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Tag: Arpeggio
Sex She Said
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Space City Kicks Robert Pollard employs his trusty arpeggio guitar technique to great effect yet again in “Sex She Said,” with a fretted note only on the sixth string and the open fifth and fourth strings. Of course, the arpeggio work is repeatedly interrupted by some rude power chords. You […]
Subspace Biographies
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Waved Out The quail, the quasar, the empties crushed and fired away; “Subspace Biographies” has it all, plus some superb guitar work by Robert Pollard. Let’s dive right in! You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us
In A Circle
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Lord Of The Birdcage “In A Circle” is a fun and fairly easy song to play on guitar. For the album recording, Todd Tobias added only subtle additional instrumentation, so it sounds great played with just an acoustic guitar. You’ll just need to get the hang of the verse arpeggios […]
Alex And The Omegas
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Motivational Jumpsuit Aside from a brief arpeggio section, playing “Alex And The Omegas” on guitar is just a matter of strumming some simple power chords. You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us
Red Rubber Army
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Jack Sells The Cow Arpeggios make frequent appearances in Robert Pollard’s compositions. The majority of the time, he plays them with one fretted note and several open strings, and he often also tends to stick to the same picking pattern for his arpeggios. In this post for “Red Rubber Army,” […]
Return To Your Ship
By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Zero To 99 I think I would have really enjoyed being able to watch Chris Slusarenko working out the Boston Spaceships songs from Robert Pollard’s boombox demos. You can tell he really put a lot of time and effort into trying to emulate Pollard’s guitar playing style, and I think […]
West Coast Company Man
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: August By Cake On this site, I talk a lot about the chord shapes that Robert Pollard uses most frequently in his songwriting. He seems to have “go-to” shapes and other techniques (such as arpeggios), but the dominant 7th chord shape used during the verses in “West Coast Company […]
Roll Me To Heaven
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Styles We Paid For There’s a lot to love about “Roll Me To Heaven,” at least from this guitar-player’s perspective. It features quite a few interesting chords, several distinct sections, and an ending that contains an unexpected chord change and arpeggio, in true Robert Pollard fashion. All these elements […]
Never Abandon Ship
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Styles We Paid For Truly one of the stand-out tracks on Styles We Paid For (in my opinion at least, though there really aren’t any tracks on this album that I don’t enjoy), “Never Abandon Ship” is a brief song with a catchy guitar riff that sounds like it […]
