How to play Phish - Simple

Lead singer and guitar player Trey Anastasio is a fabulous guitar player. The song Simple is not quite so simple on guitar, but is not technically difficult. It makes use of all your fingers, and for beginner/intermediate players it may take some practice to get this riff down, but when you do, it's a fun song to play.

Tab	Video
E|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|------------------2----| D|----3~~--------------3-| A|---------1--2--3-------| E|--1--------------------|	View Simple Video
The riff above is a majority of the song. The key to this riff is playing the short vibrato (designated by the '~') with your pinky finger. If you are not familiar with a vibrato, it's simply peforming quick short bends up and down. If you watch the video you'll see when I hit this note and do the vibrato the whole guitar shakes.

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