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Superior Moves (Verse / Chorus)

Added 2022-01-20 16:31:36 +0000 UTC

Here's an extra funky and tight sounding riff that the guitar and bass play together. Couple of tips to consider:

- There is a very very slight palm mute going on. It isn't to mute the notes as much as it is to make the notes sound quicker and more percussive.

- Not sure which notes to use downstrokes vs upstrokes for? Look at the rhythms on the TAB! The riff is in 16th notes and can be counted like (1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a). Note that happens on a downbeat or an & can be played with downstrokes, and notes on the e's or a's can be played on upstrokes. This system works well since it eliminates any ambiguity over what to use.

- Sometimes I'll throw in a muted 'ghost note' before hitting one of the actual riff notes. This leads into the note and makes things sound 10% funkier.

- The scale shape is a form of an extended E minor pentatonic which looks like this:

--------------------------------10-12-
---------------------8-10/12----------
---------------7-9----------------------
-------5-7/9---------------------------
-5-7------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------

- The rhythm is swung, meaning that the 1's and the &'s are a tiny bit longer than the e's and the a's. So rather than every part of the measure being equal, you have this alternation of 'long-short-long-short' which makes the riff 20% funkier.

Drop any questions or comments down below! TAB is attached.