How To Play Bow-Chikka-Wow-Wow

Learn to play the infamous "bow-chikka-wow-wow" riff and use it in your every day life!

If you want to play the riff without tuning to drop D, just move everything up 2 frets (a whole step).

BIG thanks to Jon, Ed, Mandy and Meg for helping me put this thing together! I'll post a link to Jon's channel once he gets some videos up there.

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[pontiacfirebird1997]

Gibson SG Faded

[CurtainGuy]

The guitar in this vid? That's a Fender 60s strat

[nikeballer73rs]

hey, this is sorta off topic but i see you have how to play times like these on ukulele but not guitar... think you can do a how to play it on guitar?

[CurtainGuy]

I would do one but someone already beat me to it, and he's one of the best guitar teachers on youtube haha.. If you look at my ukulele version you'll see I did it as a video response to him. Justin Sandercoe

[plinthman]

Excellent video, very funny. I must learn this!

One Question though. Please excuse if this is a stupid question, I'm a bit of a beginner on guitar: You say that you need to de-tune the lower E string, but to me it looks like you don't actually play this string in the video. Is it really neccesary to mess about with the tuning of your guitar every time the pizza guy comes?

[CurtainGuy]

Hahaha.. very good question. It's hard to tell in the video but Jon actually is hitting that low string.. it's hard to tell because it's actually the same note that he plays immediately afterwards on the A string.. it's just one octave apart. What I prefer to do is just play everything Jon plays 2 frets up (1 whole step), so that way I don't have to de-tune the E string to D. I guess it's just a little sexier with that low D-note.

[slayerT75]

im just wonderin if she got the pizza to her licking. i mean liking......u know with the large sausage and all......

[TraumaSwitch]

Comedy Gold.

[xjxm]

Thank you, for the laughs and the learning.

[Zawicki1]

XD This is hilarious!

[roberdude12345]

i have mastercard! lol

[Shizzy77]

Wow.... I love it xD

[slipnazi1]

are we ever gonna see that first girl being sexy again??? plz message me back p.s. loved the video

[aoisatan]

the first girl was hot

[TheRhymeSayers]

LMAOO

[reallybored32]

wow

. u stupid lol

[XB0XFR34K]

how could that be a gibson sg????

dude ur stupid its a freakin 60's style strat

[aerofr33k]

thats probably the most incorrect comment ever sorry

[Bassman0Nate]

haha hilarious!!

[jbguitarplayer15]

funny lesson is it apropiate lol

[nikeballer73rs]

o yea i saw his lol well anyway thanks

[patriotsownyou]

Oh man, a bow-chicka-wow-wow jam video is definitely necessary, i'll have to learn that riff tomorrow when i have time. Good vid! :)

[plinthman]

Aha, I see. Thanks for that. I think I'll try playing it your method.

[Joelthepirate]

please do.

[CurtainGuy]

I kinda have haha.. maybe I'll post it