Hole Notes Zakk Wylde's Unplugged Riffs and Hybrid-Picked, Acoustic Shred Guitar World
Hole Notes Zakk Wylde's Unplugged Riffs and Hybrid-Picked, Acoustic Shred Guitar World
Hole Notes Zakk Wylde's Unplugged Riffs and Hybrid-Picked, Acoustic Shred Guitar World
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This month's "Hole Notes" looks at Zakk Wylde's
brand of hyrid-picked, acoustic shred.
Layne Staley (a strong contrast to his singing approach in BLS bone-crushingly heavy output).
Whats more, in almost Van Halenlike tradition (think Spanish Fly on Van Halen II), many BLS
discs feature a fiercely shredded unaccompanied acoustic guitar solo. Add to this the fact that, just
last year, BLS reworked an entire album (Order of the Black) into the all-acoustic The Song
Remains Not the Same, and you may agree that its high time we honor the burly, bearded ones
fine acoustic guitar work.
Darkest Days is one of the standout tracks on The Song Remains Not the Same and features
Wylde engaging in pick-style arpeggiation, not unlike FIGURE 1. Whereas some acoustic players
might opt to go the fingerstyle route in such a setting, Wylde fills the soundscape quite nicely with
pickingnote the successive up/down strokes (a.k.a. economy picking) written above the TAB
staffand hammered-on chord ornaments. (He uses a similar approach in Spoke in the Wheel, on
Sonic Brew.)
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Of course, Wylde is a master at coaxing heavy riffs out of virtually any ax, and he doesnt always
keep it pretty when hes digging into the strings of his Alvarez Yairi, Gibson Dove or Epiphone
Masterbuilt acoustics. In No Other (Hangover Music Vol. VI), which informs FIGURE 2, heavy pick
attacks, open-string drones and the frequent emphasis of the flatted fifth, or Devils interval (Bf in
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the key of E minor), combine to create a dark, moody vibe thats more akin to Wyldes trademark
persona.
Well wrap up this lesson with a look at two of the unaccompanied acoustic guitar solo pieces in the
Wylde discography. FIGURE 3, inspired by portions of Takillya (Estyabon) (Hangover Music Vol.
VI), is a speedy finger-picked passage, featuring a descending line (sounded with the thumb, p)
stated between plucks of higher open strings (using the index and middle fingers, i and m,
respectively). Blistering guitar pieces such as this, as well as Speedball (1919 Eternal) and T.A.Z.
(Sonic Brew), are a tip of the hat to Wyldes influences, such as Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia, John
McLaughlin and Carlos Montoya.
FIGURE 4 pays homage to T.A.Z., copping some of the terrifying pick-and-fingers (or hybrid
picking) techniques Wylde wields in the piece. Grip your pick between your thumb and index
fingers (use downstrokes only), and pluck with your middle (m) finger. Focus on the first string pair
used in the lick (beats one and two of bar 1) and perfect it. The remainder of this passage is actually
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Valarien777
January 10, 2013 at 9:25pm
I'm actually more into Zakk's acoustic stylings than his electric stuff...nice lesson and great playing
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