Life Party (Pre-Chorus)
Added 2020-01-30 18:43:39 +0000 UTCLife is precious. Party. Yeah!
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Technique Talk:
- shake 'em. That's right, apply vibrato on the notes to make them sound wiggly. How is this done? Wrap your thumb over the top to get some leverage, and rock your hand back and forth, using the side of the 1st finger on the bottom of the neck as a kind of pivot. Slow this video down and you'll see the mechanics of it a bit better. Don't worry if your attempts sound like a sad cat's meow at first, it takes some time to get a hang of.
- Pay attention to where left hand switches between 7th and 5th positions. Fortunately there's lots of little pauses in the rhythm, which gives you a great opportunity to move your hand up and down.
- Wear an Adidas tracksuit for maximum confidence.
Tone Talk:
There's a little chorus on my guitar. Chorus is an effect that basically doubles your guitar into two copies, both slightly out of tune with each other. Not enough out of tune-ness to sound bad, but just enough to add some depth. If you have a pedal, or the effect on your amp, try it out!
Theory Talk:
This riff was written using an A minor pentatonic scale. Here it is below:
-----------------------------------8-10/12--
----------------------------8-10-------------
---------------------5-7/9-------------------
---------------5-7---------------------------
-------3-5/7---------------------------------
-3-5-----------------------------------------
Look familiar? That's because it keeps coming up. I use this all the time to write guitar parts, and you should too!
There's also these nice chords playing beneath. Any theory heads might want to take a moment to figure out some voicings:
Fmaj7 - Emin7 - Amin7
Fmaj7 - Emin7 - Amin7
Fmaj7 - E7 - Amin7
Bbmaj7
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Tab is attached as a Guitar Pro file and PDF.
Comments
Life Party means so, so much to me. It sometimes brings tears to my eyes. And now, I can play this whenever I want. Thank you.
Krissy
2020-01-31 06:27:26 +0000 UTCTasty!
2020-01-31 06:17:33 +0000 UTCNo, as long as the top and bottom match then you should be fine.
2020-01-31 01:04:41 +0000 UTCdoes the color of our Adidas tracksuit matter?
2020-01-31 01:04:00 +0000 UTCThanks for the request! I'm not sure if I remember the parts to that version, or whether or not I played those specific guitar parts.
2020-01-31 00:17:31 +0000 UTCI did catch that! Thanks for sharing, it sounded great. 👍
2020-01-31 00:15:08 +0000 UTCGood question! They all sound different and lend themselves to certain songs/parts. The explorer excels at rock stuff, and the strats are great for clean funky rhythm.
2020-01-31 00:13:46 +0000 UTCIve been trying not to make requests because I like seeing what songs you choose, but I would LOVE to see you do a lesson on The Device Version of No Pants Dance if thats okay? You did some lovely things during the chorus of that version I wanna hear more about!!
Dezzi
2020-01-30 22:44:48 +0000 UTCThis is such a feelgood song. It really makes me happy!
KazultheDragon
2020-01-30 21:06:37 +0000 UTCyou gonna pay for my tracksuit, bro?
2020-01-30 20:47:53 +0000 UTC“Wear an Adidas tracksuit for maximum confidence.” 😂 It’s so cool to see tendencies or trends in your writing, like that A minor pentatonic scale! Thanks for the lesson! Hope you’re having a good one, dude! :)
2020-01-30 19:14:54 +0000 UTCHey I posted a video of me playing typhoon turnpike on my Instagram if you want to check it out!
Rancid Randall
2020-01-30 18:52:27 +0000 UTCAlso, this is probably a dumb question, but what makes you pick a specific guitar over another for a given post? Just noticing the mint green one’s missing today :)
Shiro
2020-01-30 18:52:12 +0000 UTCVery nice! I decided at the beginning of this year, Life Party is the 2020 anthem. It’s one of my favorites! Thanks for the lesson, shred man! :)
Shiro
2020-01-30 18:50:02 +0000 UTC
