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"Road Signs"
Mike Salow
Hi Guys! Welcome to the tutorial! This time around we'll be breaking down the meoldy from my tune "Road Signs". Proceed to the following videos and we will begin the learning!
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Lesson · 1m "Road Signs" - Playthrough
Hi Guys! Welcome to the tutorial! This time around we'll be breaking down the meoldy from my tune "Road Signs". Proceed to the following videos and we will begin the learning!
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Lesson · 1m "Road Signs" - Intro
So I thought I'd fill you guys in a little bit on the back story of this tune. The thought process behind it was inspired specifically by three different players and two specific tunes. I originally came up...
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3:43
Lesson · 4m "Road Signs" - Breakdown Part 1
We'll start off the breakdown by discussing the first two bars of this melody. It starts off with the stacked 5th idea that originally took from Scott Henderson. This first part is outlining an Amin11 chord...
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2:21
Lesson · 2m "Road Signs" - Breakdown Part 2
Now we will move onto the next two bars of the main melody. Here we are outling a Dmin7 chord with some added extensions. I'm starting with the same type of stacked 5ths idea that leads into further...
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2:50
Lesson · 3m "Road Signs" - Breakdown Part 3
At this point we are at what sounds like a repeat but actually it is a variation on the main idea. What I've done is added an odd time signature of 3/4 to the first half and then changed the melody slightly on...
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4:25
Lesson · 4m "Road Signs" - Breakdown Part 4
Now we'll move on to what I guess you could call the B section of this tune. It's a simllar idea, seeing that there are still the continuous 8th notes happening during the melody, but now we'll modulate to the...
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Lesson · 5m "Road Signs" - Breakdown Part 5
The final runs are the funnest part! We'll start of with a triplet run through the Dm7b5 arpeggio. After that, moving onto an F dorian run and finally leading into an E augmented run that emphasises the E7...
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- 8 0:57 Backing track · 1m "Road Signs" - Backing Track And here we have the full backing track. Hope you enjoy! Full tab below. Tab Guitar Pro
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