By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Normal Happiness In terms of song structure, “Supernatural Car Lover” is pretty much all over the place. Especially after listening to Robert Pollard’s demo (made available via the Hot Freaks digital subscription), I get the impression this song was very much a “stream of consciousness” kind of composition, where he […]
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Field Jacket Blues
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: From A Compound Eye Today we’ll take a look at some guitar tablature for “Field Jacket Blues,” a track from Robert Pollard’s From A Compound Eye that, in my opinion, is one of his great “odd-timing” songs. I’m sure someone out there knows what time signature all these different parts […]
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 […]
Silk Rotor
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: We All Got Out Of The Army Robert Pollard hits us with yet another stellar opening track. There are only two guitar parts in “Silk Rotor” (and a guitar solo that isn’t included in this transcription), so it’s a fairly easy song to play. The syncopation of the verse riff […]
Who’s Running My Ranch?
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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,” […]
I’m A Strong Lion
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: From A Compound Eye Todd Tobias added a lot of fantastic keyboard embellishments to some of Robert Pollard’s songs on From A Compound Eye. While the songs sound great for his additions, it can sometimes make the guitar parts a little tough to distinguish in the mix (in some cases, […]
