By: Robert Pollard with Doug Gillard Appears on: Speak Kindly Of Your Volunteer Fire Department The guitar work on “Soul Train College Policeman” highlights a classic Robert Pollard technique where he creates two-note chords consisting of a fretted note on one string in conjunction with the next highest string being played open. In this song, […]
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Tonight’s The Rodeo
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Blazing Gentlemen For Robert Pollard’s 66th birthday I’ve decided to tab out “Tonight’s The Rodeo” from the Blazing Gentlemen album. Todd Tobias recorded some tasteful lead parts that aren’t too difficult to play on guitar, which are included in this transcription. You need to be logged in to view the […]
Artificial Light
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Waved Out Just as I theorized regarding the non-standard tuning for “Drinker’s Peace,” I believe Robert Pollard may have stumbled upon the tuning for “Artificial Light” amid a similar situation (i.e., there was a guitar with a string already de-tuned, Pollard picked it up and started playing using his typical […]
Payment For The Babies
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: From A Compound Eye Whenever I take the time to transcribe all the guitar parts for a song off one of the many albums Robert Pollard and Todd Tobias made together, it’s always a rewarding experience. Tobias tends to layer several intricately composed guitar parts onto Pollard’s main guitar track, […]
Science Magazine
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Mouseman Cloud Todd Tobias did an excellent job of making Robert Pollard’s song “Science Magazine” sound like a lo-fi GBV track from the classic era by recording on 8-track and using a drum sample run through a distortion pedal for the percussion. You could probably slide this track in between […]
Up For All That
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Jack Sells The Cow According to Todd Tobias, Robert Pollard played both the rhythm and lead guitars on “Up For All That,” so that’s his full barre chord strumming during the verses and terrific sixth string solo that we hear on the album recording. During the choruses, Pollard uses some […]
Each Is Good In His Own House
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Moses On A Snail “Each Is Good In His Own House” was a joy to learn on guitar because it meant diving into the many layers of instruments that Todd Tobias had included while recording. Robert Pollard’s tune already had a great guitar riff and vocal melody, but while transcribing, […]
I’ve Owned You For Centuries
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Not In My Airforce “I’ve Owned You For Centuries” is deceivingly easy to play on guitar. There are a few spots where the guitar part sounds more complex than it really is, but this is due to either the bass guitar or Robert Pollard’s vocal melody adding different notes at […]
Town Of Mirrors
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Kid Marine I wish more songs had been recorded like “Town Of Mirrors.” There’s a guitar hard-panned to the right channel, another hard-panned to the left channel, and vocals dead center. It just makes it so much easier to isolate the separate guitar parts for transcribing purposes. So in this […]
I Wanna Be Your Man In The Moon
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Space City Kicks The main guitar riff of “I Wanna Be Your Man In The Moon” uses one of Robert Pollard’s most frequently used chord shapes along with a droning open string note. This riff is played throughout the song’s verses, and for the choruses, there’s some simple power chord […]
