Smoke on the water riff and solo

The starting riff which most guitarists started with including me and the fantastic solo. Love the phrasing. It almost sounds wrong.

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[5targazer]

after listening to millions of performances of this riff I go back to the original Ritchie's record and wonder how amazingly aggressive he plays it with his right hand using fingers but not a pick

[bijitbora]

It's nice to know, there are some (very few) people still, who think b4 they comment. Like you, my friend. It's not a game against Blackmore, it's "trying to appreciate his mastery in a small way by trying to pick it up myself". Helps me understand the psychology of the composer. Amazing solo .. seriously. Should not jam over it. Won't do justice to the legend. Awesome composition and damn tough to play ditto

[LedKenji666]

smoke on the water...would you be bored?

[linkinpark2coldplay]

goooood job but show emotion... ritchie blackmore did

[submarinom7]

10 points!

[starryian007]

Sir, you are one talented fella!

[anonymouslolxD]

Damn you did this solo justice! I really like Ritchie Blackmore, my favourite solo of his has got to be Child in Time.

[5targazer]

@iaminlovewithdeath Good! We used to cover this thing and I loved live records a lot, we followed DP in raising tempo then I saw Blackmore picking two strings and it was a challenge for me so I did the same! then I found out he started to add a bass G note between the main riff fifths and again I copied it. But some time passed and the simplicity, powerful fingerpicking and angry slowliness of the studio version amazed me more than RB's fastest solo. Do not loose tastiness when develop skills

[iaminlovewithdeath]

@5targazer i play with my finger as well i find it hard with pick to hit to strings

but thats just me

[photodandrea]

altro moscio

[sqwuade]

Nice job! Are you playing the solo w/ all rhythm pickup?  I always thought that amazing tone Blackmore got was from the rhythm pickup. Love this solo, it's one of the most tastefully done guitar solos ever!

P.S. My cat's name is "Richard Blackmore" (He's all black)!

[MinningAround]

@RCbeastly Somewhere I read that he fingerpicked classical style for the recording and upstroked a pick for '73 Live. Awesome solo. A real classic. Such great phrasing and tone. And very well played bijitbora.