:18 - INTRO STRUMMING
19:46 - SOLO CHORDS
20:35 - FINAL PLAY-ALONG
24:25 - RESOURCES

The lesson begins with the main riff, which is a super easy three note guitar lick on a single string. It has a hammer on and pull off but we can simplify it and play just the hammer on and it's actually quite beginner friendly that way. We practice the riff and then work our way into the verse which will require some chord shapes and some strumming.

The chords are: A, Dm, C, F. I go over several tips and tricks for switching between these chords faster and easier. We practice them using downstrokes only so that we can get used to the switching and then we add the strumming pattern.

The strumming pattern for this one is based on the most common strumming pattern ever but there's a couple of slight variations. The biggest difference is the use of a muted stroke. This adds some percussion to our strumming and involves three steps to do. We work on all the motions, bit by bit and then we put the entire strumming pattern together with our chord progression and play the verse.

The chorus uses one additional chord shape the C sharp power chord. This is a three note chord and it's not too hard to switch into it. The challenging part will be muting the excess strings. We work on the chords and then add the strumming.

Next we learn the alternate version of the chorus where, instead of strumming, we play some scales. This will make it sound a lot more like the original recording and is great if you have a friend to play with. One of you can play the strumming the other one can play the scales. We work our way through it all and then we discuss some odds and ends like the ending solo and we play through a pretty big chunk of the song to give you a really good idea of how everything goes together.

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