Life Party (Verse)
Added 2020-03-12 17:46:42 +0000 UTCIt's time for Life Party - round 2!
Scroll back a few weeks to find the pre-chorus. And also, stay tuned for the chorus in an upcoming week...
Pro Tips:
- This is a great exercise in finger barring, a useful technique to have in your toolkit. All these tiny 2 note chords are often called double stops. Since they happen on the same fret, you just use the underside of your sausage fingers to barre both notes.
- The exceptions to the finger barring are the note 5 of measure 2 (use your 3rd and 4th finger), and notes 5-6 of measure 4 (use your 1st and 2nd finger).
- Try to use all downstrokes for consistent volume/tone. Also, palm mute with your right hand to tighten up the notes.
Theory Talk:
Why are all these 2 note things called double stops? Well, a chord requires 3 notes while these are only 2. So it requires its own special name.
The part was written with A minor pentatonic scale:
--------------------------5-8-
---------------------5-8------
----------------5-7-----------
-----------5-7----------------
------5-7---------------------
-5-8--------------------------
Measures 1-3 all fit the scale perfectly. But in measure 4, shit gets a little weird. We temporary step outside of the scale because the piano chords underneath don't match the pentatonic scale anymore. That's just life sometimes.
TAB is attached as a PDF and Guitar Pro file.
Buh-bye!
Comments
Thanks Erika!
2020-03-15 18:07:48 +0000 UTCYes, expect it to return again and again.
2020-03-15 18:07:23 +0000 UTCHrrm! (Patreon appears to nipping my comments*?) .....or I get too excited and am not hitting the send-button proper XS Either way! Super great stuff as always Pho'Botnik! Absolutely adore your theory-talk and the care with which you take to explain stuffs man :) A-grade teacher. Would bring apples. ❤️
2020-03-14 23:06:21 +0000 UTCCory Wong? Is that you?
2020-03-12 21:04:17 +0000 UTCThe return of A minor pentatonic, I see! XD Always love seeing more Life Party. Have a great week!
Krissy
2020-03-12 20:19:45 +0000 UTCHot damn! This was another one I was close on! Can't wait to see how the chorus goes!
2020-03-12 19:17:53 +0000 UTCThanks for the lesson, Phobos! Looking forward to a closer look at that chorus in an upcoming week. Hope you're getting to enjoy some well deserved time off now that tour is over! <3
2020-03-12 19:00:41 +0000 UTC"That's just life sometimes" is a whole mood, haha. Thanks for the lesson, guitar man! Glad y'all got home safe, take care of yourselves this week! ♥
Shiro
2020-03-12 17:49:53 +0000 UTC
