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Sex She Said

By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Space City Kicks Robert Pollard employs his trusty arpeggio guitar technique to great effect yet again in “Sex She Said,” with a fretted note only on the sixth string and the open fifth and fourth strings. Of course, the arpeggio work is repeatedly interrupted by some rude power chords. You […]

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Subspace Biographies

By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Waved Out The quail, the quasar, the empties crushed and fired away; “Subspace Biographies” has it all, plus some superb guitar work by Robert Pollard. Let’s dive right in! You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us

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In A Circle

By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Lord Of The Birdcage “In A Circle” is a fun and fairly easy song to play on guitar. For the album recording, Todd Tobias added only subtle additional instrumentation, so it sounds great played with just an acoustic guitar. You’ll just need to get the hang of the verse arpeggios […]

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Red Rubber Army

By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Jack Sells The Cow Arpeggios make frequent appearances in Robert Pollard’s compositions. The majority of the time, he plays them with one fretted note and several open strings, and he often also tends to stick to the same picking pattern for his arpeggios. In this post for “Red Rubber Army,” […]

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Return To Your Ship

By: Boston Spaceships Appears on: Zero To 99 I think I would have really enjoyed being able to watch Chris Slusarenko working out the Boston Spaceships songs from Robert Pollard’s boombox demos. You can tell he really put a lot of time and effort into trying to emulate Pollard’s guitar playing style, and I think […]

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Roll Me To Heaven

By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Styles We Paid For There’s a lot to love about “Roll Me To Heaven,” at least from this guitar-player’s perspective. It features quite a few interesting chords, several distinct sections, and an ending that contains an unexpected chord change and arpeggio, in true Robert Pollard fashion. All these elements […]

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