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By Bily Clements hetheritisthe irsttime youhear aasong,orthe millionth time, asa guitarist youcantthelpbuttolisten totheguitartone.From therock-a-billysound of ‘DoritBe Cruel’, to the dynamicchanges in "Minerva" from the Deftones, each tone sharesamessage-Isitin your face, demand. {ng your respect, ordoes itenvelope you like “Misty” fromWesMontgomery?While can't ‘make you play ike Randy Rhodes, I can get youhistones, aswellas the other songs tones for this month's column. Here's yourguide togerting the greattones of this monthis songs. Justdial in these set- tings on your GNX3 Guitar Workstation and youre on your way. If you have MIDI on your computer its even easier. Just go to ‘wewstdigitech.com/guitarone to download the presets directly into the GNX3. Once you've got the tones, jump over to ‘the builtin mult-trackrecorderandlay down the rhythm tracks. Turn on the song repeat and you can practice that solo until you've got itnailed. You can alsouse the recorderas your portable tutor to practice this month’s lessons. Just download the “Heart On Line lesson MP3'sand take them with you. ono hope the tones, playing hints, lessons and music provided here inspire you to take _your playing to the next level, See you on stage. ‘Tone Guru Billy Clements is 20-year veteran ofthe stage and studio and isa prolific creator ‘oftones heard in countless recordings and per formances around the world. The Tones Between the Lines DigiTech* GNX3 Guitar Workstation-Powered Presets AEA FOO FIGHTERS “Times Like These” ache Terie te ae | OT hfe | UR | Uy | Wan al oe foot] 0 To wo ed) bonk [igat) @ | @ 00 | - (0 Pea Pr Pandas ita [eet fame ew = T= DEFTONES “Minerva” a ae ee ROR | tapi | Qe | Ue [iy | Nor a ces aia] 5 | T eat ‘ig x00 OA | Pamt | Pam |r | Pau | Pm Cae | OF cece it | OF een = W-ted | = Te Bewile| OF bay | OF eet | on | = T= “Gonsi| Gph ao (WES MONTGOMERY “Misty” ADVERTORIAL Warm, om = [= [= = |= | TRAPT “Headstrong” PEER tw [ton | GE | OS | ry | non oo tae fea 0 Te [w]e Tet ht [wpa a (OOF | Pam | Parnas warae| or |= [= [-|-[-— feet oe Pest eet Wea il Saga | Of a toa] — [ooo 5 [a | Tidetee ofa et = = Gene] OF [Ww | Fane | 0 me ae ease es shock ies — Ghat! [wee tw |= |= (0ZZY OSBOURNE “Goodbye to Romance” ett [we wa o pki tot fit PP =) = ELVIS PRESLEY “Don’t Be Cruel” ee] om TST a [et |G | te |i | Han ow wt ia [waa 0 es aie wa) S| | OD) a vn em [Pe [Pt a Digiech — ‘musical climates—Grohl super poses a lino based largely on subdivisions of three eighth notes. Rather than tackle this Chinese algebra at the song's tempo of 144 beats per minute, set Your metronome to a comfy 0-100 bpm. Begin by counting a cycle of seven beats, tapping your footon each beat and clap- pingon the“one.” Then focuson the eighth-note rhythm by counting the more rapid 1-2-8, 1-2-8, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1.2 pattern (continue to clap on one"). If you have a musical partner around, one person can count the seven-beat cycle while another counts the eighth-note cycle. These patterns are shown, In Fig. 1; don't he surprised ifyou fall into Spongetob-and-Patrick fits of stupidity at first. 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The chorus’ Thismutingisvitalto | GUITARS 1-2: Solidbody the ex-Nirvana drummer as an | gular parts bring the eliminateany further | PICKUPIPOSITION: artist for the long term. “Times | song back to a jangly harmonic clashes | Humbucker/Bridge Like These” is proof that Grobilis | college-rock sing- while continuous GAM morethanamerebundieafstreet | along that could al- down-strumming of | EQ: Bass/Mid/Treble: 7/4 “6-7 cred, he's. gasp... musteiart | most pass for a high: CT the eighth-note energy REM.cut,and cry rhythm is executed. 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FT SRA stim) yy Es cs cs bs ps where you be = fong.— Repeat and Fade ma What’s Between the Lines mixing’#0s alt-rock sounds with | Mixolydian tonality in the midst theiréignature heavy tunage, the | of a tune squarely in E minor. band secured an identity sepa- Figs. 2-8 below, with their ratefrom theircontemporaries. | octavesand low D drone, are fur “Minerva,” the first single | ther examples of how to estab- from Defiones' eagerly antici- _ lish a modal tonality. Fig.2is an pated self-titled release, picks | example in D Mixolydian up where White Ponyleft off. (D-E-F8-G-A-B-C),andFig.3isin Diydian (D-E-Ft-GE-A-B-CH) nTRO RIFF To jam along with guitar- | THECNORUS ist Stephen Carpenter and | Since drop-D tuning and its Miners,"youllfisineedvotune | accompanying one-finger your axe to drop D, dow a half | power chords came into voRue ep (D-AS-D-Gi-BH-E5, low to | & few years ago, the suspended high). With an ever-so-slight- | chord has become a favorite of touch-of-grunge modern metal gut lean tone gainsetto tarists, Carpenter *19,Campenter opens included. The chorus the track with an Hck offwith a Gsus2; intriguing take on a play thechord simply 9 chord (Fg. 1. By f with your index fn selectively picking ger barring strings 5 two of three notes at and 6, and with your the chord, fing finger fretting he creates a chilling string 4. The sus: haunting, atmopher. pended chord, par Ieefect that sets the Heularly the #us2 tone for Moreno’s chord, adds to the esoteric yrce, ‘ast and open sone feel of the ForRITA theguitarsexplodein | song-—not really major, not alltheitheavygloryintoanoctave | really minor, just big BP Tine played over a droning low D note PlaytheG,A.andF¥octave | TONE ZONE on ” Shapes with yourindectingeron | GUITAR: Solldbody electric inerva {heh string (hat finger should | PIGKUPPOSTON: also mute the 4th string) and | Humbucker/Bridge = fltheryourringo pinky ger | @AIN: 8 oa oe eee ata | eae nes ements hen Deftones hit the | the alt-metal heap; the single | you—on the 3rd string. = ie ee ‘ene back in 1995 | “My Own Summer (Shove It)” | The drone is a particularly | El ‘were one of the first in the crop | Deftones had become a chart | in which you want to establish of nd-metal bands. They were | success, yet they stillhad much | an ethereal feel. The drone is erroneouslylumpedinasaKorn | to show the world in terms of | alsoaneffective tool for creating derivative, however, as they | theirmusicalability.The band’s | modal sounds. You can hear a jemated theirmetalriffingand | 2000 release, White Pony, cap- | great example of this in the screaming vocals with ethereal | tured their experimental side, | interlude to Soundgarden’s moods and whispered vocals. | withfansanderiticsexclaiming, | “Fell on Black Days” [DEC/97}, Then, in 1997, Around the Fur | “Wow, Chino can really sing!" By | where the band establishes a D | aa = 128 GUITAR OME « gutaronemag.com «JULY 2008, GNX3 Guitar Workstation Powered MINERVA ‘As Recorded by Deftones (From the Maverick Recording DEFTONES) Transcribed by Adam Perlmutter By Camillo ‘Chino’ Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, ‘Chi Cheng, Abe Cunningham, Frank Delgado Drop B ning. tune down 12 ste (low thigh) BeabDeGe- Bs Intro Slow Rock J= 72 be s s st jie 4 SOA CRISS Ed Rhy. 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