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Okay, Justin here, how ya doin'?
In this lesson today we're going to be looking at the riff
for Money by Pink Floyd
and I guess for most people
the interesting thing about this riff
is the time signature, because it's in 7/4 Now this is the thing that
probably most people are going to have
the biggest struggle getting to grips with
and the easiest way to do it the easiest way to start doing it
is to count along with the track
and count along with the riff
So, let's go to a closeup I'll show you the fingerings for this
for both riffs, and then we'll come back
and talk a little bit about the count and how to count along
and try and get you actually doing it
So, let's get to a closeup and check out left hand fingering first
We start off here with our first finger in the 2nd fret of the 5th string
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Then we use our third finger here
4th fret of the 3rd string
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4th fret of the 4th string
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and then back to first finger on the note B 2nd fret 5th string
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Then we've got this little kind of
almost pentatonic looking, kind of run
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It's got a B minor pentatonic, thing
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2, 5, 2, 5, 2
4, 4, 2
2, 5, 2, 5
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Now the important thing here as I mentioned is the count
The easiest way of thinking is you got 1, 2, and 3
4, 5, 6, 7
1, 2 and 3
4, 5, 6, 7, 1
2 and 3
4, 5, 6, 7, 1
And you really want to count that out
and practice counting the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 along with the riff
That's the thing that will enable you to play the tune
Once you've done that, try and play along with the record
The first part is pretty straight forward
just because all you're hearing is the riff
But as soon as he starts singing…
I can't talk and play that at the same time actually…
But as soon as he starts singing it's really off-putting
you have to have courage in your counting
that you can keep going 'cause it will work
If you keep keeping, keep counting evenly you will be there
Okay, now the second riff is this
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It's two bars of seven alright It's a two bar riff
but I find it easy to think of it as a bar of eight and a bar of six
1, 2, 3 and four
5, 6, 7, 8, 1 and 2
3, 4, 5, 6
then go back into the riff again
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Then we go through this a bit closer, or slower with you
So it's 4th fret on the 4th string
4th fret, 4th fret, and again
4, 4 on the 5th string to the 2 on the thicker string
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5th fret, 4th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd
That first part again
4, 4, 4, 4 2
5th fret, 4th, 4, 3
then we've got 2, 2, open
2nd fret 4th string, 2nd fret 5th string
open E string
3, 5, 2, 5
That part again
4, 4, 4 4 2
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Now the count
1, 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1 and 2
3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2 and 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1
If you really want to think of bars of seven
you're more then welcome to go
1, 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2 and 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1
It really doesn't matter I just think of it as the 8/4 and the 6/4
'cause I like the feel of it better
I didn't talk much about the picking yet
It's pretty easy
I'm using a down pick for all of the beats
that's the 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7
and an up stroke on the end
So that for the main riff would be
down down up down down down down down
and for the other riff it would be
down down down up down down down down down
down up down down down down down
So, yeah, picking don't worry about it too much
Big deal here is the count
So, learn the riff, learn to count along with the riff, that's really important
Then put on the track
Before you try and play along with the track
follow along on the first bit
If you have trouble knowing where to come in start counting on the 2 or 3
So listen to the bass
The bass and the guitar play a unison riff there at the start
and when they go "Do dah dah 3 4 5 6" you know
you don't have to start counting on 1 if you don't want to
Start on 2 if you have trouble finding where the start is
Once you get it
see if you can keep counting right the way through
Like I said, it gets difficult when he starts singing
'cause he's singing what we call across the beat, you know
and across the bar lines
So, it's not really obvious where 1 is all the time
but if you can keep an ear out on the bass you'll get there
and you will find that it matches up and you can play through with
those two riffs and get right through
It's good fun Um, I hope you enjoy that
if you're feeling adventurous as well
you might want and check out the other guitar
part which is kind of a bit more random
It's mainly a B minor chord there
And try to pick out the rhythms that he's doing
It makes it very interesting
Great one with your band as well Good one to, you know
lock everyone in the band together
'cause you have to listen to each other
and be confident with where 1 is all the time
you know, where the start and the bar is
Um, take care
See you for another riff very soon
See you later, bye-bye