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Superior Moves (Verse / Chorus)
🕑 Added 2022-01-20 16:31:36 +0000 UTCHere'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------------------------------------
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- 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.
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Drop any questions or comments down below! TAB is attached.
Comments
Wow I can’t wait to try this. It’s so percussive
Escher Cattle
I'm so excited to play this one!! I'm still working on my palm muting so this will be great exercise. Love the proportional breakdown of funkiness, very informative. Thanks a lot, Redd Golden!
Shiro
Oh, this is going to be a fun one to play around with! I can tell it's going to be really satisfying to get into that rhythm
