Tactile Sensation (Verse)
Added 2020-02-20 18:09:01 +0000 UTCThis week's part is unique. The reason why is because it's not one, but two parts!
Thanks to a little studio magic (also known as overdubs), we recorded both a low single note part, and a high chordal part. The two parts compliment each other because they're in different octaves on the guitar neck, so they each have their own musical space.
There's some songs where there are two or more guitar parts, but they play at different times so I am able to do both live - like the clean guitar from the chorus in Synthesize Her, for example. But because both guitars play a similar rhythm here, I have to choose only one to play live. I'll usually go for the lower one. So if you're only going to learn one of these two, that's the one I would suggest doing.
Let's start with part I, the lower one:
Part I:
Comes out of a pentatonic scale (like all good things in life). The particular shape used here looks like:
--------------------------------7-10-
-------------------------8-10--------
-------------------7-9---------------
-----------5-7/9---------------------
------5-7----------------------------
-5-7---------------------------------
The riff is broken into little 2 note figures, where you slide into the lower note with either your 3rd or 4th finger, and play the next note on the string above with your 1st finger.
Learning this riff is mostly just a matter of getting used to this slippery slidey approach.
Part II:
There's some higher chords here. I barre my 1st finger on the 7th fret, top 3 strings. Any 8th fret that you see is added on top with my 2nd finger, and any 10th fret note is covered by my 4th finger.
The very end of the phrase has a shift all the way up to the 14th position. You might recognize this last chord as a D major shape - but shifted up 12 frets. It's like a teeny tiny D major. Squeeze your fingers together to play the shape.
TAB is attached as a Guitar Pro file and a PDF.
Comments
Raaad as usual Red~! ^_^ Forever Bummed how far away all that delicious touring going on is from Australian shores, but hope that's a fun and enriching time for you all on that too!
2020-02-26 17:45:56 +0000 UTCSee you there!
2020-02-21 17:57:02 +0000 UTCThank you and thank you!
2020-02-21 17:56:44 +0000 UTCYep, that means you're going to use the same finger for both notes. In this case that would be your 3rd finger. You can do a cool slide if you feel like it!
2020-02-21 17:56:30 +0000 UTCIt changes which pickups are used. On a strat there's 5 different combinations. The lower part is played using the neck pickup (which warms up the sound), and the higher part is played with the bridge pickup (a brighter sound).
2020-02-21 17:42:55 +0000 UTCSweet! See you on Tuesday in AZ!
2020-02-21 17:11:09 +0000 UTCI loooove the guitar part in this song. I remember listening to it first time and just being blown away. Thanks for the lesson, and safe travels on tour!!
2020-02-21 00:57:48 +0000 UTCCool! Wish I could have seen this one live. So, it's like a variation on the E minor pentatonic scale? Does writing it 5-7/9 on the D string change anything in playing those notes? Thank you so much, really looking forward to next week!
Krissy
2020-02-20 20:31:58 +0000 UTCHell yeah! I love this song! It’s so much fun to see live! Thanks for another great lesson! Safe travels on the upcoming tour! See you in Texas, dude.
2020-02-20 19:39:44 +0000 UTCNeat! Any reason for going for the lower one live, or is that just down to personal preference? Also, this may be a dumb question, but what does hitting that little lever between parts do?
Shiro
2020-02-20 18:14:09 +0000 UTC
