More than 1,680 guitar players turned out, tuned up(1) and took part in what organizers say was a world record rendition(2) of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" — a song that was the first many of them ever learned.

Some came from as far away as California and Germany on Sunday to take part in a Kansas City radio station's effort to break a Guinness world record for the most people playing the same song simultaneously(3). The record had been 1,323 people playing the same song in Vancouver,, in 1994.

"It was cool to see little kids playing, people who had been playing for their whole lives, like older people, and then I'm sure there were people like me who just picked up the song a couple days before," said Autumn McPherson, a senior at the University of Kansas.

Preliminary(4) numbers show 1,683 people played the popular early '70s guitar riff(5) on Sunday at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.

"I thought it was going to be kind of cheesy(6)," said Hannah Koch, of Prairie Village, who came clad in an elf costume. "But after I got here, I got caught up in the excitement of it."

Tanna Guthrie, a morning show host for KYYS (99.7 FM), came up with the idea for the record attempt. She said her station will send participant sign-up lists, photos, videos and copies of media coverage(7) to Guinness seeking official recognition of a record.

Guthrie said she chose "Smoke on the Water," a track off Deep Purple's "Machine Head" album, because it's one of the first songs many guitarists learn.

"You never know if you can pull something like this off(8)," she said.

One of the participants, John Cardona of California, said he brought felt-tip(9) pens so he could get others to sign his guitar.

"It was the guitar I learned on," the 41-year-old said. "It was very dispensable(10) on the way here, but very valuable to me now."

超过1680名吉他手齐聚一堂，调好琴弦，共同演奏一曲Deep Purple的Smoke on the Water。此曲是很多吉他手最初学的一首歌，组织者说这将打破世界纪录。

有些人从远在加利福尼亚和德国的地方赶来堪萨斯州参加此次电台活动，期待能够打破吉尼斯世界纪录—最多人同时弹奏同一曲目。此项纪录的保持者是1994年的1323名演奏家，他们在温哥华同时演奏的也是这首歌。

堪萨斯大学高年级学生Autumn McPherson说：“太酷了！你能够看到很小的孩子在演奏、弹了一辈子的老人在演奏，还有很多像我这样前几天刚刚学会这首曲子的人也在一起演奏。”

周日，初步统计1683名吉他手在CommunityAmerica Ballpark一同演奏了这首70年代吉他曲。

来自Prairie Village的Hannah Koch身穿小精灵服装说：“开始我觉得这有点俗，但到了之后竟被这激动的场面感染了。”

活动发起人Tanna Guthrie是电台KYYS (99.7 FM)早间节目主持人，她说电台将把参与者的签名、照片、录像和节目拷贝发给吉尼斯，以便获得它们的认可。

Guthrie之所以选取Deep Purple Machine Head专辑中的Smoke on the Water是因为这是很多吉他手的入门曲子。

她说：“你最初也不知道是否能够获得成功。”

加利福尼亚参与者John Cardona说他特意带来毡制粗头笔以便让其他吉他手在吉他上面签名。

41岁的John Cardona说：“我就是用这把琴学会那首曲子的。在来之前它对我还没什么意义，但是现在就意义非凡了。”