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My Sharona

"My Sharona" is the debut single by American power pop band The Knack, written by Berton Averre and Doug Fieger and released in 1979 on their debut album Get the Knack. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, holding that position for six weeks and topping Billboard's year-end pop singles chart for 1979. For electric guitarists, the song is a rewarding study in driving power chords, a memorable single-note riff, and an extended, raw lead guitar break that became one of the era's most recognizable solos.

  • The opening guitar riff is built on a repetitive single-note pattern, straightforward to learn but highly effective for practicing right-hand picking consistency.
  • "My Sharona" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks in 1979, making it one of that year's most commercially dominant tracks.
  • The song features an extended guitar solo section, giving players a chance to study blues-influenced phrasing within a pop rock context.
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Berton Averre's Telecaster delivers the bright, cutting high-mid response that defines The Knack's punchy rhythm attack. Its percussive slab body and single-coil pickups respond directly to pick dynamics and muting, making rhythmic precision and tonal clarity possible without any effects processing.

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