Wish You Were Here Guitar tab video
Pink Floyd
Make your own Wish You Were Here tab video, freeNo editing. No card. 10 minutes free.- Instrument
- Guitar
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Tuning
- E A D G B E
- Key
- Do maggiore
- Tempo
- 60 BPM
About this riff
David Gilmour’s opening acoustic solo on “Wish You Were Here” unfolds over the repeating intro accompaniment, shaping G major pentatonic phrases with bends, slides, pull-offs, and double-stops. Its character comes from the phrasing: the space between melodic lines and the way each bend gives the notes a vocal quality. It’s a rewarding study in acoustic lead playing, where touch and timing make a familiar melody come alive.
Did you know?
Gilmour recorded the opening acoustic solo on his Martin D-35, layering it over a twelve-string guitar part treated to sound like an AM radio. The scene he wanted to suggest was someone at home picking up a guitar and playing along with the broadcast. He later admitted that he sometimes wished he had played it better, but explained that the performance was never meant to sound too polished.
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The audio is rendered from a high-quality SoundFont (FluidR3), so it plays for real. It is not the original master recording.
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