What Is Soul

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This is the main riff, and is the same on bass. 
In between the riffy bits, just 
 
play little funk fills, favourites including the slide down of: 
 
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or little in-key twiddles: 
 
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or simply rest your fingers over 
the fretboard without hitting notes and strum funkily, 
 
but this is better with a wa-wa pedal, 
as is the rest of the song. Anyway, Frusciante 
 
quickly sets off in the song to play a couple octaves higher: 
 
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