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    "Don't Look Down" is a hard rock tune. It has characteristic heavy bass, long, drawn-out chords, and amplified instruments. Hard rock first appeared in the late 1960s.

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    The document discusses techniques for playing hard rock guitar and provides instructions for playing along with recordings of songs.

    The document mentions hard rock first appearing in the late 1960s and lists several hard rock artists such as Aerosmith, Metallica, and Smashing Pumpkins.

    The document emphasizes using all downstrokes to get a hard-edged rock sound, doubling the bass line, and accenting syncopations in riffs.

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    Get Your Band Together
    Larry Baione and the Berklee Faculty
    Chapter 6
    Playing Hard Rock

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    PLAYING HARD ROCK

    CHAPTER VI

    ,, ,
    dont
    look
    ,,
    down

    Dont Look Down is a hard rock tune. Hard rock first appeared in the late
    1960s. It has characteristic heavy bass, long, drawn-out chords, and amplified
    instruments. To hear more hard rock, listen to artists such as Aerosmith,
    Metallica, Powerman 5000, the Allman Brothers Band, Rob Zombie,
    Godsmack, 311, Stone Temple Pilots, Black Crowes, Steve Vai, and Smashing
    Pumpkins.

    LESSON 21

    TECHNIQUE/THEORY

    Listen to Dont Look Down, and then play along with the recording. Try to match the guitar part. This tune
    has two parts.
    LISTEN

    31

    P L AY

    In the first part, the guitar doubles the sax melody (head only):

    During solos, in the first part, the guitar doubles the bass riff:

    In the second part, the guitar plays power chords along with the bass:

    10
    8

    8
    6

    5
    3

    97

    LESSON 22

    LEARNING THE GROOVE


    HOOKING UP TO HARD ROCK
    Listen to Dont Look Down. This tune has a standard rock/metal groove. It is a heavy feel, with very simple
    drum and bass parts. These parts must be simple because they are intended to be played in large arenas, where
    echoes would make busier parts sound muddy. Its a case of less is more.
    During the solos, the guitar doubles the bass, playing power chords in the second part. Doubling the bass is
    very common in hard rock.
    Listen to the first part to Dont Look Down. Find the pulse, and strum dampened strings on the backbeat,
    along with the snare drum hits.
    LISTEN

    32

    P L AY

    Strum
    (Backbeat)
    Foot
    (Pulse)
    Count

    Tap the quarter-note pulse with your foot, strum the backbeat, and count the sixteenths. When you are ready,
    do this along with the recording.
    Strum
    (Backbeat)
    Foot
    (Pulse)
    Count
    (Sixteenths)

    a 4 e + a

    LEARNING DONT LOOK DOWN


    Play the rhythms of the first riff. Accent the syncopation. When you are ready, strum along with the recording.
    LISTEN

    32

    P L AY

    Strum
    (Riff)
    Foot
    (Pulse)
    Count
    (Sixteenths)
    100

    2 e

    4 e + a

    Play the riff to Affordable along with the recording. Count the sixteenths, and try to match the rhythmic feel
    of the keyboard and guitar on the recording. Accent the syncopations. Use all downstrokes to get a hard-edged
    rock sound.
    6

    Play
    (Riff)
    1

    Count
    (Sixteenths)

    a 2

    The second part also has a syncopation. Play the rhythms to the second riff of Dont Look Down, and accent
    the syncopated note.

    LISTEN

    33

    P L AY

    Strum
    (Riff Rhythm)
    Foot
    (Pulse)
    Count
    (Sixteenths)

    1 e + a

    2 e

    3 e + a 4 e + a

    Play the second riff. While you play these power chords, use all down strokes, count the sixteenths, and hook
    up with the groove.

    Play
    (Riff)

    Count
    (Sixteenths)

    10
    8

    8
    6

    5
    3

    101

    LESSON 24

    READING
    GUITAR PART
    Play Dont Look Down along with the recording. Use the written guitar part.
    1

    First and second ending markings. The first time you play these measures, play the first
    endingthe measures under the number 1. Then return to the begin-repeat sign (  ). The second
    time you play these measures, skip the first ending and play the second endingthe measures
    under the number 2. Then, continue through the rest of the form.

    LISTEN

    35

    P L AY

    ,
    Don t Look Down
    Guitar Part
    "Rock"

    By Matt Marvuglio

    = 88

    Melody

    Guitar

    A
    %

    106

    A17

    To Coda

    Solos

    B17
    C

    After solos, D.S. al

    CODA

    107

    LEAD SHEET
    Play your own part to Dont Look Down and follow along with the lead sheet.

    35

    LISTEN

    P L AY

    ,
    Don t Look Down
    "Hard Rock"

    Intro

    By Matt Marvuglio

    = 88

    A F

    B C

    Ending

    Unison: bass, keys & guitar

    PERFORMANCE TIP

    When you play from a lead sheet, use it to help you keep your place. Even when you
    keep repeating the same comping patterns, follow along with the melody and chords as
    they are played by other instruments.
    108

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