Wish You Were Here use the pattern: IV - V - II - I followed by: V - IV - II - I. The simple variation drives the tune forward and makes playing the song meditative. The opening licks Gilmour play use the minor pentatonic scale.
The 'Wish You Were Here' guitar part might be the most copied part for guitar ballads ever. The Stadium meets campfire trick have been attempted by so many rock bands since 'Wish You Were Here', it's actually difficult to think of one that doesn't sound a bit like "the original". As you saw in beginner lessons, most classic guitar ballads use the chords of G Am C and D.
Classic Acoustic Guitar Tricks
Even the hammer on's are classics, repeated many times since. It's hard to imagine an epic 'one acoustic guitar" kind of song before 'Wish You Were Here'. It is almost as if it is written to be played in a stadium. Copied by hundreds of other famous songs in progression, chord shapes and guitar style it is compulsory to learn a song like 'Wish You Were Here' note for note.
The video lesson is as close as guru could get it. No one can play it like Gilmour, but there's a great lesson in trying.
Melodic Guitar Exercise
In this video we will take a look at a very productive exercise. It is not only pleasant to the ears, but it is also challenges the picking hand. It does this by including alternate picking, inverted picking, string skipping and a little bit of rakin
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Here is the Guitar tabs for "Breathe" by Pink Floyd. To get the complete songlist of this band please visit the Pink Floyd guitar tabs archive for guitar tabs, bass tabs and chords. We also have a review section with Pink Floyd CD reviews. Please help us to build our bass and guitar tabs archive, submit missing Pink Floyd tabs here. You will find a printer friendly version of Pink Floyd: Breathe Guitar tabs here
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 19:49:09 -0800
From: Suzanne Abram
Subject: "Breathe" by Pink Floyd (tab, not chords!)
Hey! This is Breathe by Pink Floyd
Transcribed completely by Calvin Lotz
There is another "Breathe" tab, but its only the chords.
This includes lead fills and all that good stuff!
BREATHE
BY THE FLOYD
VERSE
Emadd9 A Emadd9 A Bm7 A7
-----0v---0--------------------|----0v------------------------------
-----0v-----0---------2---3-2--|----0v---0-------------3-----2------
-----0v---------2---2---2------|----0v-----0--2-----------0------0--
-----4v---------2--------------|----4v--------2-----/4------4-------
-----2v---------0--------------|----2v--------0---------------------
-0-----------------------------|-0----------------------------------
Lap Steel tuned, low to high, E B E G B E (Em)
W/slide
-12--------------|-----------|---------|---/22\---------------------
-12-------12/14--|19---------|12-------|---/22\---------------------
----------12/14--|-----19/21-|---12/14-|---/22\---------------------
-----------------|-----19/21-|---12/14-|----------------------------
-----------------|-----------|---------| During verse (A)-----------
-----------------|-----------|---------|----------------------------
CHORUS
Cmaj7 Bm F G Dm Eb Emadd9
-0-----------2---------------------------------|----0v--------------
-0----0--0---3-------1-------------3-----------|----0v--------------
-0----0--0---4-------2------2------4-----------|----0v--------------
-2----2--2---4-------3----3--------5-----------|----4v--------------
-3-----------2-------3-------------5------5---6|----2v--------------
---------------------1-------------3-----------|0-------------------
W/slide
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-12----------12----12/13\12--10----8------6---4/5-------------------
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Breathe...
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