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Norwegian Wood by The Beatles

The Main Riff

You’ll find two guitar parts below. The 2nd guitar is a guitar arraignment of the sitar part. You’ll need to place a capo on the 2nd fret to play in key. All notes are relative to the capo. It’s also in 6/8 time which is similar to 3/4 time. 6/8 time tells us that each measure gets 6 eighth notes. In 3/4 time each measure gets 3 quarters notes. 6 eighth notes is equivalent to 3 quarter notes, so they’re both pretty much the same. Both 6/8 and 3/4 give a song a bit of a swing.

Here’s what both guitar parts sound like together:

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Jam Tracks For The Main Riff

Guitar 1 & 2:

Just guitar 1:

Riff Resources

Complete Transcription To ”Norwegian Wood ” (PDF)

Complete Transcription To ”Norwegian Wood ” (Power Tab)