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FROM NOTHING PT 2 Song by the Foo Fighters
!Level: Beginner-Intermediate (solo Int-Adv)
Oct 2014
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Something From Nothing !I’ve already given you the blurb on the song in part 1, which Im assuming you've
read so lets not spend too long here. I’m using a slightly more distorted setup on
this guitar track but other than that you want the same general rock setup as
before. Lets get cracking!
!VERSE !We don't play on the intro (10 bars long) so lets dive into the first bit of lead of the
song, the Verse. This is played with a slide on the track but then they also have
three other guitars so help cover when its time to take
the slide off etc. Because of this Ive arranged it for
bends (pre-bends to be precise), to retain the slide like
quality without having to mess about with one in the
heat of battle. Pre-bends can be tricky so I’d fully
recommend just looping this first box till you get the
hang of it. From there we play the same thing and just
put an ever lower note on the end:
Next up some straightforward notes. The only thing that needs some work is
ensuring you time the slide so that as it arrives at the target note you pick at the
same time. Watch the
video for an example.
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HEAVY BREAK HARMONY LINE Next up we have a nice harmony part to complement the Heavy break the rhythm
guitar plays. Rhythmically we are tracing over the top and playing the following:
Like the heavy break we play this twice then end with the following notes that line
up with the three chords the rhythm guitarist plays:
!!The very last note is used
to slide back into the verse
(at fret 9) which we will
then repeat.
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After verse 2 we then go back into the heavy break harmony line once more only
this time we leave the 2 off the end and just sustain the 6th fret note for the whole
bar.
RIFF OVERDUB !!We then move into the first riff section.
Were going to support the rhythm
guitar by playing similar notes but
higher up the neck. 8 times through
please then we can move on to
something more interesting!
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SOLO 1 Its more of a lead break than a solo admittedly but lets enjoy it all the same! We
start off with this great lead line built off an A minor pentatonic scale, but sliding in
from the position below. I explain the best fingers to use in the video so check it
out.
Play this line twice then we will move on to some octaves, lasting two beats each,
before moving to an A major chord strummed six times and ending in mutes to
match the rhythm guitar:
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NEW RIFF OVERDUB AND DIMINISHED SECTION We then return to the riff overdub in the same position but this time we are going
to extend the overall sound by introducing some extra notes:
!!I have detailed the fingers I prefer for
this in the video. We will be playing it
twice before briefly departing to play
some clashing diminished chords and
lead.
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You will strum the chord (see chord box for shape) four times before
shifting the same shape down the frets and then repeat the movement
before playing that nice little bit of lead at the end. The lead is
deceptively tricky so make sure you follow the fingering described in
the video exactly. We then move back too the New Riff overdub a
further 8 times.
!HEAVIER RIFF OVERDUB At this point the song steps it up a gear and the extra guitars start making more noise
based around an E power chord. Either 1 or 2 below:
!!All the while the New riff overdub from the previous
page rages on for another 8 repetitions. My solution is
a somewhat crude one where we simply hold the first
E power chord position whilst trying to maintain the
high movement of the Riff. Ultimately it definitely steps
up on my cover recording so Im pleased with the end effect, though it does mean a large
stretch for your little finger.
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MIDDLE RIFF, SOLO 2 AND HEAVY BREAKDOWN After this we return to the Middle riff. The rhythm guitar will be repeating this section
four times however we only join it for the first repetition. We will play it identically then
break off to play the second ‘solo’ which is a modified version of the first, that moves
around a few different chords and positions.
!!!!!!The first position is based around an E minor chord and pentatonic. Pay attention to the
melodic shape of the run and compare it to the second riff. The shape is very similar but is
being played over a D power chord. The D chord in this case is ‘implied’ to be major by the
notes in the riff.
We now have the same riff beginning on C and again it is being implied as a major chord
before the pattern finally changes over an A chord. This time you begin the riff as
expected but half way through the bar we break off to join the rhythm guitar on an F
power chord, hitting it twice. We then repeat the lead line from the start with different
amounts of F chords at the end. The second repetition we have a single strum (below left)
and on the last repetition (below right) we mimic the mute and strum of the rhythm
guitar. We then completely mimic the rhythm guitars part on the heavy breakdown (see
PDF for part 1 for tab)
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MAIN SOLO !Time for the scary solo! This took some listening to on my part for sure. Positionally it was
given away by watching a live performance on Letterman but it was still very hard to pin
down on account of the fact that it fades in, fades out and is audible very low in the mix.
Because of this its not working in the composition as a feature, as a solo usually would,
but rather as a textural device, to create excitement without being too obvious. Very
effective I would say. It is very fast and will require serious practice, being primarily based
around the subdivision of 32nd notes (8 notes per beat). Lets take a look at bar 1:
!We start with an 8 note pattern which we repeat twice (underlined Red above). Remove
this and treat it a separate exercise working to build the speed. Next we have a smaller 4
note pattern which we repeat 3 times (underlined Blue above) which again can be looped
individually to build speed. The last 4 note pattern (underlined in Green above) is entirely
unrelated, and this is where the solo begins to move down the strings. On to Bar 2:
! Bar 2 has a mixture of 32nd notes and 16th note triplets (6 notes to a beat so slightly
slower). This mixing of rhythmic subdivisions can be confusing if you're not confident with
them so listen to the video if you're unsure. We are descending with a mixture of hammer
ons and pull offs between fret 2 on the G, D and A strings. This whole section is very
reminiscent of the descending run in Long road to ruin (check my channel as I have a
lesson covering this too!).
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OUTRO The outro section is a collection of four small riffs that we play through, so quite simple
really.
!First up we have less of a riff, more of a sound. I
think this is likely a slide part but we can do it with a
drawn out bend. I strum it also to keep it ringing out
strong, in 16th notes so four notes to a beat. We
play this four times.
!We then encounter this dissonant octave idea that is
just holding a minor third (G note) underneath our
open E string root and just strumming away. Four
repetitions of this please!
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!! We then encounter this riff which is mimicking
our rhythm guitar riff but playing a set of
harmonised notes as octaves. Its a squeeze up
there so make sure you're careful to keep the
shape consistent as you move it. How many times
through? Thats right. Four.
!Here we are at last at the end. You will recognise bar
one from the rhythm guitar part. We mirror it and
stick a different chord at the end. Its an A7/C# but
really all you're doing is playing the same set of notes
as the rhythm guitar further up the neck to thicken
out the sound.
Hope you’ve enjoyed this, keep checking back for more tutorials!
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