Chords for David Gilmour Guitar Technique in 5 Minutes
Tempo:
116.95 bpm
Chords used:
B
D
F#
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi there guys, Dan from GuitarLessonCentral.com here and today I'm working with the guys from Riff Station to bring you some free videos.
Now in this lesson we're going to look at how to play like David Gilmour and there's some very signature sounds that we're going to start using.
So I'm going to show you a lick and I'm going to give you a few ideas as to how to get started technique wise on the road to playing like Mr.
Gilmour.
But it is just meant as a starting block, so absorb as much as you can and then take it on from there.
So let's have a look at that lick first.
[Am] [B]
[G]
[F#] [B] [B]
[Bm] [F#]
[D] [E]
[F#] [B]
[G]
[F#] [B]
[Em] Ok, so let's take you through this lick and we're in the hands of Mr.
David Gilmour, of course.
And we're in the key of B minor here, slash D major.
Now I wanted to mention slash D major because I think it's quite important because a lot of the stuff you hear in his Pink Floyd days and when he's playing over it, he's playing quite smart you could say.
So deliberately using arpeggio shapes and chord based licks to kind of walk through a chord within a solo.
So the [B] opening couple of lines very much suggest D major, whereas the last couple suggest a bit more B minor.
So the opening lick is this.
[D] [E]
And what's happening is at first I'm taking a D [D] major chord like that.
And just taking the top third, fifth and root note and raking through them.
And that's a little arpeggio isn't it?
But I'm just very much raking them for the moment.
And [F#] then grabbing the major third on the top of [D] the chord.
Or the top of the arpeggio you could say.
So that is in frets the eleventh, tenth, tenth, fourteenth.
[F#] And rhythmically you just rake through the first three and highlight this at the start [D] of the bar.
Okay?
You're going [F#] to really hold that, do as much vibrato as you can for a little finger.
And then take the D that's here then, there's a little kind of chord there you can see a D.
And again do a little arpeggio through it.
So I'm going to actually take the fifteenth fret, pull off to the [Gm] fourteenth.
Then go down to the fifteenth fret B [Dm] string.
[A] And then back to the fourteenth fret G string.
[D] And you can see I've basically gone through that but as [E] single notes.
And then I'm going to come back to this [C#] fifteenth fret and [C] bend it up a full [E] tone.
Okay?
So really for me that [D] suggests D major.
A D arpeggio there.
[E] And a D arpeggio there [E] as well ending in a nice Gilmore style bend.
Now at that point we very much turn [Bm] into B minor which is the relative minor key.
And do this lick.
[C]
Now, a very cool little lick if you don't mind me saying.
And I'm actually kind of thinking pentatonics a little bit more now.
So I'm sliding from my shape [E] one, [F#] ninth fret, into the eleventh fret, into [F#m] shape two.
Shape two again.
And [Em] I'm going to grab this note on the twelfth fret and bend it up a tone and a half.
[D] Which takes me, that's a tone, that's a tone and a half.
Just about.
You've got to really kind of learn how to pitch these bends.
Sometimes it's better than others.
[F#]
[D] So that's kind of how high it looks to [Dm] do a tone and a half.
But you've just got to get on the [Gm] guitar and practice it.
Okay?
[B] And the thing I love about this little lick is that as soon as I've done the tone and a half.
I then stop it and do a tone.
[A] Which I [G] go up, down and then pull off.
Okay?
So it's a really good test of [D] pitch.
Tone and a half.
[B] [B] Tone.
Pull off.
And then, sorry, I come back to the twelfth fret root note.
Before going a little higher up the pentatonic shape and going.
Which is tenth fret, twelfth fret.
Little half bend.
[D] Up, down, [Em] pull off.
Back to the root note.
[F#] So all together that minor bit so far is this.
[D] [B]
[G] [E] And I'm just going to finish the lick by coming down to shape one.
And doing a quick little [F#m] pull off.
That's going from the tenth fret to the seventh fret.
[E] Down the pentatonic shape.
Pick that again.
[D] And pull [B] off.
And then hit the root note.
[E] [Bm] [B] Very flowing [F#] lines.
[G] [B]
So all together you've got the D [D] major bits.
[E] Then the [F#m] minor.
[Dm] [Em]
[F#] [B]
[B] [C]
Now, to tackle David Gilmour's style, like I suggested there.
I do feel like you need to know your arpeggios.
Okay?
So in the worksheet what I've provided is the minor.
A little kind of three note minor.
Sorry, three string minor arpeggio sequence.
That will help you kind of get started with just some [Bm] ways to go through.
Like kind of minor arpeggios.
Which you can [E] do all over the fretboard.
And I won't go into it now due to lack of time.
But there's some stuff on the sheet.
Now, combine those ideas with the pentatonics that are underneath.
So for example, if I had a pentatonic shape three up here in B minor.
[Bm] [Em] There's also a little kind of arpeggio [Bm] three string
[B] [Bm] underneath it.
Which is worth learning for the Gilmour.
[F#] [E] And equally worth knowing how it goes into your pentatonic shapes.
Okay?
And eventually you want to do that with minor and major.
But just start easy and gradually build it up.
Now the other thing is those bends.
He's notorious for over [B]
bending the string.
Okay?
So this is where it's worth kind of knowing where your notes in the full scale are.
So rather than bending [C#m] up to this note.
[Em] He's bending up to this note.
Which is a [D] nice pentatonic note.
So it really rings true when you hear it.
So it's kind of getting used to doing the kind of full tone, tone and a half.
Even two tone bends if you can muster it.
And of course that's just about training your fingers to really push through.
[C#] And also training your ear to hear when you get to the right note.
[N]
Now in this lesson we're going to look at how to play like David Gilmour and there's some very signature sounds that we're going to start using.
So I'm going to show you a lick and I'm going to give you a few ideas as to how to get started technique wise on the road to playing like Mr.
Gilmour.
But it is just meant as a starting block, so absorb as much as you can and then take it on from there.
So let's have a look at that lick first.
[Am] [B]
[G]
[F#] [B] [B]
[Bm] [F#]
[D] [E]
[F#] [B]
[G]
[F#] [B]
[Em] Ok, so let's take you through this lick and we're in the hands of Mr.
David Gilmour, of course.
And we're in the key of B minor here, slash D major.
Now I wanted to mention slash D major because I think it's quite important because a lot of the stuff you hear in his Pink Floyd days and when he's playing over it, he's playing quite smart you could say.
So deliberately using arpeggio shapes and chord based licks to kind of walk through a chord within a solo.
So the [B] opening couple of lines very much suggest D major, whereas the last couple suggest a bit more B minor.
So the opening lick is this.
[D] [E]
And what's happening is at first I'm taking a D [D] major chord like that.
And just taking the top third, fifth and root note and raking through them.
And that's a little arpeggio isn't it?
But I'm just very much raking them for the moment.
And [F#] then grabbing the major third on the top of [D] the chord.
Or the top of the arpeggio you could say.
So that is in frets the eleventh, tenth, tenth, fourteenth.
[F#] And rhythmically you just rake through the first three and highlight this at the start [D] of the bar.
Okay?
You're going [F#] to really hold that, do as much vibrato as you can for a little finger.
And then take the D that's here then, there's a little kind of chord there you can see a D.
And again do a little arpeggio through it.
So I'm going to actually take the fifteenth fret, pull off to the [Gm] fourteenth.
Then go down to the fifteenth fret B [Dm] string.
[A] And then back to the fourteenth fret G string.
[D] And you can see I've basically gone through that but as [E] single notes.
And then I'm going to come back to this [C#] fifteenth fret and [C] bend it up a full [E] tone.
Okay?
So really for me that [D] suggests D major.
A D arpeggio there.
[E] And a D arpeggio there [E] as well ending in a nice Gilmore style bend.
Now at that point we very much turn [Bm] into B minor which is the relative minor key.
And do this lick.
[C]
Now, a very cool little lick if you don't mind me saying.
And I'm actually kind of thinking pentatonics a little bit more now.
So I'm sliding from my shape [E] one, [F#] ninth fret, into the eleventh fret, into [F#m] shape two.
Shape two again.
And [Em] I'm going to grab this note on the twelfth fret and bend it up a tone and a half.
[D] Which takes me, that's a tone, that's a tone and a half.
Just about.
You've got to really kind of learn how to pitch these bends.
Sometimes it's better than others.
[F#]
[D] So that's kind of how high it looks to [Dm] do a tone and a half.
But you've just got to get on the [Gm] guitar and practice it.
Okay?
[B] And the thing I love about this little lick is that as soon as I've done the tone and a half.
I then stop it and do a tone.
[A] Which I [G] go up, down and then pull off.
Okay?
So it's a really good test of [D] pitch.
Tone and a half.
[B] [B] Tone.
Pull off.
And then, sorry, I come back to the twelfth fret root note.
Before going a little higher up the pentatonic shape and going.
Which is tenth fret, twelfth fret.
Little half bend.
[D] Up, down, [Em] pull off.
Back to the root note.
[F#] So all together that minor bit so far is this.
[D] [B]
[G] [E] And I'm just going to finish the lick by coming down to shape one.
And doing a quick little [F#m] pull off.
That's going from the tenth fret to the seventh fret.
[E] Down the pentatonic shape.
Pick that again.
[D] And pull [B] off.
And then hit the root note.
[E] [Bm] [B] Very flowing [F#] lines.
[G] [B]
So all together you've got the D [D] major bits.
[E] Then the [F#m] minor.
[Dm] [Em]
[F#] [B]
[B] [C]
Now, to tackle David Gilmour's style, like I suggested there.
I do feel like you need to know your arpeggios.
Okay?
So in the worksheet what I've provided is the minor.
A little kind of three note minor.
Sorry, three string minor arpeggio sequence.
That will help you kind of get started with just some [Bm] ways to go through.
Like kind of minor arpeggios.
Which you can [E] do all over the fretboard.
And I won't go into it now due to lack of time.
But there's some stuff on the sheet.
Now, combine those ideas with the pentatonics that are underneath.
So for example, if I had a pentatonic shape three up here in B minor.
[Bm] [Em] There's also a little kind of arpeggio [Bm] three string
[B] [Bm] underneath it.
Which is worth learning for the Gilmour.
[F#] [E] And equally worth knowing how it goes into your pentatonic shapes.
Okay?
And eventually you want to do that with minor and major.
But just start easy and gradually build it up.
Now the other thing is those bends.
He's notorious for over [B]
bending the string.
Okay?
So this is where it's worth kind of knowing where your notes in the full scale are.
So rather than bending [C#m] up to this note.
[Em] He's bending up to this note.
Which is a [D] nice pentatonic note.
So it really rings true when you hear it.
So it's kind of getting used to doing the kind of full tone, tone and a half.
Even two tone bends if you can muster it.
And of course that's just about training your fingers to really push through.
[C#] And also training your ear to hear when you get to the right note.
[N]
Key:
B
D
F#
E
Bm
B
D
F#
Hi there guys, Dan from GuitarLessonCentral.com here and today I'm working with the guys from Riff Station to bring you some free videos.
Now in this lesson we're going to look at how to play like David Gilmour and there's some very signature sounds that we're going to start using.
So I'm going to show you a lick and I'm going to give you a few ideas as to how to get started technique wise on the road to playing like Mr.
Gilmour.
But it is just meant as a starting block, so absorb as much as you can and then take it on from there.
So let's have a look at that lick first. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ Ok, so let's take you through this lick and we're in the hands of Mr.
David Gilmour, of course.
And we're in the key of B minor here, slash D major.
Now I wanted to mention slash D major because I think it's quite important because a lot of the stuff you hear in his Pink Floyd days and when he's playing over it, he's playing quite smart you could say.
So deliberately using arpeggio shapes and chord based licks to kind of walk through a chord within a solo.
So the [B] opening couple of lines very much suggest D major, whereas the last couple suggest a bit more B minor.
So the opening lick is this.
[D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ And what's happening is at first I'm taking a D [D] major _ chord like that.
_ And just taking the top third, fifth and root note and raking through them. _
And that's a little arpeggio isn't it?
But I'm just very much raking them for the moment. _
And [F#] then grabbing the major third on the top of [D] the chord.
_ Or the top of the arpeggio you could say.
So that is in frets the eleventh, tenth, tenth, fourteenth.
[F#] And rhythmically you just rake through the first three and highlight this at the start [D] of the bar.
_ _ Okay?
_ _ You're going [F#] to really hold that, do as much vibrato as you can for a little finger.
And then take the D that's here then, there's a little kind of chord there you can see a D.
And again do a little arpeggio through it.
So I'm going to actually take the fifteenth fret, _ pull off to the [Gm] fourteenth.
_ _ Then go down to the fifteenth fret B [Dm] string.
_ [A] And then back to the fourteenth fret G string.
[D] _ _ And you can see I've basically gone through that but as [E] single notes. _
_ _ And then I'm going to come back to this [C#] fifteenth fret and [C] bend it up a full [E] tone. _ _ _ _
_ Okay?
So really for me that [D] suggests D major.
A D arpeggio there.
_ _ [E] And a D arpeggio there [E] as well ending in a nice Gilmore style bend.
Now at that point we very much turn [Bm] into B minor which is the relative minor key.
And do this lick.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now, a very cool little lick if you don't mind me saying.
And I'm actually kind of thinking pentatonics a little bit more now.
So I'm sliding from my shape [E] one, [F#] ninth fret, into the eleventh fret, into [F#m] shape two.
_ Shape two again.
And [Em] I'm going to grab this note on the twelfth fret and bend it up a tone and a half.
[D] Which takes me, that's a tone, _ that's a tone and a half. _ _
_ _ Just about.
You've got to really kind of learn how to pitch these bends.
Sometimes it's better than others.
[F#] _ _
[D] _ _ So that's kind of how high it looks to [Dm] do a tone and a half.
But you've just got to get on the [Gm] guitar and practice it.
Okay?
[B] And the thing I love about this little lick is that as soon as I've done the tone and a half.
I then stop it and do a tone. _
[A] _ Which I [G] go up, down and then pull off.
Okay?
So it's a really good test of [D] pitch.
_ _ Tone and a half.
[B] _ [B] _ Tone.
Pull off.
And then, sorry, I come back to the twelfth fret root note.
Before going a little higher up the pentatonic shape and going.
_ _ _ _ Which is tenth fret, twelfth fret.
Little half bend.
[D] Up, down, [Em] pull off.
Back to the root note.
_ _ [F#] So all together that minor bit so far is this.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] And I'm just going to finish the lick by coming down to shape one.
And doing a quick little [F#m] pull off.
_ _ _ _ That's going from the tenth fret to the seventh fret.
_ [E] _ Down the pentatonic shape.
Pick that again.
[D] And pull [B] off.
_ And then hit the root note.
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] Very flowing [F#] lines.
_ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ _
So all together you've got the D [D] major bits. _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Then the [F#m] minor.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Now, to tackle David Gilmour's style, like I suggested there.
I do feel like you need to know your arpeggios.
Okay?
So in the worksheet what I've provided is the minor.
A little kind of three note minor.
Sorry, three string minor arpeggio sequence.
That will help you kind of get started with just some [Bm] ways to go through.
_ Like kind of minor arpeggios.
Which you can [E] do all over the fretboard.
And I won't go into it now due to lack of time.
But there's some stuff on the sheet.
Now, combine those ideas with the pentatonics that are underneath.
So for example, if I had a pentatonic shape three up here in B minor.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] There's also a little kind of arpeggio [Bm] three string _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Bm] underneath it.
Which is worth learning for the Gilmour.
_ [F#] _ [E] _ And equally worth knowing how it goes into your pentatonic shapes.
Okay?
And eventually you want to do that with minor and major.
But just start easy and gradually build it up.
Now the other thing is those bends.
He's notorious for over _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ bending the string.
Okay?
So this is where it's worth kind of knowing where your notes in the full scale are.
So rather than bending [C#m] up to this note.
[Em] He's bending up to this note.
_ Which is a [D] nice pentatonic note.
So it really rings true when you hear it.
So it's kind of getting used to doing the kind of full tone, tone and a half.
Even two tone bends if you can muster it.
And of course that's just about training your fingers to really push through.
_ _ [C#] And also training your ear to hear when you get to the right note. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
Now in this lesson we're going to look at how to play like David Gilmour and there's some very signature sounds that we're going to start using.
So I'm going to show you a lick and I'm going to give you a few ideas as to how to get started technique wise on the road to playing like Mr.
Gilmour.
But it is just meant as a starting block, so absorb as much as you can and then take it on from there.
So let's have a look at that lick first. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ Ok, so let's take you through this lick and we're in the hands of Mr.
David Gilmour, of course.
And we're in the key of B minor here, slash D major.
Now I wanted to mention slash D major because I think it's quite important because a lot of the stuff you hear in his Pink Floyd days and when he's playing over it, he's playing quite smart you could say.
So deliberately using arpeggio shapes and chord based licks to kind of walk through a chord within a solo.
So the [B] opening couple of lines very much suggest D major, whereas the last couple suggest a bit more B minor.
So the opening lick is this.
[D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ And what's happening is at first I'm taking a D [D] major _ chord like that.
_ And just taking the top third, fifth and root note and raking through them. _
And that's a little arpeggio isn't it?
But I'm just very much raking them for the moment. _
And [F#] then grabbing the major third on the top of [D] the chord.
_ Or the top of the arpeggio you could say.
So that is in frets the eleventh, tenth, tenth, fourteenth.
[F#] And rhythmically you just rake through the first three and highlight this at the start [D] of the bar.
_ _ Okay?
_ _ You're going [F#] to really hold that, do as much vibrato as you can for a little finger.
And then take the D that's here then, there's a little kind of chord there you can see a D.
And again do a little arpeggio through it.
So I'm going to actually take the fifteenth fret, _ pull off to the [Gm] fourteenth.
_ _ Then go down to the fifteenth fret B [Dm] string.
_ [A] And then back to the fourteenth fret G string.
[D] _ _ And you can see I've basically gone through that but as [E] single notes. _
_ _ And then I'm going to come back to this [C#] fifteenth fret and [C] bend it up a full [E] tone. _ _ _ _
_ Okay?
So really for me that [D] suggests D major.
A D arpeggio there.
_ _ [E] And a D arpeggio there [E] as well ending in a nice Gilmore style bend.
Now at that point we very much turn [Bm] into B minor which is the relative minor key.
And do this lick.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now, a very cool little lick if you don't mind me saying.
And I'm actually kind of thinking pentatonics a little bit more now.
So I'm sliding from my shape [E] one, [F#] ninth fret, into the eleventh fret, into [F#m] shape two.
_ Shape two again.
And [Em] I'm going to grab this note on the twelfth fret and bend it up a tone and a half.
[D] Which takes me, that's a tone, _ that's a tone and a half. _ _
_ _ Just about.
You've got to really kind of learn how to pitch these bends.
Sometimes it's better than others.
[F#] _ _
[D] _ _ So that's kind of how high it looks to [Dm] do a tone and a half.
But you've just got to get on the [Gm] guitar and practice it.
Okay?
[B] And the thing I love about this little lick is that as soon as I've done the tone and a half.
I then stop it and do a tone. _
[A] _ Which I [G] go up, down and then pull off.
Okay?
So it's a really good test of [D] pitch.
_ _ Tone and a half.
[B] _ [B] _ Tone.
Pull off.
And then, sorry, I come back to the twelfth fret root note.
Before going a little higher up the pentatonic shape and going.
_ _ _ _ Which is tenth fret, twelfth fret.
Little half bend.
[D] Up, down, [Em] pull off.
Back to the root note.
_ _ [F#] So all together that minor bit so far is this.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] And I'm just going to finish the lick by coming down to shape one.
And doing a quick little [F#m] pull off.
_ _ _ _ That's going from the tenth fret to the seventh fret.
_ [E] _ Down the pentatonic shape.
Pick that again.
[D] And pull [B] off.
_ And then hit the root note.
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] Very flowing [F#] lines.
_ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ _
So all together you've got the D [D] major bits. _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Then the [F#m] minor.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Now, to tackle David Gilmour's style, like I suggested there.
I do feel like you need to know your arpeggios.
Okay?
So in the worksheet what I've provided is the minor.
A little kind of three note minor.
Sorry, three string minor arpeggio sequence.
That will help you kind of get started with just some [Bm] ways to go through.
_ Like kind of minor arpeggios.
Which you can [E] do all over the fretboard.
And I won't go into it now due to lack of time.
But there's some stuff on the sheet.
Now, combine those ideas with the pentatonics that are underneath.
So for example, if I had a pentatonic shape three up here in B minor.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] There's also a little kind of arpeggio [Bm] three string _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Bm] underneath it.
Which is worth learning for the Gilmour.
_ [F#] _ [E] _ And equally worth knowing how it goes into your pentatonic shapes.
Okay?
And eventually you want to do that with minor and major.
But just start easy and gradually build it up.
Now the other thing is those bends.
He's notorious for over _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ bending the string.
Okay?
So this is where it's worth kind of knowing where your notes in the full scale are.
So rather than bending [C#m] up to this note.
[Em] He's bending up to this note.
_ Which is a [D] nice pentatonic note.
So it really rings true when you hear it.
So it's kind of getting used to doing the kind of full tone, tone and a half.
Even two tone bends if you can muster it.
And of course that's just about training your fingers to really push through.
_ _ [C#] And also training your ear to hear when you get to the right note. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _