Lesson time: (3min 23sec)
James Barratt se sert du riff de « Run to You » de Bryan Adams pour développer la technique de ta main de médiator, en ajoutant au passage quelques changements de position de la main gauche.
This lesson is part of the course Les fondamentaux de la technique de guitare rock
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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 mène une carrière fructueuse de musicien à plein temps depuis l'obtention de son diplôme à l'Academy of Contemporary Music en 2007. Il a ensuite travaillé avec des artistes et producteurs de Stereophonics, Ronnie Dunn, Scissor Sisters et bien d'autres. Il compose également de la musique pour la télévision et le cinéma, comme la publicité télévisée 'Music Pieces' de Sony Walkman et la bande-annonce du film Albatross. Il se décrit comme une sorte de puriste, un musicien pour musiciens, et cette approche de son art a attiré l'attention de grandes entreprises et de producteurs télé. On peut entendre James dans des émissions comme 'Geordie Shore' et même dans des publicités pour la British Heart Foundation, grâce à sa polyvalence naturelle d'artiste. Comme il le dit : « Le meilleur compliment, et le plus fréquent, que l'on me fait lors des sessions pour des clients, c'est que je joue ce qui est "juste" pour la musique. Souvent, tout tient à la simplicité. » « James, c'est du sérieux. Excellent musicien, son remarquable, et je n'hésiterais pas une seconde à le recommander pour n'importe quel projet. Continue comme ça, James ! » - Joey Sykes (Meredith Brooks / Will Champlin / The Babys) Dans Foundations of Rock Guitar Technique, James te transmet exactement cette philosophie et te montre comment bâtir une technique de guitare rock solide et musicale et jouer ce qui est "juste" pour la chanson. read more
