UCL3 - WEEK 4
"Everybody Hurts"

This week you will revisit the arpeggio finger picking exercise and put it into practice with the song, EVERYBODY HURTS by REM. 
The song is in 4/4 time at 63BPM with a triplet feel for both the picking part and the strumming part. The original key as shown below, is played in D major. Once you learn the song in C major, you can simply put a capo on fret number 2 and play along. 

PDF Downloads

The song sheets contain all the instruction needed to play the song. 

AUDIO TRACKS

​The audio play along tracks are a great way to help with home practice. Hit play below to have listen before diving in - then download the MP3 for practising with offline. 

CHORDS 

This arrangement is all about the plucking so the chords will be kept as simple as possible as follows:
OTHER CHORDS:
This part works as two sets of triplet strums on BEATS 3 and 4 and note how you should play the LOW END F MAJOR & AM CHORDS here for the pattern to work effectively. Have a listen to the audio below

PICKING PATTERNS

This pattern takes place over one bar. The good thing about this song is that all chords play just one bar before moving onto the next all the way through. 
Have a listen to the audio below. It plays one full bar of C as illustrated above, then you need to switch to the F major chord and pick out the same pattern. Repeat twice and you have the intro section complete!!
This picking pattern ends the BRIDGE SECTION and works over the Gm chord in 2nd position. 

GET CREATIVE

If you feel like you could add to the arrangement of this song with extra riffs or strumming patterns / chord shapes / electric ukes / effects etc. please feel free to have a go! It might be a good idea to listen to the original track and see if you can pick out the workings of any other instrumentation that may be effective for this arrangement. 
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