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Nile Rogers: I'm Coming Out

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This guitar part is classic Nile Rogers! Great 16th note rhythm, classic triad chords with awesome inversions and movements across the fretboard. Getting the chords moving quickly can be a challenge, but well worth sticking at to get this super cool guitar part together.

Chords: Funky Chords

The song is made up of a set of really cool chords, which are all drawn out below. Notice how we can take those basic triad chords and change the bass note to make a super cool sounding chord. Nile Rogers uses these a lot, and they are used a lot in this style.

The rhythm: 16th note counting

The most important thing in this track is to change the chords at the right time.. Which can be tricky! We are regularly changing chords during the same bars, and sometimes many times within the bar. Simone walks you through this clearly in the video, so be sure to get that first. As for the actual strumming pattern, it looks something like this (remember you can vary this as you like and certainly as you get more confident with it).



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