Playing "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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"JOE WILES: Hi, this is Joe Wiles with the Rock and Roll Conservatory on behalf of Expert Village. In this segment, we're going to take a look at "Dani California" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Let's, like, take a look at John Frusciante's main riff. These are a couple of modified minor chords plus a major chord. The first one we're going to do is actually a modified A minor chord on the 5th fret, barred on the 5th fret, using an E minor chord form. The next one is a modified G major chord. It's an E major chord form barred on the 3rd fret. The next one's going to be a modified D minor chord, which is an A minor chord form, barred on the 5th fret, and then we return to the A minor chord, which is a modified E minor on the 5th fret. I'll explain this in detail in just a moment. The song starts out, use your index finger on the 5th fret of the low E-string, then we're going to use that minor chord form, we're only going to hit the D-string, the G-string, and the B-string, okay? So, it sounds like this. We're going to slide it down two frets to that major chord form, which we're going to hit that 3rd fret of the low E string twice, and then we're going to hit the 5th fret of the D-string, the 4th fret of the G-string, and the 3rd fret of the B-string. We're going to slide up to this A minor chord form. We're going to hit the 5th fret of the A-string, the 7th fret of the D-string, the 7th fret of the G-string, and the 6th fret of the B-string. Again, that's-and then we're going to return back to this one. Slowly together, that sounds like this. To tempo, it sounds like this, give it a little swing feel on it, okay? In the next segment, we're going to talk about "Detroit Rock City" by Kiss. I'll see you there."