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5150
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everybody Dave nasty epic guitar
instruction we're going to learn 5150 by
Van Halen today a fantastic tune that is
dropped tuned I should say we're going
to do that at standard tuning on the
record you will find that they tuned
down a half step and drop tuned but
we're going to make sure that we decode
this song in a way that is easy to
understand and get it all in one video
you're going to have a good time let's
come along and learn it we are in
standard tuning and we have dropped into
a regular D I must state that so if you
learn this and try to play along to the
record you would just tune your guitar
down one half-step and then drop tuned
and you'll be right on target again
we're in standard when we detune what
ends up happening if we get a lot of
good resident on that low string and
we're going to notice the way that he
plays through this intro there we're
going to take some common chord shapes
that are totally familiar to us and
we're going to arpeggiate them with some
rhythm now let's look at what's going to
happen in the first initial shape we're
going to start with our fingers shaped
in this kind of fashion because our
index finger is actually going to do
some duty on the same string so I have
my middle finger on the seventh fret
fourth string my third finger on the
third string and my pinky on that second
as I release it my first fingers on the
fifth fret there so our rhythm
all really kind of playing around this D
major chord now watch my right hand here
just so you can see what I'm strumming
and we'll break it down slowly so we can
learn it as quickly as possible now I'm
going to call when I lift my pinkie
we're going to turn it into this emajor
type cord where we're not going to bar
too far with our index finger much
similar to a c-shape we're going to
start by arpeggiating two three four fun
now notice what happens when I get to
the low string and I go slow
I lifted my third finger you get this
melody
take it down one whole step
same thing repeating one whole step
lower let's play slow
it's a lot of holding with your hand I
must say you know to stress your thumb
if I turn this way this is how my thumb
is positioned in the back a lot of
people if you try to do it like this
it's going to be really difficult if
your thumbs like this that's going to be
tricky so keeping with just the old
classic teaching fashion we got to make
sure that we covered that because the
way that your hand is positioned is
super crucial so you don't rub any of
those other notes it's kind of a tricky
thing and it's Van Halen
I'm gonna take an egg Court I'm gonna
suspend it I'm going to pick the second
string pull off
now I'm gonna do my D chord to an e-type
now when we get back into it that's how
we kick it off and that's important
watch the right hand
up to the high notes of Barrington I'm
gonna go from 10 to 9
with me right now
good time we're just learning some van
Halen could be worse could be worse so
let's dig into that I think we've got
into the part of the song where really
kicks off we're gonna go up to this
voicing much like the intro but we're
going to take away some notes this is
the fourth string with my third finger
this is the index finger on the third
string fourth fret and my middle fingers
on the fifth fret second string I'm
pivoting off of the a
we're gonna lead in
outlining at G chord
we have
Lord we're gonna go
kick into this room
so that's a pretty cool riff detune
classic van Halen fashion so what I have
there is I'm going to pivot off of my
open string into a deep power chord now
look at this rhythm pulling off on the
fifth string
holding off on the
you
the difference between that leading into
the next section gonna go lead us in
sound silly but I'll show you in context
we're gonna have
in a court so let's look what happens
when we go to the state court I'm gonna
explain this really slowly
we're gonna hit to open a strings level
or I'm gonna call off the strings as I
hold an a chord that'll be the easiest
way to learn this to open strings right
now there's variation in this okay so
when we have or
that's the other one you'll see me stick
to that one colliding is cooler
stay
in context from the other part slow
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now I'm gonna play an a chord and I'm
gonna go
got a quart but notice my pinkies out on
the fifth string second fret
in context mark is really hard for
people to get when I teach this one this
is the part everybody wants me to really
break down so that's why I'm going to go
nice and slow now watch this strumming
this
now the next part
breaking that down slow I'm going to
borrow my first finger on the second
fret we do crazy things over here deputy
our destruction can we just take break
if say we teach the songs in a short
amount of time that you think you would
never learn that's what we do that's our
goal so please as we go through these
and actually maybe let's take a minute
to say because we're talking a lot about
chords and getting comfortable different
chord shapes and stuff
maybe we should point out below that we
have a really cool link that will help
you with chords and getting to
understand how the guitar works in that
fashion just some free material to give
our brain a break below in that YouTube
text box if you click on that you're
going to get a really good ebook and
video that's totally free that covers
all of these bases because you're going
to see here in a minute I'm gonna be
stretching and doing some wild things
and all of this material is broken down
it'll desist you as you go through the
video you kind of sit it side by side I
think it's a good way to do that let's
get back to that so as we take a look
here
I'm barn my first finger it's on the
second fret I'm covering the three
lowest strings as I go through this I'm
gonna go stick string
I'm gonna have to immediately come over
though and do this so as I do this I'm
gonna roll my middle finger now this is
why my power cord
Juno's one
another strat
more this is three dream
now here when we come from this part you
can see that I'm going to do a power
cord into a bar chord here and
ultimately open string seconds these are
all variations of a D type chord let's
play this in context
that'll lead you right back into this
on a large part of the song and to be
honest I would kind of like to leave it
there because that takes you up to the
solo it's a good amount to jam and that
in itself is fantastic let's play a
little bit of this so we can get a feel
Hey
you
all righty so that covers this up to a
great part of the song again when we
learn these things we take them on to be
our own and we just kind of have fun and
jam them we like to decode some of the
more difficult ones that you might not
necessarily see please like the video
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some feedback I like the challenges so
whatever you'd like to see me try I
definitely take note of them and learn
them so I would love to be offered up
some challenges I appreciate it
everybody here after guitar instruction
does and I will see you next time but
we're going to start with the title
track I guess you should say or the
track that settles the wreckless miles
thing with the double I don't know miles
pretty excited he is pretty excited
miles I think we're going to dig this a
lot of miles calm down calm control the
control your excitement over Van Hagar I
think I think you're going to be alright
