Scary Arpeggio Sequencing – Daemons & Ghouls
Posted on Mar 7, 2011 in Lessons, Motion Guitar, Transcriptions (aka Tabs) | 11 commentsHere's a transcription to the scary chorus part of Deamons & Ghouls. Here's the Guitar Pro file zipped.
Real tempo is 205 bpm, but listen and see how it's played in half speed on the video.
Here's some guiding notes for you. If you dare to try it out!
Bars 1-2: Arpeggiating across the strings. I suggest pure alternate picking here. Note the eighnote rest in the beginning and 3rd beat of bar one. These humble rests make the music more interesting I think.
Bars 3-4: Again rest in the beginning. But this part feels slightly trickier for me to play. After experiementing I decided to do some economy/sweeppicking to make it smoother. But I can say I still needed to practice it a little!
Bar 5-6: Again rest in the beginning, it's a habit! This is more relax and fun. Try experimenting with some palm muting if you like.
Bars 7-8: Switch into melodic playing here. Put all your soul to these notes!
Bars 9-10: Here we want to get slighty more playful. Use of grace notes does the trick. Grace notes are tiny little ornaments. Quick passing notes played in front of an actual notes. Here we have a two part lesson on grace notes just for you! http://mrfastfinger.net/index.php/tag/gracenote/
Bar 11: Single note on first string, 15th fret. Use your whammy bar to dive, but experiement how you get more depth and feel to the dive!
Bar 12: A true surprise element for the ear. Cromatic decending line. Totally out of place but it sounds beautiful as it lands on the right note.
Bars 13-16: It's good to get back into simple melodic playing again. Until the Sweeeep! Sweep begins with more interesting F6 add9 arpeggio but returns in classic major triad. Modern and classic tones combined.
Bars 17-19: Revisit the beginning of the solo. Repeat is good!
Bars 20-21: This is tight and can be try to get it clean and nice. Practice slow and work the tempo. Patience, patience!
Bars 22-22: We end with a variation of the little theme we first heard during bars 5-6. The final note is finished with whammy bar vibrato!
Enojy, have fun and good luck! Write me any questions and comments here, youtube or facebook.
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Mr. Fast finger,
I just want to let you know. . .that you ROCK HARDEST! I’m still a beginner and to tell you frankly, I wasn’t really into this sort of thing, but Imma try it out. . .:) you have one of the nicest tones. . .thank you so much. . .
Question: how do you solo? Do you use certain scales for you to work melodic? lol I know, I’m a noob! :) Greetings from the Philippines
Thanks for the compliments Mr. Squarestripes!
For soloing I always base my playing on the backing music. Listen carefully all the chords and rhythms + the overall feel. I then start imaging notes that I’d like to hear agains and on top with the music.
Sure the chords can define what scales can be used. But in the end I can only play what I hear inside my head. This is a level that can take years of practicing. It’s very important to know all the scales and modes and chords and all. First know them and master them. Once you master the tones of the scales you start hearing places where to use the tones of them.
Beging with minor and major pentatonic tones. Then move to minor and major scales. With these you can go very far.
Enjoy,
Mika
Hey Mr. Fastfinger, really nice stuff here !
Good luck on the recordings :)
And I have a question: Is there a tab of the video “Recording a Super Fast Solo?”
Sorry if this message appear more than one time and my poor english…
Greetings from Brazil
Hi Evander,
Thanks friend!
Haven’t created a tab for that part. People have requested this, so I try to see if I can find a moment to make it happen soon!
Enjoy the day,
Mika