Where to find this song - Break the Cycle track #11
Release Date - May 2001
The Band:
Aaron Lewis - guitar, vocals
Mike Mushok - guitar
Johnny April - bass
Jon Wysock - drums
The Bio:
Staind has become a cult-icon in the eyes of the younger generation,
and their start in the music business almost didn't come. At their
very first gig, Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, approached the band
and wanted to know if they were devil worshippers or something
due to the design of the promo cd that they were handing out at
their opening gig. Durst and Mike Mushok exchanged words and Fred
Durst threw their promo cd back at them. Well, it just so happens
that he watched the show and loved what he saw, including the music.
It wasn't their stage presence that he liked so much, but moreso
their heart. He in turn asked the band to come down to his studio,
and Fred got the band hooked up with a major record producer who
in turn made Staind one of the most sought-after bands of this
time.
Verse Riff
This riff has 2 guitar parts. Here's what
they sound like together:
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
How To Play It
Guitar 1
This song was on the radio like crazy, and it's about time that
everyone knew how to play it the right way. There looks to be a
great deal of notes, but there really isn't. This entire riff is
really based on just power chords - good old-fashioned power chords.
There is another part backing it up that is playing octaves of
the power chords. For the first part of the four measures, you
will keep your fingers in the exact same arrangement as you will
learn in the first measure. Just remember that so that there is
no need to be redundant here. YOUR FINGER ARRANGEMENTS DO NOT MOVE!!!!
Cool???
Begin the measure by placing your 1st finger on the "A" string
on the seventh fret. Place your 3rd finger on the ninth fret on
the "D" string, and your 4th finger on the ninth fret
on the "G" string. Play that, allowing open strings to
ring through periodically. End the first measure by moving your
fingers in the same arrangement to the fifth and seventh frets.
The second measure will finish up where the end of the first measure
left off. Continue playing what you were in the end of the first
measure, and then move to the third and fifth frets using the same
arrangement - BUT - forming from the "low E" string and
the "A" string instead of the "A" string and
the "D" string.
The third measure also picks up where the second measure left
off. Getting the pattern? Ok. After you have played that a bit,
move to the fifth and seventh frets on the same strings using the
same arrangement.
The fourth measure just holds the chord that you just played from
the third measure.
Guitar 2
Begin this measure by placing your 3rd finger on the fourteenth
fret on the "D" string and your 1st finger on the twelfth
fret on the "B" string. Play that, picking from the "B" string
to the "D" string. Play that twice, and then just move
that 1st finger to the thirteenth fret, and then move it back,
on the "D" string. Put your 4th finger on the fourteenth
fret on the "G" string to end the measure.
If you kept your fingers in that order, the second measure is
self-explanatory.
The third measure is the same as the second, but just move your
fingers in the arrangement that they are in to the tenth and twelfth
frets of the same strings.
The fourth measure is the only part where you will break the current
format. Play this by continuing what you played at the end of the
third measure, and then use your 1st finger to slide from the ninth
fret on the "D" string to the tenth fret on the same
string. Then just use your 3rd or 4th finger to play the twelfth
fret on the "G" string and your are done!
