Walk This Way ( Aerosmith ) - Guitar Lesson

Here you can learn the 3 main guitar riffs which are played in the song " Walk This Way " by Aerosmith. I have taken this from the version together with Run DMC. On the 2nd part I am showing you 2 possible versions. One might be the original one as played by Brad Whitford and one which is pretty easier to play but sounds the same. To play the full song listen to the original song and just place one of the 3 parts showed there where they come.

Walk This Way.pdf

Walk This Way.gp

drumloop walk this way.mp3

Hey friend. You better teach me riff 2. for what seems like a life I have never been able to wrap my head around this riff.........lol

6 hours ago, Michael Bates said:

Hey friend. You better teach me riff 2. for what seems like a life I have never been able to wrap my head around this riff.........lol

yes the riff 2 is quite heavy. The best would be that you work with the guitar pro file added here. There you can make it slower.

Nice lesson HP...I like the fact that you play this in the first position. I remember playing this song when I was a teen. Even back then playing that stretch boogie shuffle was not easy for me. Now because of a wrist injury I try to avoid those type of stretches like the plague due to the pain that can linger for days. A matter of fact I stay away from the 3 note per string scale patterns with the stretch, at least on the lower end of the fretboard. Thankfully there are ways around this limitation of mine enabling me to still be able to play.

Yes I was not sure if its in the 1st position or in the 5th fret - then I thought I go for the easier one and reviewing the livevideo's it seemed that it's originaly played in the 1st position. And yes if you have a wrist injury 3 note per string is for sure not advisable. Do you still suffer from the injury ?

6 minutes ago, admin said:

Yes I was not sure if its in the 1st position or in the 5th fret - then I thought I go for the easier one and reviewing the livevideo's it seemed that it's originaly played in the 1st position. And yes if you have a wrist injury 3 note per string is for sure not advisable. Do you still suffer from the injury ?

Hey HP,

Only when I try to play things that require a stretch otherwise I'm OK.