How to play guitar like John Frusciante

A video and tab lesson on the Red Hot Chilis' guitar man

Total Guitar (Richard Barrett), Wed 28 Oct 2009, 5:05 pm UTC

Example 1: simple rhythm guitar

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This rhythm part is not quite as simple as it may first appear. It uses a couple of different versions of D minor, the highest of which will test your evenness of finger pressure and intonation. This part won't sound good played loosely so keep your timing tight!

Example 2: rhythm guitar with embellishments

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This is an embellished version of Example 1 and displays John's long acknowledged Hendrix influence. Again, it's deceptively tricky, requiring ultra clean position changes and careful muting of the fifth string until the final bar.