Alice Cooper I'm Eighteen

Alice Cooper - Eighteen

I listened to alot of Alice back in High School. Here's one of my favourites including an easy harmonica line and cool guitar riff.

Alice Cooper Eighteen Lesson on Guitar and Harmonica

Love It To Death  was the album. My brother and I loved it - my Mom hated it (or just Alice Coooper in general).

Lesson Info

Difficulty: You can make this sound good without too much trouble.

Lesson Length: 7:40

Instructor: George Goodman

Help File: The following link supplies the chords, lyrics and the harmonica tabs for Eighteen.
Eighteen Chords, Lyrics and Harmonica Tabs download pdf link - for educational purposes only.

Gear Used

takamine-eg541sc acoustic guitar

Takamine EG541SC
I am playing my black tak in this one.

This is a Takamine G Series EG541SC bought in North Carolina when I was playing in a band called Double Take.
Specs:
Top - Solid Spruce
Back - Nato
Sides - Nato
Finger Board - Rosewood
Electronics - TK40
Finish - Gloss Black
Check out more Takamine G Series Guitars

Hohner Harmonica HolderHohner Harmonica Holder

The Hohner Harmonica Neck Holder fits harmonicas up to 7-1/2" long. With a long-lasting nickel-plated finish, this harmonica rack is adjustable and fits any neck shape.
Get a Harp Rack Of Your Own Here

 

Hohner Special 20Hohner Special 20 Diatonic Harmonica in C

A C harmonica played in second position works great on this.
I am playing a Hohner Special 20 in this one.
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Musical Challenges

For Harmonica - Single Notes: The harmonica solo line should be played as single notes. Chords don't really work for this.
Everything you need to get up to speed including single notes is covered in the membership video series Harp N Guitar Harmonica Essentials

Guitar - Chords: Bm can be problematic and require some practice. The other chords are common. A great lick comes out of arpegiating the chords.

If you need help here, check out the membership video series Harp N Guitar Guitar Essentials, Guitar Chords and Rhythm Guitar and Strumming.

Video Timeline

0:29 - Introduction

Chords, Riff, Rhythm, Vocals, Harmonica solo, Dynamics, Run through.

0:57 - Guitar Chords

Em guitar chord diagramC Major Guitar ChordD MajorA minorB minor

 

1:38 - Guitar Riff

Rhythm, strumming and picking are all covered to create the intro riff.

2:57 - Vocals

The chorus has two different starting pitches for vocals. Learn them here.

3:32 - Harmonica Key C

The song is in Em, the relative minor to G. Use a C harmonica for second position.

3:54 - Dynamics

Utilize dynamics to add interest to your performance.

4:23 - Run Through

Chords display on the screen during the video.

Here's the harmonica tabs:

Am Bm C D
5       5   5 5

Em        C          D
5 -4 -3 -2 -3 -2 2 2 2 2 2

Things To Note

The vocals should be sung up an octave but that's beyond me.

This was recorded in my studio in Nanaimo, British Columbia in November 2011.

If you learn Eighteen, record it and let know where I can see it.

Stay in tune my friend.

George

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