Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple Lesson

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- Kristofer Dahl9th August 2008
  This is a big moment! As you can see Andrew is not only a killer theory instructor - but he does it equally good in a video lesson!
  
  This one should be a fantastic starting point for beginners. Welcome [as a video instructor] to GMC Andrew! I am really excited about your future lessons.
- timono9th August 2008
  welcome to the site... awesome first lesson
  
  waiting for more!!!
- DeepRoots9th August 2008
  Awesome! I look forward to future lessons Andrew!
- Joe Kataldo9th August 2008
  Great energy
- Chris Evans9th August 2008
  hahah and our mystery instructor is unveiled
  
  cracking lesson mate, great video quality, look forward to more
- rockztar9th August 2008
  very nice andrew=) headbanging
- rockztar9th August 2008
  do you play with your homemade amp our your pod
- Bogdan Radovic9th August 2008
  Amazing lesson Andrew !!! Great to finally see you in front of the camera !
- kyldeee9th August 2008
  Awesome first lesson Andrew... Welcome to GMC
- Ian Bushell9th August 2008
  Always a classic! Nicely done Andrew:)\m/
- Darfuria9th August 2008
  Excellent sound there Andrew.
  
  For those of you looking to do something a little interesting and catchy during that riff, you can add a small pinched harmonic lick after the run through the power chords.
  
  G: 5th fret, pinched harmonic, bend up. 3rd fret, pinched harmonic.
  D: 5th fret, pinched harmonic.
  
  I'd record a video of this, or something, but I'm unable to right now.
- Capt.Z9th August 2008
  Cool lesson!! Its cool to see a lesson from
  you!!
- Muris Varajic9th August 2008
  Congrats Andrew,
  awesome lesson to start with!!
- Fran9th August 2008
  Congrats on your first lesson Andrew, huge classic riffing, well done
- mattacuk9th August 2008
  This is so awsome to see Andrew in his own Video lessons
- kaznie_NL9th August 2008
  Cool Andrew!! I love it, and I'll be sure to use it for the smoke on the water collab!!
- shroom9th August 2008
  cool lesson, and what timing I saw deep purple live last night
- Nighthawk19th August 2008
  Cool lesson Andrew ! How come that you do your first lesson only now ?...I thought GMC is not allowed to teach the original songs ?
- Vinod Saranga9th August 2008
  Cool Lesson Andrew
  
  Nice to have you on video lessons.
- Nemanja Filipovic9th August 2008
  Cool lesson Andrew,the riff that probably every guitarist on the planet played first when he pick up the guitar.
- Andrew Cockburn9th August 2008
  Thanks all of you for the kind comments!
  
  QUOTE
  do you play with your homemade amp our your pod
  
  This was with my pod - the A.C.1 has a more bluesy tone and doesn't really have enough distortion for this kind of track. Now, the A.C.2 on the other hand , when I build it, will be a high gain beast!
  
  QUOTE
  Cool lesson Andrew ! How come that you do your first lesson only now ?...I thought GMC is not allowed to teach the original songs ?
  
  I have wanted to do a video lesson for a while now, but it is pretty hard to get the quality up to GMC standards, and I wanted to find a niche, so now I will be doing a series of beginner lessons - this was just to get my feet wet and make sure everything was up to scratch
  
  Regarding the original song - yes, this is a first (apart from Marcus Siepen's recent Harvest of Sorrow lesson - but that is a little different as we have an in with the band!). GMC has a licence allowing some non-original songs to be covered as long as we don't put up tabs, so you can expect some more in this series as well as an absolute beginners series
- Pablo Vazquez9th August 2008
  Fantastic lesson Andrew!!!!
- Martin la guitarra9th August 2008
  awesome lesson Andrew!
- Caelumamittendum9th August 2008
  Nice first lesson, Andrew! Looking forward to some more.
- bubbalicious9th August 2008
  well done andy on your first lesson;)
- David Wallimann9th August 2008
  Andrew, this is a great lesson!
  Great explanation and very nice video quality.
  I'm looking forward for more!
- Nick3259th August 2008
  awesome first video lesson andrew
- Gabriel Leopardi9th August 2008
  You rock Andrew! Excelent first video lesson!
  The chords on screen are very helpful for beginers. Good job!
- Pi389th August 2008
  Great lesson, killer tune, awesome guitar. Who could ask for more?
- JVM9th August 2008
  Who is this guy?
  
  Awesome to see you on screen Andrew, i was headbanging the entire time. I'm glad you got the bass line - it's one of my favorite basslines of all time even though it's so simple.. really makes the riff too I think.
- Henry Dietzel9th August 2008
  AWESOME!! great lesson Andrew, can't wait for more
- Nazgul9th August 2008
  This is awesome! I always wondered how to play it, because lots of people play it differently.
- D�j� vu9th August 2008
  WOW! Your theory lessons are great on a piece of paper... I wonder what they'll be like in video!?
  Smoke on the Water was my very first riff as well.
- Andrew Cockburn9th August 2008
  Thanks for all your comments guys - really makes me happy as I was a little worried about my first lesson!
  
  @JVM - yes I paid a lot of attention to the bass as it is such an integral part of the song
  
  @Deja Vu - you can be sure I will be bringing a lot of theory into my lessons when its appropriate!
- sigma79th August 2008
  yay!!!!! finally smoke on the water
- Bedlam9th August 2008
  Glad to see you doing video lessons! I hope to see many more. Maybe turning some of your written lessons into video!
- Trond Vold9th August 2008
  Excellent! Hope to see more videos like this from you
- Carlos Carrillo9th August 2008
  Are you crazy man??This lesson is incredible!!
  Hey!! The chords on screen are great!welcome to the site... God bless you!!
- Andrew Cockburn9th August 2008
  QUOTE (Carlos Carrillo)
  Are you crazy man??This lesson is incredible!!
  Hey!! The chords on screen are great!welcome to the site... God bless you!!
  
  Thanks Carlos - that means a lot
- ErikEklund9th August 2008
  Great lesson man!
  
  Saw deep purple last night in sweden
- TreyDeschamp9th August 2008
  awesome lesson and now i can prove to my friend he's playing it wrong
- Toni Suominen9th August 2008
  Nice lesson Andrew!
- Gilmore9th August 2008
  Great lesson, and a cover of actual song, is it ok to do that now here at GMC?
- chmilew9th August 2008
  Andrew you rock !
  That was a great lesson
- bham10th August 2008
  hey andrew,
  
  aren't those 4 chords played in the riff?
  they're labeled as G5 and there's no fifth anywhere. =/
- Jesse10th August 2008
  Cool, what I do. After the riff. on the low E string... 0-34 and the riff again. L
- Alex8710th August 2008
  Welcome to GMC Andrew ;-) Nice first lesson
- kaznie_NL10th August 2008
  Second Commnet
  
  I just wanted to add that this is one of the best lessons on GMC. The way you explain thing, make this a Lesson and not just an Example of the tune! I love the slomos and the talking in the vids!!!
- Hisham Al-Sanea10th August 2008
  nice to see you andrew on screen and welcome first lesson ...nice long nails.
- Andrew Cockburn10th August 2008
  QUOTE (Gilmore @ Aug 9 2008, 04:59 PM)
  Great lesson, and a cover of actual song, is it ok to do that now here at GMC?
  
  Yes, we can do covers as long as we don't use tabs ...
  
  QUOTE (bham @ Aug 9 2008, 09:53 PM)
  hey andrew,
  
  aren't those 4 chords played in the riff?
  they're labeled as G5 and there's no fifth anywhere. =/
  
  G5 relates to the notes within the chord itself - its a root and 5th only so it is called G5
  
  QUOTE (kaznie @ Aug 10 2008, 05:37 AM)
  Second Commnet
  
  I just wanted to add that this is one of the best lessons on GMC. The way you explain thing, make this a Lesson and not just an Example of the tune! I love the slomos and the talking in the vids!!!
  
  Thanks Kaznie - I know the subject matter is beginner level but I wanted to do a good job of the videos so I tried to add some new features - glad you noticed!
  
  QUOTE (Hisham Al-Sanea @ Aug 10 2008, 06:16 AM)
  nice to see you andrew on screen and welcome first lesson ...nice long nails.
  
  Thanks Hisham
- Danilo Capezzuto10th August 2008
  First lesson with one of the greatest riff, keep on mate!
- Juan M. Valero10th August 2008
  amazing riff, I played it lot of times !!!
- Gilmore11th August 2008
  I saw an interview with Blacmore where he says he says got the idea for this riff by listening to Beethovens 5th symphony. He usually picks the both notes together with his fingers, sounds a little different than using a pick. I´ve also heard him play the riff live by adding the bass G note between each chord, just like he plays the riff in Burn, and All Night Long. Amazing player, one of my all time favourites.
- Ivan Milenkovic11th August 2008
  COngratulations Andrew, great first video lesson, video quality is great. Keep rockin my friend!
- Andrew Cockburn11th August 2008
  QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Aug 11 2008, 08:42 AM)
  COngratulations Andrew, great first video lesson, video quality is great. Keep rockin my friend!
  
  Thanks Ivan
- Jeff11th August 2008
  What a great presentation, Andrew. First class video instruction. This is the very first song I ever learned on guitar. Thanks for the trip back in time!
- g-forcelover11th August 2008
  Sweet lesson! i though you couldn't teach copyrighted songs though
- blindwillie11th August 2008
  Great Andrew! We really need the basic beginner lessons here.
- Jerry Arcidiacono12th August 2008
  Great Andrew! It's really cool to see you and your Jem together
- stonebridges13th August 2008
  great lesson - thank you and more please!
- Dejan Farkas20th August 2008
  Amazing first lesson, we want more
- Andrew Cockburn20th August 2008
  Thanks Dejan!
- kjutte18th November 2008
  Hey man, these intervals are R4, not R5... Or have I mistaken?
- Alexiaden936th June 2009
  Awesome !
- Andrew Cockburn6th June 2009
  They are actually inverted 5ths, which are the same as 4ths. The key is that the root is the highest note, not the lower as is usual. This inverts the interval making it functionally a 5th.

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  Learn to play the Deep Purple classic "Smoke on the Water" - possibly the most essential riff that any beginner guitarist can learn!
Hi there, and welcome to my first GMC lesson! Today we will be learning to play the Deep Purple classic "Smoke on the Water" - possibly the most essential riff that any beginner guitarist can learn! Originally written in the early 70s, "Smoke on the Water" has inspired countless guitarists with its simple yet powerful sound, and in fact its one of the easiest riffs out there, and more than suitable for a beginner to learn.

Since this is a beginner level lesson, we will be focusing on the beginning riff itself and how to play it cleanly. There are backing tracks at various speeds, and I have included 5 minute backing track so you can really get practicing!

Ok, what are we waiting for - lets see how we play "Smoke on the Water".

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