girl in red is an inspiration to us all...

Let's learn we fell in love in october by girl in red on guitar! I randomly heard this at my friend's place, and immediately I was struck by the beauty of the melody and the quality of the production.

So I looked it up afterwards and found out the artist wrote, recorded, produced, and mixed this song herself. She has loads of other great tunes - I love her sense of melody, and the arrangements are incredible. Her music is probably too hip for an old-timer like me, but I really dig it. :)

🔥 Get Inspired to Create: This song is a great reminder that if you have the drive to make music, you can go and do it right away - on your own. :) It's all about putting in the effort!

girl in red put her single on YouTube, and it now has over 40M views and is inspiring so many people. Well, she definitely inspires me. Now let's take a look at how to play we fell in love in october. I hope you dig it as much as I do!

we fell in love in october by girl in red is pretty easy to play on guitar, and it's great for beginners. :) You only need two chords to play it, and that's awesome - but it also brings some fun challenges, which we'll explore! Ready?

HOW TO PLAY "WE FELL IN LOVE IN OCTOBER" BY GIRL IN RED ON GUITAR

we fell in love in october by girl in red – Guitar Chords

You just need two chords to play we fell in love in october, and they both use the same shape but in two positions. The two chords are CMaj7 and GMaj7. Don’t worry if that sounds complicated - they’re way easier than they seem!

🤔 CMaj7 and GMaj7: While these chord names are common, the fingering in we fell in love in october is unusual. Think of these as songwriting grips. :) They sound real interesting and work great with some reverb.

girl in red's CMaj7 grip is very close to a root-6 power chord. So grab C5 with the string-6 root, then put finger 2 one fret behind your pinkie and lift off your pinkie. That's the grip. :)

We also strum all six strings to get a lovely, open sound, so make sure all the strings ring out clearly. Once you've nailed this, the GMaj7 is easy: just slide this shape down five frets so that finger 1 is at fret 3 of string 6. :) Done!

While the chords are simple, you need to vary the rhythm. This is like any two-chord song: if you go for the same strumming and volume all the way through, it'll get boring for the listener, and we don't want that! ;) So let's look at some tricks you can use to spice up your rhythm.

we fell in love in october by girl in red – Rhythm

we fell in love in october has quite a heavy backbeat, meaning beats 2 and 4 are louder than the rest. An excellent way of mimicking this on the guitar is to play All-Down Eighth-Note Strumming with accents on beats 2 and 4.

Strum on all eight beats in the bar, using down strums instead of up strums. On most of the strums, you want to hit only the thickest strings. But on beats 2 and 4, push through and strike all of the strings so that these beats are louder. For more details, check out the video tutorial above or head to my lesson on All-Down Eighth-Note Strumming!

The key to this strumming pattern is to make it feel good. The first thing you need to do is get your technique right! Then try to relax into it - it should feel comfortable and easy.

🔥 Master Guitar Dynamics: It's crucial you vary the dynamics to keep things interesting for the listener - so crucial that I made an entire course called Strumming Dynamics!

I suggest you play this all-down pattern in the intro. In the verses, we'll drop it down to one strum per chord to create space - you can also lightly strum the bass note in eighth notes to keep the verses moving.

In any case, the verses must be softer and sparser than the choruses. Experiment and find your own way to achieve this difference in dynamics. :)

Experiment

This girl in red song is perfect for exploring lead guitar with the looper pedal. The chorus melody is a good place to start - it uses all white notes and isn’t too tricky to figure out. Try playing it by ear, then check out the video tutorial for all the details. ;)

When improvising over we fell in love in october, which scale will sound good?

💡 G Major: CMaj7 and GMaj7 only appear together in the key of G, so the parent scale of the song is G. This means we use notes from the G Major scale to improvise over it.

So, we know that G will sound wicked. But if you want to be precise with the theory, we need to talk about modes. This song is really in C Lydian. This is because C is the tonal - it feels like home - and G is the parent scale.

And since C is the fourth scale degree of G, the song must be in C Lydian. :) This means that all the notes and chords come from G Major, so we can improvise with the G Major Scale, but the tonic, the home, is C.

However we look at it, G Major is the perfect scale for jamming over this song. So grab your looper pedal and get creative. ;)

This song shows us all that we don’t need a fancy studio or world-class producers to make a great track. We just need dedication, effort, and some know-how. What can you create with your guitar? Have fun!

👉 Get full guitar tab, chords, and lyrics for this tune and hundreds more at JustinGuitarTabs.