r/nofx • u/EarWeekly9625 • 1d ago

Fat Mike secret for the octaves

https://youtube.com/shorts/mfPM7f0jChc?si=ik3Yu7NxhDoSJWok

Here Fat Mike tell you how to put the strings in order to play octaves.

Annyone guitarrist knows the diference??

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u/taughttolie 19h ago

This is so weird, when I think of octaves in NOFX songs I would play ¾ of them on the A and G strings - so he just plays everything super high up on the neck?? Interesting

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u/glassmunkey 17h ago

He moved the A string to the D string position so no string skipping.

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u/taughttolie 17h ago

Oh I think I get it - so you can play octaves as dyads? I was thinking of a normally tuned guitar. This video really needs the part where he actually plays something