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Pale Blue Dot (Verse)
🕑 Added 2021-09-16 20:26:07 +0000 UTCThis week, one of my several thousand snake plants and I would like to teach you a timeless funky TWRP verse.
I teach the lower part in the video, but there's also a higher guitarmony in the TAB. Lines 1-2 are the low part, and lines 3-4 are the high part. The low part is the main one, and the one I play live.
The riff is in C minor, and focuses on providing some percussion to the part, while the synths provide the harmony underneath. You can think of it as coming out of this barre chord/scale position:
-3--------------------------------3-4-6-
-4------------------------3-4-6---------
-5-------------------3-5----------------
-5-----------3-5-6----------------------
-3---3-5-6------------------------------
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The trick here is all in the right hand picking - within the 16th note grid (1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a), any note that's on 1,2,3,4 or any of the &'s is a downstroke. Any notes on e's or a's are on upstrokes. This rhythmic approach to picking eliminates any question of what direction to pick any particular note. Having the downstrokes on the downbeats also accentuates those stronger and more solid parts of the measure, so it ends up sounding the funkiest.
Think I covered it all, but drop your sweet lil' Q's down below. TAB is attached.
Comments
CrispyDog
Always love to see parts from this tune
Krissy
Listening to the parts in isolation like this and then listening to the whole song is so fascinating every time.
Shrek sounds like a keeper! I have so many there's a number system, this one is B5870
Snake plant really stole the show, watch out for that guy
Funky riff in a funky song! One of my favourites!
Shiro
Ahhh yes, confidence, my guitar nemesis. The way you explained the right hand movement vs the left hand made me realize though, I think I need to change how I think a bit. I've been trying too hard to make sure the two sync up perfectly and it ends up making me hesitate, whereas it sounds like the move is more to learn both halves really well and trust that they'll sync up on their own. If that makes sense at all--I might be totally talking nonsense here. Anyway, shoutout to snake plant #7319 for their exemplary contribution to this video! Their support was the missing piece that brought it all together
Genuinely have never heard the the word "guitarmony" before and now I feel enlightened. Also my snake plants say hello! Their names are Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor, and Shrek - named after a few personal icons, of course. When I get my next one, it'll be named after the cool af members of TWRP! Do yours have names? :-D
