Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) by The Offspring Lesson

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What is the name of the chord toward the end of Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) where you remove your 1st finger in the A5 chord (5th fret of the 6th string) and play open E on string 6 and E on string 5 at the 7th fret?

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That would just be playing the octaves (E2 and E3 on the piano). But I don’t know how you would write it down on a lead sheet, or if there is an “official” name.

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Here’s tip for anyone who like me is learning this song as part of his or her introduction to power chords in grade 2 …

Lookup a browser extension (for Chrome, Edge, mayber others too) called TRANSPOSE. Besides what the name implies (changing the key of a song), it allows you to change the tempo (speed) of a song in Youtube, which makes playing “Pretty Fly” approachable while you’re still learning :slight_smile:

(I know I still have to play it at arount 75% or the original tempo in order to be able to manage the fast chord changes)

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Good tip. If all you need is to slow things down, you can do that directly in youtube. (Gear icon → playback speed).

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Right, forgot about that, LOL!

But in the end I stil find the “play speed” setting in YT a bit to coarse. You see, I have this routine when I’m learning a tricy song where I’ll start at some fraction of the full speed, say 70%, and then every time I complete one pass without mistakes I kick it up a percentage point or two - up to the point where I do mess it up, then I “penalize” myself by moving back a notch or two again.

YMMV, but that really works wonders for me.

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Yes, that’s a good idea. I do something similar using a metronome. I find once I can play the song (or solo or whatever) at, say 70% speed, I switch to the metronome, instead of playing along with the recording. At that point, I don’t really need the backing track as a guide.

Btw, if you use youtube with a browser on a computer, you can get a finer adjustment of the playback speed (using “Custom”). However, I’m told that with the youtube app on a phone or tablet, that feature is not available.

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