Song 2 Guitar Lesson - Blur

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In this quick Song 2 guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play this massive hit by Blur.

Clocking in at just over 2 minutes, "Song 2" consists of a couple of very catchy guitar riffs.

We will be using standard tuning for this lesson, just like the original recording.

The opening riff is played on a clean guitar tone. It uses 5th string root power chords for every chord. It moves pretty high up the fretboard so that can be a challenge if you aren't used to playing chords up in that higher register.

When the full band kicks in, the guitar tone is switched to a heavily distorted tone. For the most part, the chords played here are the same as the intro, but with one slight difference.

Guitarist Graham Coxon adds an extra note to each of the power chords. By adding this note of the 6th string, he really thickens up the sound making it sound like he is playing a 7-string guitar.

There is also a quick transition riff that I will demonstrate as well.

You may hear a few guitar overdubs along the way that I won't cover in the lesson. Instead, I am focusing on the parts that you would actually play live, just like Coxon does.

This is a fun one, so I hope you enjoy this lesson! #song2guitarlesson #blur #guitarcovers

[artsnjunk]

Hey acoustic players, I gochu: Capo 1st fret. The rest is cake. Shapes. E, D, G, A, B
Chorus. E, G, C
Then you WOO HOO!!

[kylekunce]

1:23 nice job sneaking in smells like teen spirit

[alexx]

the bassist of Blur does alot more work in Song 2 than he is given credit for

[oxrjbizzley]

this song rocks, such proof that being a guitar virtuoso is often less important than making something that rocks and excites people....thanx carl! graham coxon is a really cool guitar player!

[saleseng]

This is the accurate way to play this song, however you can go for a heavier sound by playing it in drop D and it sounds killer. Play the 5th string power chords on the D&G strings(middle two strings)instead, moving the shape from the 3rd to the 1st, then to the 6th 8th and 10th frets. Then play your one finger Drop D power chords, same fret sequence, and see if you like it!

[davecarpenter]

Graham Coxon explains it perfectly. Just be lazy and sloppy with the rhythm. That's how it was intended. Half arsed mess around that turned into a hit. They called it the silly song in the studio

[jessimcknight]

Holy crap i didn't realize how easy this song is! Thanks!

[soulagent]

OMG this song is twenty years old in 2017...

[firstname]

I love eletric guitat but i always have problems with tuning and correctly making amp adjustments for it to sound good

[connerpayne]

Dudes fingernails on his strumming hand are next level

[joecribbin]

Thanks, good lesson. I hadn't realised the chords in the chorus are slightly different. Good to know.

[jamesmcilmoyle]

Something I can play and actually sing to too!! 🤘

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

Thanks for the lesson this was easier to play than I thought

[austinrmoser]

can u do some Gary Clark Jr. please!!!

[iwearmysunglassesatnight]

This song is easier if after the first two chords u switch to root four and do power chords on g# Bb and c

[durnn]

Thank you so much for taking the time to create and upload these videos...Please do Bat Country by A7X next if possible.

[breadzeppelin]

If you tune into drop A and modify it a little, you can do some cool stuff with this song. It basically adds the baseline.

[uknowschwab]

great I've been wanting you to do this

[liamporter]

If I do it, So All I need to do is focus on practice on this song on that, I wish I can play on the electric guitar on a band high school music rock

[hetzelcamargo]

carl, please....could u teach how to play to megatherion by therion? no one has this lesson! and if u can, dead embrionycs cells by sepultura