Snow (Hey Oh)

Learn How To Play "Snow" by Red Hot Chilli Peppers!

The Frusciante way!

This tune has an awesome riff by John Frusciante. Not only does it sound super cool, but it's also an incredible speed and endurance guitar exercise! This song is awesome practice for Grade 6+ guitar players that are looking for a challenge!

🚨 I've done a lot of research studying live videos of Frusciante. I wanted to make sure I got the positions and fingering right. I think I've got figured out exactly how he plays it!

In this lesson, you'll learn how to play the whole song, but the main focus is on the riff because that's the tricky bit! I'll show you the most common Frusciante play this tune. :)

Hope you dig playing this tune as much as I do!

How To Play Snow On Guitar

To play Snow By Red Hot Chillo Peper, start slowly and get the groove and timing right first. To do this, I recommend using the program called Transcribe. I'd lower the speed to 50% and play along with the record.

Once you can get clean chord changes, you can increase your speed. With practice, you'll be able to catch up to the original reducing speed.

To play this song, you'll also need to nail this one hammering technique.

Here's how you'll do it:

1. While the third finger is down in the sixth fret, your first finger will be hammering.
2. Then, you'll want to flick very quickly.
3. You'll follow that by a hammer another flick off again.
4. Angle your fingers to help you do this.

This technique will be worth practice by itself. Try and get it down first until it feels comfortable. It'll be great practice to build your finger strength. With practice, you'll be able to increase to speed and transition of this technique!

Red Hot Chili Pepper Amp Setting

I got loads of questions about my app setting for this tune. It's a clean sound from a valve amp. JF uses a Stratocaster, and I'm using a Telecaster in the middle position. It's a regular clean sound using my Fender Princeton II on a clean channel. I usually dial in all 7's with Bass on 10 and Reverb on 2.5.

You'll most likely have to experiment with your amp. Every amp has a different sound with a different setting. This is why I avoid regularly showing what I do on my amp.

It's super important to use your ears to do it - there isn't a shortcut. You have to try and see what works. Your guitar will also change the sound, so you must try it out for yourself. This is the only way you'll learn! 

 And remember - if it sounds good, it is good! If you're trying out effects for the first time, it's a good idea to record yourself so you can get an outside perspective of how you sound! This way - you can observe your playing as a third party and assess you're playing.

 

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