How to Play Rise Above This on the Guitar

"Rise Above this" rock music is synonymous with heavy metal music band called Seether, a hard rock band based in Los Angeles pioneered in 1999, Pretoria, South Africa, under the name Saron Gas. The name behind the band is band leader Shawn Morgan who wrote the song, a rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist. (See reference 2 paragraph 1)

Things You'll Need

  • Semi-acoustic guitar
  • Chord chart
  • Electronic playback system
  • Amplifier
  • Midi
  • Speaker
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Instructions

    • 1

      Connect your instruments through the guitar midi, the sound effect machine that will give the rough sound of rock music and then to the amplifier. Tune the midi to the desired sound, if you are in a residential area or a small room then keeps the volume to manageable proportions.

    • 2

      Listen to the song and the Melodie repeatedly from the playback system, to have the knowledge of the rhythm. Play the song using the acoustic guitar. Acoustic guitar gives a richer sound when played

      alone than the electric guitar. The volume of your playback system

      should be audible for a clear sound. (See reference 1. Paragraph 1)

    • 3

      Connect the acoustic guitar and test for the sound by selecting from

      the midi sound bank. Tune it using a standard guitar tuner. Play the

      song from the root chord, the first note that defines the key of the

      song. The introduction to this song is in A major. The chord

      progression of this song is as follows; 2 x (A;then Asus4; and A5.) 2

      x (Dsus2 D/A D5.). This is the complete chord sequel of the song.

      Use the chord chart to help you get the correct finger posture.

      Proceed to play the first reef of (A;then Asus4; and A5.) before

      going to the second reef.

    • 4

      Keep your fretting fingers in an up and down movement to get the rhythmic effect of this music. This movement will

      give the exact sound of the rhythm guitar. (See reference 3, Chord

      charts.)

    • 5

      Arrange the chords in their flow order with the melody trend, starting

      with the introduction to the song. Play the chord progressions twice

      as indicated by the verse signature before the brackets. Get the

      chords to sound familiar to your ears by continuously strumming the

      guitar.

    • 6

      Get the electronic touch of these notes by strumming and holding the

      chords firmly for a longer ringing tone, and slide your fingers along

      the wires during chord change. Be in unison with the tempo of the

      song. Pluck alternately with the strumming style to have a variety

    • 7

      Keep fretting and strumming your fingers in a working mode to get used to smooth chord changes. Keep on running the chord sequel in this way until your fingers exchange smoothly and you can play them instinctively. Bridge the gaps between the chords to make the song whole and lively.

    • 8

      Follow the song verses, to the bridge of the song, and the choruses as played in the song. Continue the practice until you have mastered the movement naturally once the sound is right. Take time to learn this right, the first time. Playing wrong notes and chords will create confusion when you need to correct the music.

    • 9

      Test your singing in comparison to the playing, at first it will not be easy with practice you will get used to it. Then proceed to master the music. These chords form the 'body' of the song, harmonize the song by singing it loud and softly, at the root key. In between the pauses just continue strumming to punch up the harmonized Melodie.

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