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Studio

Song · 1975

Classic

Wish You Were Here

Artist
Pink Floyd
Released
1975
Guitar
David Gilmour
  • Intro
  • Acoustic

What makes the part famous

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

  • Intro

    The opening bars, played by the guitar alone or nearly: they announce the song.

  • Acoustic

    Played on an acoustic guitar: a crisp attack and ringing strings.

Wish You Were Here 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
G major
Chords
G · C · D · Am · Em

The progressions that come back

    1. G
    2. C
    3. D
    4. Am
    5. G
    6. D
    7. C
    8. Am
    1. G
    2. Em
    3. G
    4. Em
    5. G

The chords and their fingerings

  • G
    G majorI · Tonic213
  • C
    C majorIV · Subdominant×321
  • D
    D majorV · Dominant××132
  • Am
    A minorii · Subdominant×231
  • Em
    E minorvi · Tonic2fr××1342

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

Analyze your own recording

Record yourself playing it, or upload a version you have the right to use: the studio isolates the guitar and finds the chords, tempo, strumming and fingerings, with a fretboard video and a PDF.

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