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Phantom Racer (Verse)
🕑 Added 2020-03-05 16:09:27 +0000 UTCIn celebration of being on tour with The Protomen, here's more of Phantom Racer!
This verse is a joy to play. I'd say it's intermediate in terms of difficulty. There's lots of different parts here and not a ton of repetition, so the best approach is to break it apart measure by measure, and then slowly put it all together.
Pro Tips:
- There's an 8th note palm mute feel throughout. What's key is the various accents which play different 2 note chords, either power chords or chords on the higher strings.
- There's lots of position hopping throughout. It starts off in the 3rd position, and at the end of measure 4 slide up to the 7th fret with your 3rd finger, bringing you into 5th position. This is halfway up to the 7th position used in measures 5 to 8. Pop down to the open position for measures 9-12, and hop back up to position 7 for measures 13-16.
- I like to hold the pick closer to the tip here to create more of a choked feel. Sometimes when you do this you can achieve pinch harmonics, which are an iconic squealing sound.
Theory Talk:
The chords here are:
C major (x4) - E minor (x4) - G major (x2) - A major (x2) - E major (x4)
The scale/mode keeps changing throughout the riff. From measures 1-11, it's in E minor (E - F# - G - A - B - C - D)
In measure 12, with the A major chord comes a switch to E dorian (same as the above minor scale, but with a raised 6th - C#).
In measure 13, the mode changes again when the E major chord hits, resolving to a more upbeat E mixolydian scale (E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D).
This is sometimes called Modal Interchange. All you theory-heads should give that a quick google search!
TAB is attached as a PDF and Guitar Pro file.
Comments
these modes are Y U M M Y
Awaaaah PHANTOM Racer!! ('3 SO DANG RAD MAN~! ^_____^ How's the Tour still going for ya'll at this stage? :D KILLING it I imagine! (CAN'T WAIT for a re-visit to the Land Down under you guys!!) Stay rad Red!
Krissy
So happy I got to hear this live the other night! It's a banger. And thanks for leading me down a rabbit hole of theory lol. Safe travels!
It was so amazing to hear this song live! See ya again tonight, dude!
KazultheDragon
Dang, this really makes me want to pick up guitar now.
Are those P90s in your explorer?
Shiro
Not gonna lie, I had to stop and have a mini dance party at work to this one! I’m so glad we got to hear it in Dallas ❤️ Hope you’re having a great tour, guitar man! The Disaster Squad, for better or worse, all made it home. Already ready for next tour! Drive safe, have fun, and thank you for an amazing time last week!!
This song was extremely cool to see y'all do live the other night! So glad you managed to get it in the last night I made it to, haha ♥
