RUSH - Spirit Of Radio - intro riff - half speed

[zanik00]

It is good but it is wrong. There are extra open E's in there from the picking hand meaning control issues and a glitch in the 4-2-0 part BUT I still like it.

[zanik00]

It is good but it is wrong. There are extra open E's in there form picking hand control and a glitch in the 4-2-0 part BUT I still like it.

[NickWeiland]

check out my video for the right one plus theres a section of 2/4 missing

[U2Mike8393]

THIS IS THE RIGHT RIFF, ONLY SLOWED DOWN SO WE CAN LEARN IT BETTER!!!!! Everyone calm down.

[willprich]

why don't you just play it slower instead of slowing it down with the computer?

[zanik00]

This is wrong



[asl1095]

I bought the lesson where alex lifeson teaches it to you. This man is playing it right. It is alwsys the open high e string, you never pull of to the open B string

[DeWheelers]

@Deadfreeeak this is how you play it, weither you like it or not -.- Go look it up on internet, even in some books it's tabbed like this. Maybe you shouldn't use your ears... You're bad at it

[stevieVantanna]

show the right hand picking please

[RollTheFemers]

Seconded.

[SabalonGlitz]

On the keyboards??? I think not. I used the Amazing slowdowner on the Permanent Waves, R30 and Different Stages. Seems he plays it different from time to time. Permanent Waves is very different, skipping the 4th note (open e) and actually going down to a open B. Live versions do not have this. But this one looks and sounds correct. Don't know how he plays it so fast so long - must be the 28 years of playing it!

[jloch84]

if any of you dweebs have seen him live you'd see this is the way he plays it

[samlovesironmaiden12]

this is actually on keyboards when rush plays it but i just tap it

[tweekedken]

what? its not a keyboard and you cant tap it

[KingXanadu]

Alex plays it on GUITAR

[gmatus1111]

This riff is correct. ANY demo or TAB of this riff that has an open B as the fourth note is just plain wrong, regardless of what magazine or book states it is, or which tribute band /thinks/ it is. They're just not paying close enough attention. Use a 1/2 speed processor AND verify by watching Alex Lifeson's fretting hand in any video or live-performance DVD. Very few TAB transcribers get it right w.r.t. riffs like this, or chord voicings.

[UT66]

That's right. It just sounds a bit dubious cos it's half speed - like it says at the top.

[classicrockriffs]

So constructive !

[sk8dude648]

@classicrockriffs lollolololl

[aaalexxx78]

that´s not the intro riff it´s wrong you need to learn it

[classicrockriffs]

I have to disagree. The sound is a bit mushy on this slowed down version so you may be missing the triplet pull off in the second part. Listen to the full speed version v=3Jc1a6LwFuY

[kyleleon]

@aaalexxx78 The riff is played with the notes F# on the high e, C# on the B string, A on the high e, back to the C#, the back to the F# except you alternate the A note on the high e with the Ab note each time. All played with pull offs to the open high e and B strings each note.

[kyleleon]

@kyleleon My mistake, it's a D note on the B string-3rd fret not a C#

[TheCameraEye1989]

There's more to it than that. Alex does half the riff sometimes.

[aaalexxx78]

yeah i know

[classicrockriffs]

I have to disagree. The sound is a bit mushy on this slowed down version so you may be missing the triplet pull off in the second part. Listen to the full speed version v=3Jc1a6LwFuY

[andy432105]

nope thats the right riff i got the december issue of guitar legends and it was all about rush and they got the tabs for it and thats what the tab says soo ur wrong

[natemoore]

I've listened to it with Amazing Slowdowner. It's sounds correct to me.

[mitchman1978]

what noise...i play it 10x better than that. you were just terrible :(

[classicrockriffs]

Like I said - it's this video:

v=3Jc1a6LwFuY

slowed down to half speed by Adobe Premier to try and help people, I didn't "just play it slowly".

[mitchman1978]

OH - It just seems like you filmed it slowly because of the quality. my bad

[AlexanderDavidEhler1]

Alrite thanx whoever u are!

been trying to figure this out 4 awhile by ear but its not workin out to well

RUSH 4EVER!

[guitarguy940]

hey, im tryin to play the riff, but im having a hard time trying to pick the B string then immedatly switch to the E string. They are the 3rd and 4th notes you pick. Im having trouble playing that fast. Anything that you did that could help me in the speed dept?

[coltusbarbarian]

yeah thanks for the vid, i wasn't sure as how to correctly play it because a good tab is so hard to find anywhere

[q1001001]

i thought i had it but then i lost it on wich strings the notes were on...but great job........ a little slower plz!!!!

[jmc8197]

Very noisy

[classicrockriffs]

It's just because it's time stretched to slow it down - it would have been better just to play it slower I guess. View the full speed version. Thanks for the feedback...

[snipingpuppet]

Its just because he didn't play it at half speed, just slowed down his full speed video. But anyways thanks for posting this video, helped me out a lot seeing as I don't quite have it up to full speed yet, but now I know that I am playing it right =).

[mitchman1978]

he didn't make it half speed after filming it regular, he just played it slow, that's why it sounds like crap

[classicrockriffs]

Like I said - it's this video:

v=3Jc1a6LwFuY

slowed down to half speed by Adobe Premier, I didn't "just play it slowly".