FIG. 8: JOHN FRUSCIANTE (LATER ERA)

This sparse rhythm part exemplifies how the band’s songwriting focus took a more commercial direction in the late Nineties, often within a melancholy ballad feel. Notice how each chord shape is arpeggiated instead of strummed. Be sure to use an index-finger barre for each of the minor 7 chords and let the notes ring together, particularly while performing all those decorative, Hendrix-style hammer-on and pull-off embellishments.