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BORROW - DON’T STEAL! by Tom Yoder
Stealing is easy to do. Making it work for an
original sound is more difficult. Randy Rhodes did
a great job when he stole the chord progression
from the first 16 measures of Leo Brouwer’s
(1939- ) Estudios Sencillos #6. He used it for the
intro of Ozzy’s “Diary of a Madman”.
It will take lots of practice. Play slowly with a
metronome to keep the pattern at an even pace.
It is well worth your time. You will end up much
more coordinated and faster, and with a much
bigger sound.
By using a different tuning and obviously different
fingerings, I’ve taken something someone else did
(not to mention a standard part of the guitar
repertoire) and made it my own.
I confess, I’ve also stolen. One of my more blatant
rip-offs is the contrasting middle section (starting
at measure 44, 1:23 into the tune) of “Zen Parked
on Z” from my CD, “Eat This It’s Safe” . It uses a
right hand arpeggio pattern lifted directly from
study #1 of the 12 studies by Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1881-1959).
Both the Villa-Lobos 12 studies and Brouwer’s 20
Estudios Sencillos are great for fingerstyle guitarist
to study. It doesn’t matter whether or not you want
to play classical guitar. Working on them will give
you lots of ideas to build upon.
“Zen” is in C Tuning (CGCGCE low to high). The
arpeggio pattern is as follows: pipi pmia maim
pipi. It’s done with a sixteenth note rhythm. The
whole section (measures 44-77) uses this pattern
except for the quintuplet figure at measures 64
and 77. To count a quintuplet I always use the
word un-i-ver-si-ty. It helps me to play the figure
smoothly instead of lapsing into a three/two or
two/three feel. Say university as you play the
figure. It works.
Remember, good composers borrow, great
composers steal.
Tom Yoder
Tom Yoder is a guitar instructor at Coastal Carolina
University - the emminence grise behind countless
guitar players in South Carolina, including Edwin
McCain.
If you really want to own this arpeggio pattern, I
recommend tying a cloth underneath the strings
up by the nut around the first and second frets.
Then sit in front of the television and play the
pattern.
His CD “Eat This It’s Safe” showcases his
phenomenal compositional and fingerstyle talents.
Yoder bears comparison with the likes of Hedges,
Bensusan and Kottke.
Visit Tom’s site at www.tomyoder.net
Listen to Tom’s mp3’s at
NOTE: you can listen to “Zen Parked On Z” by
clicking here
To play this arpeggio fluidly and make the top two
strings ring strong, you will need to really dig into
the strings. Having that cloth tied underneath the
strings will help you gain strength in your right
hand. The ama move in the middle of the pattern
is tough to get loud and fast. But it is essential
that you do.
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