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Polygon (Chorus)
🕑 Added 2021-12-10 16:16:01 +0000 UTCHere's the chorus part from our collab with Starcadian. The guitar is all about holding down the bottom of these thick, powerful chords.
Not a whole lot to say on this one, if you've played power chords before then you have the basic technique and knowledge to play this part. There are a few particular things I'll make notes on though:
- There's a high up 3 chord shot in the middle, across strings 2-4. It's nice to put some muted strokes in between these to make it sound looser in contrast to the earlier power chords (I do this in the video).
- With the slower moving power chords, only use downstrokes if you can manage it. They tend to sound more balanced and powerful.
- There's a common trick here where you have a power chord spanning 3 frets instead of the usual 2. This creates an inverted chord. To get into the theory here would be too dense, but basically, usually a power chord is named after it's lower note. So if the bottom note is C, then it's a C power chord. But these inverted 3 fret power chords make the highest note the root note. So if the highest note is F, then it's an F power chord.
- Of course, put some overdrive on your guitar to make it nice and crunchy. I'm using a Marshall sound here, which is very punchy and in-your-face. The bridge pickup works best for this style of playing.
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TAB is attached. Drop any questions down below!
Comments
That's it!
One of my faves off the album! At the end of one of these phrases, it sounds like you do a little descending arpeggiated riff of some kind. Is this on the right path? G|-------8-----8-------- D|----10-----8---10--- A|-11-----10-----8-----
Shiro
Hell yeah, a solid sleeveless riff :D
