Zone of Prestige (Intro)
Added 2019-11-21 17:21:40 +0000 UTCWelcome to the Zone of Prestige! I would like to take this opportunity to confirm that it is in fact the most prestigious zone.
For those of you who aren't aware, this is a Lord Phobos (that's me!) original track. You can hear it on Bandcamp at: http://lordphobos.bandcamp.com
Pro tips:
- Every note on the 5th string is palm-muted. I would suggest tilting your right hand wrist in such a way where your palm is always resting on the A string to mute it, but the other strings are open.
- Down pick every note if you have the endurance. It makes the volume and 'tude between each note consistent.
- Wiggle the notes on the 3rd string, you goofball!
- Did you know that if you click on the little gear beneath the embedded YouTube vid, you can adjust the playback speed and hear the riff even slower? It can go as low as 25% speed.
Theory Talk:
This entire riff is in an A minor pentatonic scale. It's easily the most popular scale for guitarists in rock music, pop, R&B, blues, funk, and anything else written in the last 70 years!
If you don't know what a scale is, it's basically a collection of notes that are always going to sound good together. I'll often times write a riff by just shuffling the notes around, experimenting with the rhythms, and whatnot.
|--------------------------5-8---|
|---------------------5-8--------|
|----------------5-7-------------|
|-----------5-7------------------|
|------5-7-----------------------|
|-5-8----------------------------|
Because it's in the key of A, the open A string works too (which is why I was able to sneak it into this riff).
TAB is attached as a PDF and a Guitar Pro file. Enjoy!
Comments
Best song on the EP 🤘
KazultheDragon
2019-11-24 00:53:20 +0000 UTCAhhhh YASSSS! (was hoping that some of you EP tracks might make it in here!) ❤ Great stuff man! :3 Absolutely SLAYing it as per usual and thanks as always for these!
2019-11-23 21:08:41 +0000 UTCThis Is rad! I would love to see some stuff from Galactic Chase eventually!
2019-11-23 00:12:11 +0000 UTCRequest noted!
2019-11-22 17:00:29 +0000 UTCEnjoy those hammer-ons!
2019-11-22 17:00:17 +0000 UTCNow that we are stepping into this territory, it would be awesome to get a lesson for the section on Galactic Chase around the 2:16 mark. Makes my heart race everytime.
2019-11-22 10:36:06 +0000 UTCYesss, my fave track from your EP, thank you! And it's got hammer-ons, I enjoy playing those!
Krissy
2019-11-22 06:01:38 +0000 UTCJust gave this EP another listen super recently, how crazy that this would come up. Love it!
2019-11-22 03:59:57 +0000 UTCAmen!
2019-11-21 22:44:56 +0000 UTC!!!
2019-11-21 22:44:33 +0000 UTCYOU keep rockin'!
2019-11-21 22:44:21 +0000 UTCThanks Eric!
2019-11-21 22:44:12 +0000 UTCWoo!
2019-11-21 22:43:22 +0000 UTCGive us this day our daily shred
2019-11-21 21:07:57 +0000 UTCYes!!! I have been waiting for songs from this EP!!
Dezzi
2019-11-21 19:12:06 +0000 UTCOh! And the pro tip about slowing down the video is a desktop only feature. ;)
2019-11-21 17:59:02 +0000 UTCHell yeah! Love this EP! Can’t wait to see you cover more of those tracks with these lessons! Thanks, dude! And keep on rockin’ 🤘
2019-11-21 17:29:10 +0000 UTCI love this track! I totally get Jun Senoue and Sonic Adventure vibes. Not sure if it's intentional, but I love it regardless!
2019-11-21 17:28:39 +0000 UTCOh hey, one of yours! :D I absolutely love that album, it's what I put on when I just want to chill. Ice Crystal is probably my favorite--and I always wonder if Legendary Space Knight was a theme tune for yourself, haha. Respect if so!
Shiro
2019-11-21 17:27:10 +0000 UTC
