VIDEO LESSON

Wholelottalove’s intro is a two-bar riff based in the E minor pentatonic scale, with a third bar of music forming a second ending. The minor pentatonic element is based on the fifth and sixth strings, using the 5th- and 7th-fret notes. This means you can stay in one fretboard position throughout, and use just two fingers. The second ending at the end of the section is formed of D and A barre chords, also played in 5th position.

Appears at: 0:00-0:12

Tempo: 89 bpm

Key/scale: E minor pentatonic

Main techniques: Palm muting, powerchords, 16th note downpicking

TG TIP: Focus on making each sixth-string palm-mute part of one fluent downpicking motion.