Band Analysis

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Powerchord Progression & Riffs

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Uses Root and 5th of a Chord. Has a strong, powerful sound used in metal rock and punk. Riff is a short catchy phrase repeated throughout a song

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Eighth Note Strumming

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Common way for a guitarist to provide accompaniment. Common in rock, indie, folk, country

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Major and Minor Pentatonic Riffs & Melodies

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Most common scales in popular music, used by guitarists to create riffs and melodies. Genres: rock, soul

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Off Beat Rhythm Patterns

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Used by Rhythm Guitar parts to play regular offbeat rhythm that accents the weaker beat in the bar. This is usually the second and fourth beats of the bar. Genres: ska, reggae

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Syncopated single-note riffs

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Feature of guitar parts across a wide range of styles. Genres: funk, rock, metal

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Chromatic Riffs and Melodies

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Chromatic notes of passages use between chord and scale tones. Used to add interest and movemnt to guitar part. Genres, jazz funk, latin

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Eigth notes played on root notes

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Bass plays the root note of the chord in a continuous stream of eigth notes. One the most common basslines. Genres: rock, punk, indie

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Root 5 Bassline

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The bass plays the root note followed by the perfect 5th and alternates through out. Creates a sense of movememt. Genres: rock pop, country

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Walking Bass

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The bass plays regularly on all 4 quarter notes. Plays chord tones on beat 1 and 3, and either chord tones, scale rones and non diatonic notes on beats 2 and 4. Genres jazz rock pop

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Octave Riff & Progressions

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Inversions/Slash Chords

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Chromatic Passing Notes

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Bass Players will often use chromatic passing notes to move between chords or chord tones

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Backbeat Groove

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The Backbeat is one of the most common grooves in popular music. Hihat can be replaced with the ride cymbal

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Eighth note fill using snare and tom

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Genre: rock and pop

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Swung Grooves

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Ever group of two eigth notes is played as a broken triplet.

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Syncopated Bass Drum and Snare

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Crash Groove with Rimshots

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Scale Melodies

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Genres: jazz blues rock pop

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Intervallic Melodies

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Predominantly moves to notes that are an interval of a 3rd or more

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Scoop in and fall off

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Each note is adjacent to the next. Vocalist often scoop in and fall off for added effect.

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Melismas

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Singer sings more than one note per syllable

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Call and Response

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Parallel Octaves and 3rds

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Triads Played In Eighth and Quarter Notes

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Genres, soul, pop

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Octave Unison

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Genres, rock and pop

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Arpeggios with sustain pedal

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Genres: pop jazz

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Boogie Woogie Bassline

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Genre: blues and rock

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Clavinet

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Blues Shuffle