Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
September 25, 2007 · Print This Article
Cream only lasted two years but they kicked out their fair share of great riffs in this time. The Sunshine of Your Love was written by bassist Jack Bruce after seeing Jimi Hendrix (who would later cover the song).
The first part of the riff is single notes and the second introduces 7th chords for some of the notes. You could just continue to use single notes as before if you prefer.
A few of the notes call for vibrato. You can create these in a couple of ways. You can bend the string (pull it down or push it up) and release the string a few times. Alternatively, you can wiggle your fretting finger along the neck (but staying within the fret). This is the method I prefer for the uke - it’s more subtle and easy to control.
Suggested by weelie
Cream only lasted 2 years!?
You were very uncool if you didn’t carry a copy of Disraeli Gears around with you at my school( I was awkward I used to hump around a copy of Trout Mask Replica -just to be contrary)
Fondest memory-Hendrix playing this riff on the Lulu Show-pity it wasn’t on a Uke ;7)
cheers
Brian
It’s probably closer to 2 and a half years. They started in 66 and split in 68.
I’ve still yet to decide if I like Trout Mask Replica. I went through a huge Zappa phase when I was at school and decided I should like TMR. Sometimes I listen and love it, sometimes I think it’s trash.
New fact I’ve learnt today: Hendrix’s first instrument was the ukulele.
I prefer changing the first “0″ on the bottom line to “3 on the second line in the tab. But hey, that’s just me.
That’s fair enough, they’re the same note. I went with the open G string because it gives you more time to get down from the 7th fret. But playing it on the E-string makes it easier to play the note staccato. Swings and roundabouts.