U2: Vertigo

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U2– Vertigo

The opening track for U2’s eleventh studio album “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb”, Vertigo quickly earned positive feedback from fans and critics, received extensive radio and TV airplay and became a smashing international hit single winning the “Best Rock Song”, “Best Short Form Music Video” and “Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Group with Vocal” Grammies at the 2005 Grammy Awards. Together with the whole album, Vertigo maintains a steady traditional rock sound and as Bono himself defines it, “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” is U2’s first real rock album.

Indeed, Vertigo carries a fantastic guitar sound thanks to the excellent guitar performance of The Edge and his extensive use of interesting guitar chords and strumming techniques. Edge is really a guitarist you can learn from in terms of shaping your sound. If you compare U2 songs to most of the guitar songs that get released lately, you will hear a huge difference in sound. Most modern guitar songs utilize a pumped up hi-gain guitar sound that lacks character, while U2’s guitar sound utilizes a tastefully measured amount of overdrive, thus retaining the guitar playing dynamics, which give it authenticity and high tonal quality.

But the best way to understand this is to actually learn how to play Vertigo by U2. You’ll see that it is one of the easy guitar songs out there, but nevertheless it sounds fantastic. The guitar tuning is E standard, most of the chords used are powerchords, BUT as mentioned above, there a couple of interesting chord shapes, guitar licks and strumming patterns used throughout the song that you will benefit from learning. Especially interesting is one of the bridges, where open chords are used. This bridge is a great way to test your sound. If you’re using too much gain the open chords will sound muddy and unclear, while if you use the light amount of gain that The Edge uses in the original recording, you will hear the fullness of these chords and the presence of each separate tone that forms them.

Anyway, Vertigo is a great song to add to your repertoire, simply because people know it and love it. After all, let’s not forget that when it got out in 2004, it stayed in the top 5 of the international music charts for weeks and sold over 400 000 downloads in the States, making it one of the most downloaded tracks ever. Vertigo also had a smashing music video that got quite a good airplay on music televisions worldwide, which increased the popularity of the song even more. So if you’re looking for a nice tune to jam on or to play with your band, consider Vertigo by U2 as the right choice.

Learn to Play This Song

• Play both Rhythm and Lead Guitar
• Detailed Multi Camera tuition.
• 25-30 Videos for each Song
• Song Structure & Chord Diagrams
• Guitar Pro Interactive Tab
• Band Practice and Jam Sessions
• Over 30 Songs available

Get More Details Here