Now Play It
Now Play It — Franz Ferdinand
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Franz Ferdinand
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No. of tutorials: 5
Now Play It — Lite
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- Artist:
- Franz Ferdinand
- Title:
- Do You Want To
- Instrument:
- Guitar
- Tutor:
- Lite Tutorial
- Difficulty:
- 3/5
Title
Learn to play this catchy Franz classic from their 2nd album, ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’. Both the lead and rhythm guitar parts are included with this tutorial giving you plenty to get your teeth into and making this a great song to play along to with a friend.
Techniques featured in this song include a mixture of more sustained and broken up ‘stabbed’ chords for the rhythm part, as well as the catchy lead riff which incorporates a mixture of sustained octaves and single note lines with a few string bending moments. The string bending is fairly straight forward making for a great introduction to the technique for any beginners.
The mixture of fairly simple chords and some more challenging lead lines make this a tutorial that will challenge both the beginner and more intermediate players. If you're just starting out you’ll find the chords fairly easy to get into while you build your confidence and skills for the longer term challenge of learning the lead lines. Intermediate guitarists will simply take pleasure in playing along to another classic Franz Ferdinand study in great use of rhythm, simple melody and a natural ‘less is more’ approach to constructing hook laden songs that lodge themselves in your memory from the first listen. Enjoy!
(TUTORIAL DURATION: 05.06 MINS)PREVIEW
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- Artist:
- Franz Ferdinand
- Title:
- Matinee
- Instrument:
- Guitar
- Tutor:
- Lite Tutorial
- Difficulty:
- 3/5
Title
One of Franz Ferdinand’s most successful hits from 2004, this track features interesting strumming patterns and a series of lead riffs and melodies. The tutorial uses some of the more common bar chords making it great for any beginners who’ve mastered the basic open chords and want to start exploring the higher parts of the neck as well as building strength in the barring finger.
The strummed rhythms used in the track range from subtle single strums to rapid up – down, funk style, patterns. This should help with pick control and agility in the fingers.
The lead riff in this tutorial is interesting as it pretty much replicates the bass line but with a couple more notes slotted in for added dynamics. This is a simple composing technique but as in this song, it proves to be very effective!
(TUTORIAL DURATION: 04.35 MINS)PREVIEW
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- Artist:
- Franz Ferdinand
- Title:
- Take Me Out
- Instrument:
- Guitar
- Tutor:
- Lite Tutorial
- Difficulty:
- 3/5
Title
We are pleased to bring you the song that launched this Scottish 4 piece and became the inescapable soundtrack to 2004.
All the guitar parts to the song are tabbed out and included in this lesson. From the beginner friendly thump of the rhythm part to the angular and instantly recognizable lead line that drives the song along. All these elements give this tutorial plenty of depth with parts that will appeal to the novice and more advanced player alike.
One of the great things about the manner in which Franz Ferdinand write their guitar parts is that they are generally quite simple, but are structured within the song in an unorthodox and exciting way. A perfect example of this is the intro section to this song. Both guitars are playing simple single notes that follow the bass line, however, the guitar lines branch away from each other to provide a great harmony, which in turn gives you the hook! Once learnt, you can apply this basic method when writing your own songs to add depth and dynamics. The lead line of the track is supported by straightforward power chords, which follow the staccato beat of the drums and are great fun to play.
The lead line itself is more advanced and perfect for an intermediate player. With other techniques used such as hammer-ons and octaves, this tutorial is jam packed with parts and material for you to learn.
(TUTORIAL DURATION: 04.48 MINS)PREVIEW
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- Artist:
- Franz Ferdinand
- Title:
- The Fallen
- Instrument:
- Guitar
- Tutor:
- Lite Tutorial
- Difficulty:
- 3/5
Title
Another great Franz tutorial, The Fallen provides you with a range of useful techniques to try out, from simple stabbed power chords to more advanced lead lines.
The chords in the song are played with specific rhythms that focus on stabs and accents, which makes a refreshing change from standard strumming patterns and also highlights the importance in music of the spaces left between notes and chords (It’s not just what you play but what you leave out that make for exciting music – Something that Franz Ferdinand are masters of).
The lead lines in this tutorial incorporate everything from small bridge riffs and picked parts that accompany the lead vocals to a clever octave part where the shapes ascend in a sliding manner up the neck.
Finally, for anyone who is interested in taking their first steps to playing solos, there is a simple little solo featured in this song that involves string bends and is great fun to play.
(TUTORIAL DURATION: 04.07 MINS)PREVIEW
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- Artist:
- Franz Ferdinand
- Title:
- Walk Away
- Instrument:
- Guitar
- Tutor:
- Lite Tutorial
- Difficulty:
- 3/5
Title
In this tutorial you can learn the Franz Ferdinand ballad “Walk Away? from the 2005 album ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’.
As with all the Franz tutorials, this one includes both the lead and rhythm parts to the song giving you a variety of picked lead lines and fairly basic chord shapes to learn.
The main lead line to the song is also the hook and once you’ve nailed this part you’ll find the catchy melody very satisfying to play.
As far as the rhythm part goes, anyone who has grasped the basics of open chords will get a lot out of this tutorial as it takes you to the next level with some simple bar chords and variations to explore, while the slower tempo of the song make the changes easier to handle if you’ve not been playing that long. There are also some delicate picking parts, which will help to improve your hand control.
(TUTORIAL DURATION: 05.03 MINS)PREVIEW
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