Perfect Ed Sheeran - Acoustic Solo

Ed Sheeran's song "Perfect" has an acoustic guitar solo that comes in right after the 2nd chorus.  The song is in 6/8 time and I have a metronome click in the background set with the eighth note at 170 bpm (this is a little slower than the actual song).  Here are a few playing tips.

1.  Put a capo at fret one.
2.  The notes are mostly coming from the G major pentatonic scale (relative to the capo at fret one).
3.  Probably the trickiest part of the solo is the phrase that shows up about 8 seconds into the video.  It is a combination of hammer-ons and pull-offs.  Pluck the second fret of the third string, then hammer onto the third fret, pull-off to the second fret, and finally pull-off to the open string.  Whew!

Enjoy!


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