Johnny Marr teaches you to play Smiths classic The Headmaster Ritual with Fender

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We've already reported on how Johnny Marr has been playing Smith's songs requested by fans from his home studio, but now he's going one step further to teach you how to play one.

Man plays and then talks through the parts behind The Headmaster Ritual, the classic opener to the band's 1985 album Meat Is Murder.

Fender hosted the lesson on its Instagram and it looks like they've also provided Marr with one of their Tone Master modelling amps too.

Check it out below.

@johnnymarrgram gives us unique access to his home studio where he performs and then teaches how to play “The Headmaster Ritual” by The Smiths. For each artist that creates a Fender Artist Check-in, we make a donation to the @musicares COVID-19 relief fund. Fender
A photo posted by @fender on Apr 16, 2020 at 12:38pm PDT

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