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Answer Title

Answer to Problem #2

Category

Chords / Riffs

Jeff's Guitar's tuning

Standard E, A, D, G, B, E

Guitar Jeff used

Humbucking pickup sound

The Key or relative key

F or Dm (intention was F)

Effects Jeff was using if any

Reverb, (mild level of compression)

Solution notes

This one was very tricky in spots. Half step intervals are a bear for most people to figure out. Half step intervals are the number 1 cause of 2nd guessing when you're figuring out a song. Check out the note for note of the "normal speed" version of this problem that I played on the audio file on the problem 2 page. The slower version of that problem I played was designed to help you with the half step intervals and I altered the feel slightly in order to do that.

Be sure to compare the tabs you did with mine to see where you might have went wrong or might have went right.

Video Lesson

"Actual" TABS for the problem

E_________1__1---3----sl dwn random--1___________________________________
B_________1__1---3----sl dwn random--1_________2____3__3- 2_______________
G____________________________________2____2__2_2_______________
D____3_______________________________2____2__2_2_______________
A____3___________________________x___0_____________x___________
E_0x_1___________________________x_________________x___________

**Chords in italic are not to be picked. They are slid into and allowed to ring before the chords in bold are picked. See vid for help.

E________________________________________________ 10<optional ___________________
B_3__--5_5--10_10--12_12--9__9_9____________10_10_10_10____ 9__9_9--sl dwn--________
G_3__--5_5--10_10--12_12--9__9_9____________ 9_ 9__9__9_____9__9_9--sl dwn--________
D_3__--5_5--10_10--12_12--9__9_9_~ let chord ring__ 9_ 9__9__9_____9__9_9--sl dwn--________
A_1__--3_3-- 8__8---10_10--7__7_7____________ 7_ 7__7__7_____7__7_7--sl dwn--________
E__________________________ 0____________ 0__0__0__0_____0___________________

E_____________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________>----18_17~______
G_____________________________________________________________________
D________________________________________>-------15_14~__________________
A_7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7~________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________

E_20__18_17______________________________________
B___________20___18_17~~__---sl dwn random--____________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________