[ragser]

This is a song which I truly love. It's ok for you to call me a geek, actually the song itself isn't THAT great but the guitar part really is. It's from a boxing anime that I've seen called Hajime No Ippo. The song is called "Inner Light" and I found a tab on ultimate guitar but I whenever I try to play it, it sounds nothing like the original. Here's a link for the intro of hajime no ippo with Inner Light:
YouTube - Hajime No Ippo Second Opening

And here's the tab:
Inner Light Chords by Shocking Lemon @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

If someone could explain to me how to play this or even record and post a short part of you playing it. I would be forever grateful.

[LeeB]

I am not sure.... but I would recommend searching for different tablature. That fellas tab does not look very accurate to me. I am sure most of the song is power chords but he actually is showing minor barre chords ??? Maybe I am the one confused

[allthumbs]

Your right Lee. He even says to play power chords. You need to play just the bottom 3 strings and damp the rest. It is too trebly with the top strings and as Lee said, the b3 turns it into a minor chords.

[ragser]

Originally Posted by allthumbs

Your right Lee. He even says to play power chords. You need to play just the bottom 3 strings and damp the rest. It is too trebly with the top strings and as Lee said, the b3 turns it into a minor chords.

If you can play it somewhat similar to the intro I would really appreciate if you could record just alittle of it so I can hear what it sounds like

[fly135]

These are two finger chords. Barre with your index, and then barre two frets up and one string down with your ring finger. You are only playing strings 6, 5, and 4 so let the pressure up on your ring finger so that the 3rd string is muted instead of fretted. Also the pressure on the index finger is on the 6th string and lets up to mute across the fretboard.

So basically the focus of pressure on the index and ring finger is on the 3 lowest (pitch) strings and lay muting the 3 highest strings. That will give you the powerchord for this song. It sounds like he's just down strumming them really fast. You're only hitting the top 3 strings but it's not critical precision because the next 3 are muted.

The heavy distortion compresses the sound so you don't hear the attack on the strum. Then there is that little riff played on a second guitar.

[ragser]

Originally Posted by fly135

These are two finger chords. Barre with your index, and then barre two frets up and one string down with your ring finger. You are only playing strings 6, 5, and 4 so let the pressure up on your ring finger so that the 3rd string is muted instead of fretted. Also the pressure on the index finger is on the 6th string and lets up to mute across the fretboard.

So basically the focus of pressure on the index and ring finger is on the 3 lowest (pitch) strings and lay muting the 3 highest strings. That will give you the powerchord for this song. It sounds like he's just down strumming them really fast. You're only hitting the top 3 strings but it's not critical precision because the next 3 are muted.

The heavy distortion compresses the sound so you don't hear the attack on the strum. Then there is that little riff played on a second guitar.

So there is a second guitar. I feared that it wasn't possible to play it on one guitar only

[fly135]

That's why we have multitrack recording.

[fly135]

This whole powerchord thing goes right with your learning to play the B chord in your other thread. The B chord is very close to a B5 powerchord. Let up pressure on your ring finger so that the B string is muted and adjust your strum to only hit 3rd, 4th, and 5th strings. Then you have a powerchord. Slide it up and down the neck for different chords. Move it between strings 6/5/4 and 5/4/3 for more chords.

When you mute that extra string you are removing the 3rd so that you have only the tonic and the 5th. It's that 3rd that makes dastardly noise in heavy distorted tones. Also you can play it in major or minor keys without conflict since removing the 3rd removes the major minor distinction.

[LeeB]

Originally Posted by fly135

Slide it up and down the neck for different chords. Move it between strings 6/5/4 and 5/4/3 for more chords.
ction.

..and get quick at it... play it in a 16th note and 32nd note strum patterns...all down strokes of course... worry not about what the actaul chords are and wellA... you have mastered an entire genre of music called "Punk"

[ragser]

Originally Posted by fly135

This whole powerchord thing goes right with your learning to play the B chord in your other thread. The B chord is very close to a B5 powerchord. Let up pressure on your ring finger so that the B string is muted and adjust your strum to only hit 3rd, 4th, and 5th strings. Then you have a powerchord. Slide it up and down the neck for different chords. Move it between strings 6/5/4 and 5/4/3 for more chords.

When you mute that extra string you are removing the 3rd so that you have only the tonic and the 5th. It's that 3rd that makes dastardly noise in heavy distorted tones. Also you can play it in major or minor keys without conflict since removing the 3rd removes the major minor distinction.

Thanks Fly. I haven't quite lerned the what major and minor power chords are yet... Could you give me some easy examples?

[allthumbs]

There are no major or minor power chords. A power chord only has 2 of the 3 notes needed to make a basic chord. It has the 1 and 5 but, no 3. It is whether the 3 is a 3 or b3 that defines if a chord is major or minor. Power chords can be played over both because it is undefined.

[fly135]

Could you give me some easy examples?

Put your index finger on the 6th string any fret. Place your ring finger on the 5th string two frets higher. That's a powerchord. The note that the index finger is on is the chord name. You can also place your index finger on the 5th string any fret. Then the ring finger 4th string two frets up. The chord name is the note on the 5th string.

You can also hold your ring finger flat an play the next string because that's the same note one octave higher than the index finger. So you can hit 3 strings instead of 2. Mute the rest with your fretting hand for best results.