Aug 9, 2022 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Steve Perry and Neal Schon wrote this song on the tour bus, and it was inspired in part by Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy, whom they were touring with. Mostly the call/answer of lyrics and guitar lines. Melody A very...
Aug 8, 2022 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) This song came from a recording session for another song. After the first take, the drummer was incapacitated, so they found the tightest 16 bars of that first take and edited it around until they came up with what...
Aug 6, 2022 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Melody I made it all 1 vocal line, including most of the backing vocals and lead vocal ad libs, even though they play together sometimes. This song was apparently originally going to be about wishing he could turn...
Aug 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Broken Triads in Position 5 Finally, here we have the last position of the CAGED system, the D-shape. Running through broken triads in position 5 involves a little more movement than the other positions. This time, for the last triad in the octave run, you will...
Aug 1, 2022 | Guitar, Music Theory, Worksheets
Broken Triads in Position 4 Learning this next exercise for broken triads in position 4 of the CAGED system for guitar will help you learn the fretboard. Getting to know the guitar fretboard is one of the most important skills you can develop if you want to be able to...
Jul 20, 2022 | Desconstructions, Drums
Drums – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – By The Beatles – Drummer – Ringo Star Here is the main beat of the “Intro” and “Verse’s” of the song, using the low tom to drive the song. This is the fill used...
Jul 20, 2022 | Guitar, Music Theory, Worksheets
Broken Triads – Position 3 Broken Triads in Position 3 means we’ll be looking at the G-shape for this run. This exercise runs through the circle of 5ths instead of chromatic climbing like the previous exercises. Moving around the fretboard like this can...
Jul 1, 2022 | Guitar, Music Theory, Worksheets
Broken Triads for guitar position 2! This is a very technical exercise and gets your fingers moving through the scale in a different way. Practicing this expands your understanding of the fretboard and ability to visualize the locations of notes. It’s also great...
Jun 19, 2022 | Desconstructions, Drums
From the Desk of John (Head Transcriber) “Being basically a keyboard song, I made up some of the guitar parts when there was no part (based on keyboards). And for the keyboards – I concentrated on the main parts.” Drums Intro Break Down For the most part its a...
Jun 18, 2022 | Desconstructions, Drums
From the Desk of John (Head Transcriber) “Being basically a keyboard/drum sample song, I took a few liberties with the parts. The guitar covers some of the more guitar sounding parts, and the keyboards cover as many key parts as I could put in there without growing a...
