Chords for Twin Peaks Theme for Fingerstyle Guitar (Lesson part 2: Intro)

_ _ _ _ _ Alright, thanks for tuning in.
_ _ This is Doc Bulger.
Yes, a very silly name, but I'm here to show you how to play my Twin Peaks fingerstyle guitar arrangement.
_ So in part one of the series I performed the piece and now I'm going to go through the
intro and the parts leading up to what I'm going to call the ascending lines part.
So, _ _ _ first of all I'm playing a Gretsch Country Gentleman.
_ _ _ I just thought with the electric it kind of adds to the _ mojo, or fits with the mojo of
the show with this amp.
I've got some [D] tremolo _ _ and [G] reverb going.
So it gets a little [F#] bit of that _ twang sound. _ _ _
_ _ [G] Anyway, I'm also _ using a drop tuning.
So I've dropped the low A [A] and low [D] E to [B]
G and D.
_ So [G] _
here's the [Em] strings.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] So I did that because it makes _ _ _ it a heck of a lot easier to do the suspended second _ chords
and do counterpoint at the same time.
I'm not sure if I would have been able to pull it off otherwise.
_ [E] _
So I'm using a thumb pick.
[A] You can use your _ [D#] bare [D] thumb or your thumbnail.
I also have fingernails on my right hand.
_ [B] I usually pick [D#] with a combination of my [F#] skin and my fingernail.
_ [G] _ _
So anyway, let's get on with it.
So the first part is _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
a roll.
_ I start with my thumb on [G] the A string _ _ and then my index finger [D] on the D string.
_ _ [C#] And then I grab the G and _ B strings _
[B] with _ _ _ [G] the middle and ring fingers.
[B] And I've got my _ _ _ finger on the second fret on the G string.
So _ _ _ _ those two notes [G] together.
_ _ _ That's [A] a G suspended second or Gsus2.
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So I'm rolling up _ _ _ and then I'm releasing that _ part that makes it a suspended second.
It's going to open D and B. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Turn down a little bit.
_ _ [E] _ _
And then that part is [D] _ open on the low string [E] and then second fret.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And you want to make those bass [N] notes stand out.
And one way to do that could be to hit them closer to the [G] bridge
[B] to get a twangy sound and then hit _ [G]
those two [C] notes up here [G] so you could go. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
All right, so for [E] this part, _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] I'm doing [E] an E minor _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ suspended second
if that's even the right chord name.
But it looks like a power chord.
[G] _
Like if you were in standard [G#] tuning, this would be like a power chord
on the second fret, [B] an F sharp.
_ But since we're in drop tuning, _ _ this is an E minor [G] _ suspended second. _ _
[Em] And _ _ _ _ you're hitting that open [G] G at the same time we're hitting the F sharp.
So that's a really ugly dissonant [E] sound that gets released when we [F#] go _ [G] _ _ _ _
slide
that down on the D [Em] string _ [C] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
back to that part.
_ _ So the next lick is a little bit tricky.
I'm doing some harmonics _ [Bm] and you're going to want to work your right hand
up closer this way to do it.
So the thing I'm doing with harmonics is [G] _ that [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ little line.
So if you were doing it without harmonics, it's open on the A [A] string
and then second fret [B] and the fourth [A] fret, second fret [G] _ open.
So the way I'm doing [B] the harmonics is I'm using my index [F#] finger
on my right hand to touch the harmonic and then I'm using my thumb
to strike [C#] the string.
It's much [Bm] easier with a thumb pick _ because I mean, if you're using your
thumbnail, you kind of have to point your thumb down a little bit.
So _ [G] I'm _ _ _ _ doing that harmonic on the 12th fret and [A] then on the _ 14th fret.
So you got to put your index finger up there _ [D] and then _ _ 16th and 14th [G] and then open.
_ Now, the tricky part [Bm] is getting all the other stuff at the same time.
So [G] _ _
_ you're [B] doing that like before except when you hit [G] those,
you're also hitting the harmonic at the same time.
So it's like _ _ _ getting the two notes there and then like _ _ _ it's like this weird thing
with your hand, almost like a weird claw or something. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Then I'm also on that last note hitting the open G and B [D] strings.
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [B] All right, so that's how you do the intro _ and the next part in the next video,
I'm going to go over the [F#] _ _ [D] ascending lines _ and _ I'm going to get us up
to the falling part.
So thanks.
_ Tune