What you'll learn
- Starts with an E minor barre shape at the 12th fret, beginning on the G on the high E string and descending.
- Finger rolls throughout, with the pinky reaching up to the 17th fret on the D string.
- The opening pattern repeated up an octave, plus a chromatic climb from A to B before descending again.
- From bar 12 the picking flips from down-up-up-up to down-down-down-up for an ascending pattern.
- Ascending makes open strings more likely to ring, and feeling the quarter note pulse keeps you on track even if you miss a note.
More D-U-U-U goodness!
Bar 12 is where things get interesting - The patterns change a bit, finger-rolling is heavily implemented and we flip the picking pattern entirely (D-D-D-U). Be sure to FEEL the quarter note pulse as much as possible. This is very important when it comes to keeping you on track, even IF you flub a note here and there. The main thing is you're starting and stopping in the correct places.