Riff RundownDifficulty: Easy Composer - Aaron Lewis Where to find this song - Break the Cycle track #11 Release Date - May 2001 The Band: 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 RiffThis riff has 2 guitar parts. Here's what they sound like together:
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
How To Play ItGuitar 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!
Riff ResourcesComplete Transcription To "Outside" (PDF) Complete Transcription To "Outside" (Power Tab)
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