Learn "All My Life" by Foo Fighters On Guitar!

A fun song to get into with loads of rock techniques!

In this lesson, you'll learn everything you need to play All My Life By Foo Fighter on guitar.

This song is a classic Foo Fighters from the legend himself, Dave Grohl. There’s quite a bit going in this tune! Lots to practice and play around, with power chords and lift-offs.

I tell you, Dave is pretty incredible. From playing drums with Nirvana to killing it on the guitar and vocals with the Foo Fighters. Not to mention his songwriting skills – it’s not fair for one person to have so much talent! Any way you can share some of that with the rest of us, Dave? ;)

🎸 Loads of tasty, but tricky techniques in there! This guitar lesson suits grade 5+ intermediate guitar players.

Grab your guitar and get ready to rock!

How To Play All My Life By Foo Fighters

To play this song, you'll be tuning your guitar in standard tuning. You'll start with a G power chord. Bit of a trick here for the lift-off- you’re not strumming every beat, so on the off beats, you’re going to relax your fretting fingers.

Don’t completely pull your fingers off of the strings. Relax your fingers on the strings. Make sure your first finger is lying down and cover all the strings.

🚨 Check out the video close up to see for details on how to lift your finger on that G5 power chord.

This approach helps prevent any strings from ringing out when you don’t want them to. This is important when you start adding in effects like distortion and such.

It’s best to first learn the elements of this song, like building blocks. Then, it’s up to you to piece them together by listening to the original recording.

All My Life - Guitar Tips

A lot of your focus for this song will be on your picking hand. From a quick listen, I’m sure you can tell this song has some precise picking work. You’ll want to take your time with this technique to get it sounding clean.

With anything that sounds more difficult than it is, approach it slowly. No need to rush! Once you're confident with your playing, bring it up to speed.

🔑 Playing along with the original recording? Slow it down to half speed while you’re practicing, working your way up to full speed.

This helps you get it nice and clean, which will sound loads better when you’re playing at quicker tempos.

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