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Studio

Song · 1999

Californication

Artist
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Released
1999
Guitar
John Frusciante
  • Arpeggios
  • Riff

What makes the part famous

The techniques to work on to play it, each in one sentence.

  • Arpeggios

    The notes of a chord played one after another instead of strummed together.

  • Riff

    A short, catchy figure repeated through the song: the part everyone recognizes first.

Californication chords

What the studio found on the isolated guitar of the recording: the key and the chords, with fingerings that flow from one to the next.

Key
A minor
Chords
Am · F · Dm · C · G

The progressions that come back

    1. Am
    2. F
    1. Am
    2. C
    3. G
    4. Dm

The chords and their fingerings

  • Am
    A minori · Tonic×231
  • F
    F majorbVI · Subdominant1342
  • Dm
    D minoriv · Subdominant××231
  • C
    C majorbIII · Tonic×321
  • G
    G majorbVII · Dominant213

Automatic analysis: it can get a chord wrong, and your ear has the last word.

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