Lesson time: (3min 23sec)
James Barratt usa el riff de 'Run to You' de Bryan Adams para desarrollar la técnica de tu mano de púa, añadiendo por el camino algunos cambios de posición de la mano izquierda.
This lesson is part of the course Fundamentos de la técnica de guitarra rock
Watch a preview of the full course below.
Lesson transcript:
Overview
Today, we're going to look at an excerpt from another song, really briefly. You may know this one, this is the riff from Run to You by Bryan Adams. It's another excellent exercise for your right hand, and we will also ask a little more of our left hand with some position shifts. We'll be slowly advancing what we're doing with our hands and what we're asking of them.
I'm going to briefly play you the riff. The original key for that is actually slightly higher. If you want to play along with the song, all you need to do is grab a capo, strap it across the second fret, and play exactly what I just played. For now, we don't need to have a capo; we can just practice it.
First Finger Placement
Take your first finger and place it on the second fret of the A string.
Riff Strings
This entire riff is based on the E, A, and D strings with our right hand, so we can kind of forget about the top three strings, we're not dealing with them at all.
Count in 4/4
That's bar number one. We're back in 4/4 here:
Adding the Second Finger
For the start of the next bar, we're going to add our second finger. We kind of build the top half of a G chord there. We'll pick straight down the E, A, and D strings.
Moving Up the Fretboard
Next, we will take that shape and move it up two frets, so we are on five and four on the E and A strings now. We'll pick that pattern:
Repeating the Pattern
Then we'll repeat it down. Use this string as a rail for your first finger, it never needs to leave the string. You can release the pressure off the fretboard for the position shifts, but it shouldn't actually come off the string. This is more efficient movement for your hands.
Let's take a closer look at the picking pattern. We have this:
This pattern is mostly dictated by the direction of the next string that we're coming to. That's why we've chosen this picking pattern for that section.
Good luck practicing that! Remember all the things we've talked about:
Good luck with those, and I'll see you in the next lesson!
James ha disfrutado de una exitosa carrera como músico a tiempo completo desde que se graduó en la Academy of Contemporary Music en 2007. Desde entonces ha trabajado con artistas y productores de Stereophonics, Ronnie Dunn, Scissor Sisters y muchos más. También compone música para televisión y cine, como el anuncio de televisión 'Music Pieces' de Sony Walkman y el tráiler de la película Albatross. Se define a sí mismo como una especie de purista, un músico de músicos, y este enfoque de su arte ha despertado el interés de grandes empresas y productores de televisión. A James se le puede escuchar en programas como 'Geordie Shore' e incluso en anuncios de la British Heart Foundation, gracias a su versatilidad natural como artista. Como él mismo dice: "El mejor cumplido, y el más frecuente, que recibo en las sesiones para clientes es que toco lo que es 'correcto' para la música. A menudo, todo se reduce a la sencillez." "James es de verdad. Un gran intérprete, con un tono demoledor, y no dudaría ni un segundo en recomendarlo para cualquier proyecto. ¡Sigue así, James!" - Joey Sykes (Meredith Brooks / Will Champlin / The Babys) En Foundations of Rock Guitar Technique, James transmite exactamente esa filosofía, mostrándote cómo desarrollar una técnica de guitarra rock sólida y musical y tocar lo que es 'correcto' para la canción. read more
