Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water (Solo) Guitar Lesson with Tabs!

One of the most iconic rock guitar solos of all time, and it's super fun to play! :)
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Section one - 1:19
Section two - 2:20
Section three - 2:54
Section four - 3:37
Section five - 4:39
Section six - 5:09
Section seven - 5:47
Section eight - 6:55
Section nine - 7:26
Section ten - 8:00
Section eleven - 8:13

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Don't know how to read tablature? No problem! Check out my quick and easy lesson: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH3WpWV5rbasaMU

[@vladyslavanufriiev1224]

I ABSOLUTELY love how the pickguard on your guitar merges with the green screen, what a vivid scene

[@captainspalding6383]

Agreed.. nice looking guitar !!

[@snogglemonkey]

Best Smoke on the Water solo tutorial out there. You included the subtleties that define Blackmore's magic - sounds good, sounds right.

[@joe99173122]

The green pickguard picking up the greenscreen effect was added greatness!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thanks Joe! I was originally bummed about it, but now I love that it does that :)

[@spidgeb3292]

Oh yeah! I didn't notice that until I saw your comment! Nice.

[@wannapg3750]

Very good lesson! You're very accurate with his lead. You nailed it note for note.

[@scottt3100]

Great tone and great lesson as well Sir! I am a Strat lover and green is my fav so your special Strat is a beautiful thing to me. Thank you for taking the time to zero in on the correct dynamics and phrasings of these classic solo's and sharing with us. At 60 I'm really enjoying these and my wife is like"how are you learning these so quickly all of a sudden, did you make a deal with the devil?". Haha!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Hey thanks Scott, I appreciate the very nice comment! The green on the Strat is pretty divisive based on the comments around it... people love it or hate it LOL (in person, the pickguard looks iridescent and very vivid... camera doesn't do it justice). Your wife comment had me laugh too. Keep pickin' bro. :)

[@Santiago-hg6hk]

First off I want to thank you for that. Second aside from being a very gifted guitarist you also are a brilliant teacher. I'm a novice guitarist but when I try to learn for me what seems like a complex solo even if I don't get it I find I learn many things along the way. I bought that album back in 73. That was my first 33. Thanks again brother.

[@javierapodaca3021]

Omg, hope you make more of these, they are awesome!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thank you! I will definitely be making more :)

[@jfljfl8626]

Great job. Great tuto easy to catch and follow👍

[@Donn713]

AHA! I knew you got the green pickguard so you could key it out and add clouds and flames! Awesome looking vid Dave. Top notch playing too.... So many riffs I used to know... Thanks for the lesson bro \m/

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Donn713 LOL thanks Donn. At first I was bummed about the green screen / chromakey effect picking up the pick guard but now I think it’s going to be fun LOL

[@shredsix]

man, you nailed it! Sounds great!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thanks Michael! :)

[@6speedotto850]

You have done a stellar job on this. It is rare when a lesson talks about the importance of individual notes length of play etc. very good. it really helps

[@noah_s_shop9036]

I know this is an old video. But let me tell you. This is my absolute favorite guitar lesson channel

[@Howdy699]

Awesome job as always man.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thank you as always! :) 👍

[@siralleycat9141]

Thank you. Unlike some other videos, your tab is raised slightly so when you hit pause to practice it, you can still see it. Nice job.

[@tomflynn2912]

Dude, you play the solo better than anyone I've heard! Excellent!

[@rlogue06]

I am liking the heck out of that Strat! Nice guitar and video!

[@jamescain8939]

Very good lesson . I like the way you play it .Thanks

[@mrknownvalue1882]

Literally This Is The Best SOTW Solo Tutorial 🔥 Thank You! ❤

[@spidgeb3292]

Really good lesson. The instruction on the technique nuance is very helpful, including the "how to do this without a whammy bar" tip. You're a great teacher and player. Many thinks!

[@PhilFeedback]

Very nice, thanks for posting this video! 🎉

[@ginopini6484]

Always loved this solo thanks for the time you put in to this. I hope I can find more of your work because my 89 Korean squier strat sounds great on the old school

[@mikemorrison3847]

I have to learn this solo for my cover band. I have to say first, I'm not that good with leads in general (getting better though), but I have to thank you for the perfect lesson. I still have a couple spots to smooth out, but with your help and after only a week, I'm able to limp my way through it now. A couple more days or a week of practice on this and I should be ready to play it at our show next month. You've made things really easy to understand and having it played normally and slowed made it easier to hear and see how everything fit together. Thanks, Dude!

[@ADIKTIVESOUNDS1]

Way to go Davey. Nice lesson. Love the sound.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Adiktive Sounds thanks bro! :)

[@jbastin9365]

Such a Killer Solo...Thank you so much PDX Man !!!

[@dickdastardly2560]

Freak you should start a class on how to make a guitar lesson video THE RIGHT WAY for almost every other KZbinr who does guitar lessons on here. Seriously your video lessons are straight forward and to the point and clearly explained WITHOUT all the unnecessary B.S and showing off by showing a particular part then for no reason whatsoever start doing some blazing fast scale or pentatonic run or fiddle fruck with a out of tune guitar 10 times in the video.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

LOL thanks bro! I just make these lessons the way I would want to learn if I was watching. Show me the tabs (the correct ones!), slow down the phrasing, and point out any little inflections that the tab doesn't necessarily convey easily. I also really don't have patience for videos where the instructor walks you slowly through every single note "okay, now play the 8th fret of the g string, followed by the 9th fret, and then the 11th fret..." That drives me crazy. People think it might be more work for the instructor, but it's not. Taking the time to properly tab it and do the video editing I do, probably takes 5x longer. Okay, I'll shut up now, and thank you! LOL :)

[@djay6651]

The irony is that I've learned a lot if licks from PDX's videos because they are shorter and straight to the point, but I'm still thinking they are somewhat short and I'm waiting for more video, but everything has already been explained sufficiently.

[@dickdastardly2560]

@@djay6651 I think it's that we've become numb to other people's ramblings and nonsense that when someone like Freak does a lesson video it seems short.

[@clemguitar63]

Yes, You Are So Right On Mr. Dirty Dick, and a HUGE 'Thank You' to you Mr. Freak! Awesome Channel!

[@clemguitar63]

@@dickdastardly2560 Killer, with no wasted filler!

[@0013619511]

great job this is one of the very best solos of all time !

[@guyslayer9933]

The best I have used. Thank You it has helped me nail this

[@daviddranikov4388]

Hi, just now I heard. Real fire! Blackmore played many versions. Every concert is different. Specially listened to from the album. Everything is exact. Smoke from ears!!! 😂

[@Justme85857]

Excellent guitar playing

[@BryanEddy09]

A great lead should be able to be sung...this one is forever.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Yeah this one definitely fits that criteria. Well said! :)

[@BryanEddy09]

@@PDXguitarfreak Well executed!

[@spidgeb3292]

Amen.

[@singletrackminded8079]

Dude, diggin your vibe. Ty for the effort🙏✌️

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thanks! :)

[@stratocasterbob]

Hi Dave ! Nice to christen the stratocaster on probably the most iconic riff/solo in rock music history !!!! Sounds fantastic and the guitar looks awesome ! I saw Deep Purple live several times in the mid70s. Great shows of course, but you may be surprised to hear that the organ of Jon Lord was the feature of each show! Not Ritchie Blackmore !!!! A lot of bands had organs playing in the shows, but as rock got harder, it faded away ! Nowadays rock music is so guitar centered looking back Ritchie is the star since he played guitar. In reality Jon Lord was just as much , if not more, the feature musician of Deep Purple.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Hi Bob thanks for the cool comment. That doesn’t surprise me. Jon is a great player too. Although I admit sometimes I wish they would lower him in the mix so we could hear Richies rhythm guitar better :)

[@stratocasterbob]

@@PDXguitarfreak Agree !

[@ronzbaladad119]

good day sir ive learned a lot from your videos a wonderful lesson that i can easily follow thanks a lot hope you can share a video in how to make my fingers fast specially in playing solos God bless

[@simonpatric6305]

thank you sir for your kind sharing technique

[@ThomasFranz100]

Very good tutorial, also a good idea to divide it into sections.

[@hubertrobert7450]

Tres bon tuto, très maitrisé :) le son est super beau boulot :)

[@subzeromountaineer307]

best lesson on the KZbin for actual tone rather heavily loaded with guitar effects pedals

[@PatrickTengmusic]

love it this is the most accurate version I would say cos I have tried many before this is 99.9 % close

[@dadjordache5632]

Best tuto for smoke on the net. What pulling strings do you use 9/42? thanks from France

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thank you! Yes, I use 9-42 D'Addario NYXL strings

[@ΤεσταροΤηφαση]

you nailed it dude

[@chrismarquis8833]

Although I really enjoy many of you videos

[@captainspalding6383]

I learned this from another video (no names)... but after trying to play it with the actual song, I came here to fix what I was doing wrong... Thanx !!

[@johnkk7863]

fantastic man really

[@quiescence3980]

Excellent video . Don't play in the guitar shop though you will get thrown out 😂

[@theranasauriapodcast2]

Thanks, dude

[@simonpatric6305]

Thanks

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thank you very much. I greatly appreciate your contribution :)

[@markadams3047]

I think you should replace Steve Morse I never thought he had the right feel for Deep Purple but you sure do!!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thanks Mark and you are very kind LOL. Steve is a monster player! :)

[@thomasfournier936]

On toooop !!!!

[@mullraerae299]

Awesome

[@Charvel1980]

Didn't you upload this yesterday? Great job anyway. I'm not really a Strat fan, but that tone is silky.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thanks dude! Yeah I had one uploaded yesterday, but then it was brought to my attention that there was a 2 second part of the video where it went completely white while I was talking/playing. I went back and fixed it and that's why I uploaded it again. I lost about 500 views by doing this, but I felt it was more important to give people the fixed video. :)

[@suvo_cboipo]

thanks

[@quiescence3980]

👍

[@laylaeatstrees8689]

Sick

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thank you! :)

[@JimLaheysPants]

Sofaking cool!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thanks! :)

[@הרצלברנדוויין]

Hi please if you can do the song Man at work Thank you

[@davakil]

Hi Dave just sent you some ££ , great lesson

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Ah I can see that now.. thank you, David! You rock! :)

[@davakil]

PDX Guitar Freak thanks did read the the comment about whole lotta rosie

[@PDXguitarfreak]

@@davakil Yes, I can see that now. My list is pretty long but I'll see what I can do down the road. :)

[@chrismarquis8833]

Blackmore's vibrato is a little bit wider than your describing but again thanks for the lesson

[@djay6651]

Those pre-bends can be a pain to get right. They sound cool though.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

yeah definitely a technique worth getting down :)

[@เจียระพินอากาศภา-ฮ4จ]

Good ๆ ๆ ๆ

[@brycepagey888]

It's funny...I had a look at this an thought "oh , I don't really like that vibrato".... Turns out it's not your vibrato I don't like..... It Ritchie's hehe

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thanks! I actually felt funny playing the vibrato like that, as it's not how I would do it either... but, I wanted to try and do it like Richie :)

[@chrismarquis8833]

Not quite as fast as well that's why he has such a distinctive vibrato

[@chrismarquis8833]

You actually play it more like the recording in your description in the lesson it's not a continuous blur of notes there more staccato

[@mamahpuput9690]

Thank you very muck for study lesson musik theory my name :dudu my leave indonesia home my gate good beutipul teacher music good i am sory i dont speak england

[@gobahgaber6909]

035

[@djay6651]

That tone needs a little bit more dirt in it.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

That's fair... the Helix tends to smooth the tone out a bit, vs a real amp :)

[@ronaromin944]

Too much talking just go and play it... and will follow haay

[@ΤεσταροΤηφαση]

you nailed it dude