The Scientist Guitar Lesson

Learn how to play The Scientist on one Acoustic Guitar!

The finger style pattern for The Scientist is very repetitive.

Practice to a metronome at first, aiming to get a relaxed feel without fluctuating in tempo.

Playing something this simple with the right hand is great practice.

Try playing this type of arrangement next time you plug your guitar into a PA system.

Now that you are really loud, all those notes that at first seemed easy are now so clear that the audience can hear every single note!

Rhythm Guitar is about placement

On top of that the audience can actually hear what you play when you play simple stuff, the singer can as well!

A slow, picked ballad like The Scientist is with a singer not just a simple pattern but an entire arrangement, built to support the song from beginning to end.

If you focus when you play The Scientist you can after a while hear how certain notes can be louder, placed earlier or later in order to change the feel of the groove.

As the singer enters new sections, the rhythmical pattern of the guitar will carry them.

You might find that the simpler stuff you play, the more detail you’ll hear.