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Summary: Learn how to play Guitar Hero '80s songs, such as "Turning Japanese," on the electric guitar, with easy guitar lessons and music theory tips, in this free music video.
Joe Wiles is the founder of the Rock and Roll Conservatory which is a facility dedicated to mentoring the next generation of influential artists. With a focus on the mentoring of...read more
"My name is Joe Wiles with the Rock and Roll Conservatory on behalf of Expert Village. In this segment we are going to take a look at the Vapors Turning Japanese, let's look. This song starts off on the fifteen fret of the B and the high E strings. Go ahead and pad those with one finger, go down to the thirteen fret, tenth fret back to the thirteenth. It sounds like this. (playing guitar) Then the chords kick in this is a G chord on the tenth fret you are going to use the tenth fret on the A string and then pad across the twelfth fret of the D G and B strings. It's going to end with a riff that goes (playing guitar). Then we are going to go to an E minor chord it's on a low E string it's the twelve fret A fret fourteen fret D string fourteen fret and then on the G B and E is all twelve. It sounds like this. After this there is going to be a riff that goes fourteen on the A twelve on the D thirteen on the D fourteen on the D. That would sound like this. (playing guitar) All together it sounds like this. (playing guitar) This song is not too tricky if you get online and look up the tabs you can learn the rest of the song very easily. In the next segment we are going to look at the Twisted Sisters, I Want to Rock I'll see you there. "
eHow Article: How to Play "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors on Guitar