How to play FBI by the Shadows - Guitar Lesson Tutorial

In this guitar lesson we look at how to play the lead guitar part of the instrumental FBI as performed by Hank Marvin and the Shadows. The song was written by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Jet Harris, although credit was given to their manager Peter Gormley due to complicated publishing contracts.
The song is played in they key of A major with the A minor pentatonic scale providing most of the the notes of the melody. Another feature of the melody is the use of major arpeggios over their respective major triads.
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Lesson by Paul Campion

[@techboomer9716]

Thank you for that. I am a beginner and I felt that your style of teaching was just perfect for me !

[@gunrayvia]

Been looking for a video for this song for so long and finally found one cheers mate

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

+Sam Bell Don't mention it, glad to be of help.

[@welshy0867]

Have learnt quite a few Shadows tracks using Tabs but always found F.B.I tricky so avoided it. Thanks to your tutorial I've started to grasp it, fantastic and thanks. I would love you to do Man of Mystery next :)

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

Glad you found the video useful. Man of Mystery will be coming.

[@alanoconnor6921]

Great tuition,,and great narrative style, thank you so much,, bravo!!

[@BroSiteLP]

Thanks mate! What a great video! The solo part helped me out alot! Thanks!!!

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

+Brosite Thanks, glad it helped.

[@akmt123]

Cheers and excellent tutorial....

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

Thank you.

[@mikew6594]

Great Job Excellent teacher many thanks

[@Elvis-dw7ux]

Jolly good mate! Keep it up...my 4 year old grandson is The Shadows fan!!!

[@davidscaife9667]

Hi Paul, Excellent tutorials, thank you. Can you put 'It's been a blue day' on your to do list please? Beautiful song I'm sure you will agree. Dave

[@tremeadow1]

Excellent tutorial - found out all the things I missed before! Thank you.

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

Glad you found it useful

[@davidbaker6549]

Hi. I think your tutorials are the best, very clear and accurate. Can you do PEACE PIPE ???

[@h2er80]

Great thanks!

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

+h2er80 Thanks for the comment, glad you liked it

[@schlippery1]

Thanks for your thorough tutorial, couldn't help noticing the lovely wood on your strat, what kind of wood is it?? Keep up the good work!!

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

You know I'm not sure what wood the body is. It's a maple neck but when I saw it in the shop I knew I had to buy it and so didn't ask too many questions.

[@schlippery1]

It could be Blood wood or similar I will send a photo to a friend.... what I love is the earthy grain that demands attention and refuses to be polished like it's surrounding wood...

[@suttidollummool113]

Thank​ so​ much

[@mikekirby4004]

excellent,you stand in the shadow of hank,,what about zambesi,if possible please.thx

[@zlatannadarevic8195]

hvala pozdrav hrvatska

[@shanehutchinson9387]

The muting section can be played in one position easier for beginners

[@mauropauletti9337]

please tutorial by savage the shadows

[@Jayo2498]

What's the red acoustic in the background at the beginning

[@heidiroseschannel496]

awesome video any chance of the tab for this

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

Hi nat, thanks for commenting. No tabs i'm afraid because I don't want to fall foul of copywrite laws. Sorry to disappoint.

[@halfbiscuit]

Heanor School Of Music uu

[@countryboyfr]

Hi.
Great video for sure !
But I'm having issues avoiding the G string to ring when I relase the bends at 15 fret (around 15 mn). How do you manage to avoid this ?
Looked a lot of times to this part and did not find the clue...
Thanks

[@Paulcampion-musiccouk]

Hi, Alain. It not obvious on the video but I have the palm of my right hand resting on the strings I don't want to sound. You could give that a go, It might feel strange at first if you're not used to it.

[@countryboyfr]

OK. Thanks for the prompt answer ;P.
Will try this asap.

[@shadowtonio]

Interesting for those who want to learn this track !!tonio

[@paulomejia2804]

10:54

[@manuellayburr382]

Difficult solo section at 14:00

[@roygangoo1744]

bit of a dog to play, good one mate.

[@Malcolm701]

No one plays FBI because its tricky to get the sound right

[@bjrnjohannessen1862]

Not so much talk. Just show it on your guitar, and then with rolling tabs. Thank you