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Recently, Yoni did a cover of one of my all time favorite rock ballads, Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. When I was watching it, I noticed Yoni doing something really clever. He was playing his 6-string acoustic, but was making it sound like a 12-string.
As you might know, Wish You Were Here is played on two guitars – a 12-string which plays the theme in the intro, and a 6-string, which joins in the opening solo. Usually, when David Gilmour performs it live, he would play the 6-string, and would have someone else on a 12-string.
Many years back when I was learning the song, I learned to play it as anyone else would. I picked each strings separately, and it sounded good, but something was clearly missing. The song had to be played on a 12-string to achieve the full effect.
This is where Yoni’s clever idea comes to aid. You see, on a 12-string, when you play the G note, which is the first note of the song theme, you pluck two strings together. You play low G, and a high G. So, why not find that high G somewhere else on the fretboard on your 6-string, and add it to the mix?
It sounds very simple, and in theory it is, but for those of us that are less seasoned guitarists, who mostly do it as a hobby, this is an eye opener.
Here’s Yoni’s full tutorial on how to play Wish You Were Here on a 6-string, but make it sound like it’s a 12-string.
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