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Playing Hard Rock

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 PLAYING HARD ROCK CHAPTER VI
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“Don’t 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,

look
Godsmack, 311, Stone Temple Pilots, Black Crowes, Steve Vai, and Smashing
Pumpkins.

LESSON 21
TECHNIQUE/THEORY
down ,,
LISTEN 34 P L AY

Listen to “Don’t Look Down,” and then play the melody along with the recording. The trombone is doubled by
the sax and guitar. This tune has two different parts.

The first part has these four phrases.

The second part has a riff that repeats four times.

It ends with the bass riff, played twice.

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HIGH REGISTER

The high register can lend a great deal of energy and intensity to music, especially when it is played loudly.
For hard rock, you may want to transpose part or all of the melody up an octave, and use some high notes in
your solo.

Practice “Don’t Look Down” with some of the phrases transposed to the higher octave, and notice their
increased intensity. Focus on playing in tune.

LISTEN 34 P L AY

PRACTICE TIP

Develop the ability to transpose up or down an octave by sight. Lead sheets are often
written in the middle register so that they can be read by many different instruments, but
that may not be the best register for where you should play it.

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LESSON 22
LEARNING THE GROOVE

HOOKING UP TO ROCK

Listen to “Don’t 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. It’s a case of “less is more.”

During the solos, the guitar doubles the bass, playing power chords in the second part. The keyboard plays
sustained chords with an organ sound.

LISTEN 35 P L AY

Listen to the first part of “Don’t Look Down.” Tap your foot along with the quarter-note pulse, and clap along
with the backbeat.

Clap
(Backbeat)
Foot
(Pulse)

Count 1 2 3 4

Try the same thing again. This time count the sixteenth notes out loud: 1e+a, 2e+a, 3e+a, 4e+a.

Clap
(Backbeat)
Foot
(Pulse)

Count 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
(16ths)

LESSON 22: LEARNING THE GROOVE 111

LEARNING “DON’T LOOK DOWN”

In the first part of this tune, the bass guitar plays a syncopated sixteenth-note riff. You hook up with that riff
while you play the melody, and then you actually play the riff at the ending.

First, practice clapping the rhythms.

LISTEN 35 P L AY

Clap
(Rhythms)
Foot
(Pulse)
Count 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
(16ths)

Next, play the actual notes. Hook up with the rhythm section. If you like, you can play this riff instead of the
melody along with the A section of the full-band track.

LISTEN 35 P L AY

The second part of this tune also has a syncopated sixteenth-note figure. Practice clapping the rhythms to this
lick (also used at the Intro).

LISTEN 36 P L AY

Clap
(Rhythms)

Foot
(Pulse)
Count 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
(16ths)

Practice the notes.

LISTEN 36 P L AY

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Practice the whole tune along with the recording, and hook up with the rhythm section.

LISTEN 34 P L AY

BACKGROUNDS

Practice these background lines along with the recording. Then create similar background lines of your own.

LISTEN 34 P L AY

F C G

F C G

F C G

F C G

C G C G C G C G

LESSON 22: LEARNING THE GROOVE 113

LESSON 23
IMPROVISATION

FORM AND ARRANGEMENT

LISTEN 34 P L AY

Listen to the recording, and try to figure out the form and arrangement by ear. How long does each section of
the form last? Is there an introduction or ending? For how many measures or beats does each chord last? Write
down as much information as you can. Check your answers against the summary at the end of this chapter.

This tune has a 20-bar AB form. Part A has an active riff that builds a lot of tension. It lasts for sixteen
measures. Part B is less active than the first part. It lasts for four measures. There is a 4-measure introduction at
the beginning of the tune. It comes from the B section.

A F C G

F C G

F C G

F C G

BC G C G C G C G

IDEAS FOR IMPROVISING

SCALES: G MAJOR AND MINOR PENTATONIC

The G major pentatonic scale will work well for improvising on this tune’s A section.

The G minor pentatonic scale will work well for improvising on this tune’s B section.

Practice both these scales. You can use both of them when you improvise, depending upon the chord.
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 PERFORMANCE TIP

When you practice from a lead sheet, use it to help you keep your place. Even when you
solo, follow the music as you play. This will help you to keep track of the form, so you
can memorize it.

LEAD SHEET

Play your own part to “Don’t Look Down,” and follow along with the lead sheet.

LISTEN 38 P L AY

,
Don t Look Down
Trombone
"Hard Rock" = 88 By Matt Marvuglio
Intro C G C G

AF C G

F C G

F C G

F C G

B C G C G C G C G

Ending
Play unison with bass, keys & guitar Fine

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