Nirvana - Plateau Guitar with Accurate Tabs

Although Nirvana Unplugged was released almost 30 years ago and has a guitar tab book, which is relatively accurate for the most part, that was not the case with this song. The avaliable tabs often miss the G string during the verse and the chorus is wrong.
It's a tricky song song to play, which takes time to get the proper fingerstyle technique and muscle memory. I held a pick using the ring finger for the outro.
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Tuning: Eb (half step down)
Tab notation:
P - Thumb finger
M - Middle finger
I - Index finger
V - Up picking
A - Down picking
Equipment:
- Gretsch 9531
- Shure SM57

[@alterespeck8024]

I was playing this at my friends, but it was only one string i was playing, i didnt realize how much harder it actually was

[@kurbzkurbz9278]

Awesome guitar playing. I hope to become good enough to learn this song

[@porradewww]

Thanks! The secret is just patience, start slow and then increase the speed. It's quite a fun song to play, well worth the effort.

[@phillipgrant5289]

The secret is practice

[@WilliVinter]

i startet to play yesterday. this looks impossible i cant even try 😂😂

[@porradewww]

The secret is to start low and build up speed after some time of practice.

[@jesuschristus7348]

In one year you'll laugh about this...

[@Darrenski]

Why not its like 95% one chord, and a very easy chord

[@mitchellmacias1921]

Hang in there it gets better 🙂

[@chrisl3336]

It took me 10 years of playing to play something like this. That isn’t the norm. Many could after just months. The secret is never give up

[@Generacion1992]

Just frickin love that armonie on the last part

[@vinci7039]

That's freaking cool men and talk about the tabs haha nc demonstration haha thanks man keep it up!

[@spider5001]

Holy fumbling fingers Batman! I need to practice 😂

[@porradewww]

Thanks man!

[@Daseiserneskreuz]

Awesome man 👍👍👍👍

[@porradewww]

Thanks!

[@hinostg211]

i dont understand nothing but great work :D

[@gwilkins4617]

Well done

[@porradewww]

Thanks!

[@lilgordie]

Thanks so much for the terrific tab. For the first part of it I was convinced you had only 4 fingers on your left hand. Your pinky was hiding. Oh, maybe you're holding a pick with it?

[@porradewww]

Thanks! I was holding the pick with the ring finger and used the pinky to support the hand position. Quite tricky to swap it, I'm not sure how Curt pulled the coin in the end.

[@juanceron5554]

Niceeeeee

[@tylerh.l5912]

Could you please make a cover for Plateau Nirvana when kurt played it live on MTV?

[@frapaxx]

0:20 there he plays differently than before

[@porradewww]

Yes, in the second time he goes to the 6th fret he plays the B string instead of E and I just noticed he also does in third with some slide down. In some verses this variation happens again, but it seems less purposeful and intentional, so I didn't play them. I assumed that the Unplugged tablature book would be at least correct about the notes played during the verses, just missing the G string.

[@cleefhsilva1970]

Muito bom!!!

[@porradewww]

Obrigado!

[@user-xt4pe4sp1g]

Good Класс!

[@yilbercupitra5158]

Antes lo veía imposible, ahora creo que es más difícil cantarlo que tocarlo

[@porradewww]

I think it depends. The Meat Puppets version is easier to sing. Kurt had such a great voice and that day he was really inspired.

[@yilbercupitra5158]

@@porradewww totalmente de acuerdo. Me refiero a que al escucharlo parece difícil de tocar, pero creo que no

[@gabdlr]

maybe it would be relevant to mention that your guitar is tuned a semitone lower

[@porradewww]

It is mentioned at 0:14, but I'll put in the description too.

[@caramelobarato]

good work

[@porradewww]

Thanks!

[@Centipede70770]

2:10

[@PsychedelicMakai]

It's G major in diffrent position hmm interesting

[@jorgehumbertozumayasilvas1330]

This song is meat pupets

[@blastosist]

Great lesson/tab, thanks. I know you are playing the “unplugged “ version with Nirvana but it will be pointed out ad nauseam that this is a Meat Puppets song. It is has a tricky tempo switch to the B chord.

[@disboi4692]

It’s like not rlly complicated but it is at the same time it’s weird

[@DC180]

Finger ease helps :D

[@porradewww]

Definetely!

[@BoBSmith-jz5dm]

Be cool if the notes lit up

[@porradewww]

Too complicated to make, the way it is, I already spend some hours to do.

[@BoBSmith-jz5dm]

@@porradewww ha, yes it's great , I was just being picky lol

[@MickaelSchaack]

what is half srep down dude dont put that 2 days i search...

[@porradewww]

Sorry, I thought this was common knowledge and that if anyone tried to play it in standard tuning they would realize it was out of tune.

[@Kueyardt]

meat puppets

[@papertoymonsters2748]

hate to nitpick but its a meat puppets song

[@porradewww]

I think any Nirvana fan who listened Unplugged know this.

[@elgoocho]

Its wrong.

[@porradewww]

Could you elaborate a little more about what you think it's wrong?