Avicii - Waiting for Love - Guitar Cover

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2015 3:51

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About Waiting for Love

At 103 BPM in F major, "Waiting for Love" sits in a comfortable mid-tempo range that feels deceptively easy until you try to lock the guitar part into the groove of a production-heavy arrangement. The song's guitar work leans on clean, chiming chords that need to sit precisely behind the synthesizers and programmed percussion, so your rhythm accuracy matters more than any flashy technique here. F major means your open-chord shapes will need some adjustments: an F barre chord at the first fret is the natural home position, and keeping that barre clean under a light picking touch is the real challenge for intermediate players. The chord changes are not complex, but keeping them smooth and even at this tempo rewards careful practice. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop the main chord progression slowed down until the barre transitions feel effortless before bringing it back up to speed. Avicii built this track from melodic, anthemic building blocks that translate surprisingly well to a solo Pop Rock guitar arrangement.

• The song is in F major, so a clean first-fret barre chord is central to playing through the main progression without capo.
• At 103 BPM the rhythm guitar part demands steady, even strumming that locks tightly with the programmed percussion in the original production.
• A light, clean electric or acoustic tone suits the chiming quality of the chords better than any heavily driven guitar sound.