Guitar Techniques

PLAYING TIPS

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Play through the second verse as per the first, but note that it is eight bars instead of 16. Next, return to a variation on the single-note riff from the intro (bar 73) and add some natural harmonics on the open fifth string. Use one of your fretting fingers to lightly touch the string just above the 3rd fret – enough to produce a harmonic. Keep your finger in contact with the string and slide up to the 7th fret while picking eighth notes with downstroke­s.

The third verse is played over a double-time drum groove with constant 16th-notes on the double kick drums. Match your alternate picked notes to the kick drums to sound tight. At the end of bar 92 follow the DS al Coda (return to sign at bar 39, page 29), then play until end of bar 47 before jumping to the Coda at bar 110 (page 30). Introduce the solo by sustaining C#m add9 chord for three and a half bars, then play the lick [based in C# minor Pentatonic scale (1- 4-5-

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