I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats - Guitar Lessonby Boomtown Rats
Genre:pop
Level:intermediate
Instrument:acoustic guitar
Release Date:Jul 27, 2018
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I Don’t Like Mondays, is a song by Irish band The Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego/California. It was written by their lead singer and Band Aid co-founder Bob Geldof.
The title is based on the explanation that 16-year-old shooter Brenda Ann Spencer gave when being asked why she had done it. She responded: ‘I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day.’
The song is heavily piano driven and this lesson teaches how to play a similar sounding arrangement on the guitar.
It’s done in standard tuning, but in order to match the original recording one would need to tune down all six strings a half step.
We take a look at the progression in the key of C, the signature intro and several little melodic piano fills, which appear throughout the song. This creates quite a few challenges for both the fretting and strumming hand.
The title is based on the explanation that 16-year-old shooter Brenda Ann Spencer gave when being asked why she had done it. She responded: ‘I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day.’
The song is heavily piano driven and this lesson teaches how to play a similar sounding arrangement on the guitar.
It’s done in standard tuning, but in order to match the original recording one would need to tune down all six strings a half step.
We take a look at the progression in the key of C, the signature intro and several little melodic piano fills, which appear throughout the song. This creates quite a few challenges for both the fretting and strumming hand.