Ninja Sex Party - Cool Patrol (Verse)
Added 2020-04-09 18:50:51 +0000 UTCHow about some NSP for a change? I think they're a pretty obscure group, but perhaps a few of you have heard of them.
Regardless, here's the main riff to Cool Patrol. It's one of my all time favourites.
The TAB notation is attached to this post as both a PDF and a Guitar Pro file - check it out!
Pro Tips:
- Stay in the 3rd position for the entire riff. This means that your 1st finger is going to play every note on the 3rd fret, your 2nd finger takes the 4th fret, 3rd takes the 5th, and 4th takes the 6th.
- Every time you play the 6th fret 6th string, slide out of it. It's this little nuance that makes the riff sound extra tough.
- Play every note with a downstroke. This results in a more consistent sound than if you were to alternate your picking between downstrokes and upstrokes.
- In the video I add an extra little flourish at measures 7-8 (instead of just hitting the power chord once, I hit it 3 times). This is not in the studio recording, but I tend to play it live this way. But you can just hit it once, I won't tell anyone.
Theory Talk:
This riff is in the scale of Bb minor. It consists of these notes: Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - Gb - Ab.
This is somewhat of an challenging key on the guitar because none of the notes correspond to open strings. Other scales like E minor or A minor are more commonly used by guitarists, because every open string is in either scale.
The little TAB below shows the Bb minor scale shape I use to play this riff. As you'll quickly discover, you really need to rely on your pinky here, as it plays every note located on the 6th fret. On the plus side, I can't think of a better exercise to whip that pinky into shape!
|----------------------------------------------3--4--6---|
|---------------------------------------4--6-------------|
|----------------------------3--5--6---------------------|
|-----------------3--4--6--------------------------------|
|------3--4--6-------------------------------------------|
|---6-----------------------------------------------------|
Feel free to post any questions in the comments below and I'll try my best to answer a few!
Comments
Looking forward to watching you shred and learning the end part of Time to Shine!
2020-04-14 06:42:46 +0000 UTCHi. Hello! I'm also here to vote for the Horse Blood album, plskthnx
De Ana Jones
2020-04-10 21:34:36 +0000 UTCYes, it's in the works!
2020-04-10 20:33:27 +0000 UTCThat would be cool. If enough people here are familiar with the album and would like to see it then I'm definitely down to teach some!
2020-04-10 20:32:40 +0000 UTCI love cool patrol! would it be possible to also run through the generous dimensions chorus or solo!
2020-04-10 18:12:34 +0000 UTCI love this tune :) I was able to catch the tail-end of your stream the other day. It was so fun! Can't wait for Phobos II.
KazultheDragon
2020-04-10 03:01:28 +0000 UTCDannng sweet chonky POWERtones here man! (and so bummed I only caught a sliver of the Stream yesterday, only to find it wasn't recorded to watch the rest of later! #REGRETtiSPAghetti!) LOOKING FORWARD to the Sat'Show though~! :D And thanks as always for the sweet sweet lesson-tabs!
2020-04-10 01:15:15 +0000 UTCOooh! If songs you’ve done guitar work on that ARENT TWRP or Phobos I are on the table, can I make some suggestions from the Horse Blood album - which I have been told you did guitar for? If not or I was mistaken, thats cool, I just wanna know!
Dezzi
2020-04-10 00:28:22 +0000 UTCWhat's an NSP? Never heard of it! lol! Love this song, and this riff is A+! Great stream yesterday! It was so cool watching a song come together like that! I'm looking forward to the next one! Btw I know too much about Twitch and shiz, so if you ever need help figuring shit out, I'd be more than happy to help. I've got way too much time on my hands right now haha
2020-04-09 20:43:16 +0000 UTCHey, it's those guys that perform with TWRP sometimes! Lol, /joke. Love the Cool Patrol album, and really enjoyed the stream yesterday, thank you!
Krissy
2020-04-09 20:09:22 +0000 UTCThat's a good suggestion. And I'll check your vid out too. Thanks Ryan!
2020-04-09 19:09:15 +0000 UTCI'll be back for another stream and will announce the time on my Instagram!(@lord.phobos)
2020-04-09 19:08:22 +0000 UTCNot really worth looking into, don't bother. Thanks for watching the stream! I plan to keep the footage for at least the next few eons.
2020-04-09 19:06:10 +0000 UTCAlso, whaaaaaaaaat re: casually mentioning Phobos II coming out soon!! Beyond excited about that :D
Shiro
2020-04-09 19:02:10 +0000 UTCI've always wondered if you could also put NSP's songs here, and I'm so glad that you can. Really looking forward to more of them coming in!
2020-04-09 19:02:02 +0000 UTCHey Phobos, I loved that stream yesterday, now that there is a possibility of Nsp stuff ... release the kraken perhaps? Also I sent you an Instagram dm with a video of me jamming to your song yesterday, thought you might appreciate it! Thanks!
2020-04-09 18:57:08 +0000 UTCNice, Unicorn wizard would be a good one
Rancid Randall
2020-04-09 18:54:35 +0000 UTCNSP who? Jk, jk. ;) Admittedly, I am way more of a TWRP fan than an NSP fan, so this is like perhaps my second time hearing this song ever--but I really do like at least this riff in particular :D Great stream yesterday, btw! How was it for you, good enough to perhaps go again?
Shiro
2020-04-09 18:54:32 +0000 UTC
