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Burnin' Up - Seasick Steve - Tutorial + Tab

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  This is my version of Seasick Steve's song Burnin' Up. Not to be confused with songs with similar titles by Judas Priest or Jessie J, which are totally different. The guitar part is played on an electric guitar in standard tuning, is in the Key of E, and is in 4/4 time. The guitar part is quite repetitive and I have included the main guitar section played through the song and also the break, which he plays on the lower strings of the guitar. Below are some tips to help you play this piece, and links to download the tab.  Burnin' Up Downloadable Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT   Quick Tempo - The music has a fairly quick tempo which isnt very evident when listening to the song. In this piece, the thumb plays the bass notes on the lowest string whilst the melody is played on the higher strings. Because of the fast tempo the thumb has to play the bass notes on every beat of the bar quite quickly, and its easy to lose this regular rhythm. Because of this I would recomm...