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My solo acoustic guitar arrangement of the song “The Kids Aren’t Alright” by The Offspring.
This song was one of the singles from the popular and commercially successful “Americana” (1998) album and features on the band’s Greatest Hits compilation album.
For this arrangement, I tuned 2 of the strings up from standard tuning a half step, so the full tuning is as follows:
1- E
2- C
3- G
4- D
5- A
6- F
The original recorded version of the song is in A# minor (C# major) but I played it a semitone lower in A minor to avoid having to use a capo, which would otherwise need to go on the first fret to get the song back into the original key.
The reason for tuning the 2nd string higher (to C) was so the minor 3rd is in the open position, which then allows it to be played open over every chord in the progression. However, this does make it slightly trickier to play the melody for standard chord shapes on the first three frets!
The reason for tuning the 6th string up was to make it the open root of the second chord (F) in the progression. Again, this then allows a lot more freedom for playing the melody notes higher up the neck, and for the guitar solo section.
The song is fairly fast which makes it quite a challenge to play fingerstyle, so I slowed the tempo down a few bpm from the original recorded version and tried to replicate the feel of the strumming pattern by arpeggiating the chords in the verse, incorporating the melody notes wherever possible. I also switched octaves for the pre-verse guitar riff melody to try and keep it interesting
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Other than this the structure is the same as the original apart from the ending, which is very abrupt in the song, so I made up an outro.