VHTrading » Topic: How to play Van Halen — The Trouble With Never riff http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/feed http://bbpress.org/?v=2.0 en http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12623<![CDATA[How to play Van Halen — The Trouble With Never riff]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12623 Sat, 05 May 2012 15:20:00 +0000 ron

How to play Van Halen — The Trouble With Never riff
Video guitar lesson from their latest album A Different Kind Of Truth
Total Guitar (Jamie Hunt), Sat 5 May 2012, 9:00 am BST

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Eddie tunes his guitar down a semitone (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) on this track from Van Halen’s 2012 album A Different Kind Of Truth, which sees the long-awaited return of singer David Lee Roth to the band.

This tuning adds weight to the riff when combined with the wah-wah pedal. The track begins with a syncopated Eb octave riff before Eddie wades in with this heavy, groove-laden riff.

While playing the riff, you should focus on keeping the groove and feel during the melodic fills at the end of each phrase. It’s easy to play these fills straight, but Eddie manages to get personality and expression into every note. This is often due to the speed of his bends and the timing of his vibrato.

Eddie also presses his toe down on the wah pedal to add emphasis to the notes that he wants to jump out of the mix.

Get the sound

Use a guitar with a bridge position humbucker for the fat distorted tone of the single-note riffs. Use a pick that doesn’t bend when you attack the strings, from gauge 0.7mm upwards, for example.

Add shape to each phrase by pressing your toe down on the wah-wah pedal at the start of each line, slowly returning the pedal to the heel position in the middle of each phrase, and then using the toe down position on more expressive notes.

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12630<![CDATA[Reply To: How to play Van Halen — The Trouble With Never riff]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12630 Sat, 05 May 2012 16:45:56 +0000 VAiN

Seems easy enough, but the play-by-play direction sort of messes me up… I have the tab book on order, can’t wait to start knocking through these!

Resident dickhead. I will hurt your delicate feelings.

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12673<![CDATA[Reply To: How to play Van Halen — The Trouble With Never riff]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12673 Sat, 05 May 2012 21:46:17 +0000 eruption1962

I’ve been having A LOT of fun cranking out HBSD, She’s The Woman and Beats Workin’…I love the riffs on Beats Workin’

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12691<![CDATA[Reply To: How to play Van Halen — The Trouble With Never riff]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12691 Sun, 06 May 2012 00:43:54 +0000 mrmojohalen

CHINATOWN:

When you turn on your stereo, does it return the favor?

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12699<![CDATA[Reply To: How to play Van Halen — The Trouble With Never riff]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12699 Sun, 06 May 2012 02:47:03 +0000 Mink

That guy has it down! I like that song so much better without vocals :mrgreen:

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12757<![CDATA[Reply To: How to play Van Halen — The Trouble With Never riff]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-12757 Sun, 06 May 2012 18:54:50 +0000 dokkendude

Mink: That guy has it down!

no doubt! he’s killin it!

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-13209<![CDATA[Reply To: How to play Van Halen — The Trouble With Never riff]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/how-to-play-van-halen-the-trouble-with-never-riff/#post-13209 Mon, 14 May 2012 18:43:01 +0000 vhrob

awesome job on China town bro…. very nice.

yeah ever since the tab book arrived I have been hitting that album pretty hard. I certainly dont have all the solos down yet but I figured out that little boogie riff to As Is the other day. Damn that one rocks. TWN has a nice solo breakdown too.

Rob

vhtrading member since 2000

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