By: Guided By Voices Appears on: The Bears For Lunch The main guitar riff in “Hangover Child” uses a Robert Pollard guitar technique that I refer to as “dropping the bass,” which involves playing a power chord and then moving the finger being used to fret the lowest, or bass, note of the chord. In […]
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White Flag
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: The Bears For Lunch Even as short as it is, the majority of “White Flag” is instrumental, with vocals taking up only about thirty seconds’ worth of the song’s total running time of two minutes and fifteen seconds. Robert Pollard’s rolling guitar arpeggios and Greg Demos’ high-register bass guitar […]
King Arthur The Red
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: The Bears For Lunch “King Arthur The Red” is an outstanding opening track, full of energy and bottom-heavy guitar tone (not to mention fantastic vocal harmonies). To help achieve this dense, low sound, we’ll use inverted guitar chords. You need to be logged in to view the rest of […]
She Lives In An Airport
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: The Bears For Lunch For the verses in “She Lives In An Airport,” Robert Pollard uses a two-note C5/G chord, with the G on the sixth guitar string being the lowest note. This gives the verse riff a heavy, crunchy feel. Other than this main riff, there are a […]
