By: Robert Pollard Appears on: From A Compound Eye Whenever I take the time to transcribe all the guitar parts for a song off one of the many albums Robert Pollard and Todd Tobias made together, it’s always a rewarding experience. Tobias tends to layer several intricately composed guitar parts onto Pollard’s main guitar track, […]
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Science Magazine
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Mouseman Cloud Todd Tobias did an excellent job of making Robert Pollard’s song “Science Magazine” sound like a lo-fi GBV track from the classic era by recording on 8-track and using a drum sample run through a distortion pedal for the percussion. You could probably slide this track in between […]
Up For All That
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Jack Sells The Cow According to Todd Tobias, Robert Pollard played both the rhythm and lead guitars on “Up For All That,” so that’s his full barre chord strumming during the verses and terrific sixth string solo that we hear on the album recording. During the choruses, Pollard uses some […]
Each Is Good In His Own House
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Moses On A Snail “Each Is Good In His Own House” was a joy to learn on guitar because it meant diving into the many layers of instruments that Todd Tobias had included while recording. Robert Pollard’s tune already had a great guitar riff and vocal melody, but while transcribing, […]
I’ve Owned You For Centuries
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Not In My Airforce “I’ve Owned You For Centuries” is deceivingly easy to play on guitar. There are a few spots where the guitar part sounds more complex than it really is, but this is due to either the bass guitar or Robert Pollard’s vocal melody adding different notes at […]
Town Of Mirrors
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Kid Marine I wish more songs had been recorded like “Town Of Mirrors.” There’s a guitar hard-panned to the right channel, another hard-panned to the left channel, and vocals dead center. It just makes it so much easier to isolate the separate guitar parts for transcribing purposes. So in this […]
I Wanna Be Your Man In The Moon
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Space City Kicks The main guitar riff of “I Wanna Be Your Man In The Moon” uses one of Robert Pollard’s most frequently used chord shapes along with a droning open string note. This riff is played throughout the song’s verses, and for the choruses, there’s some simple power chord […]
Slow Hamilton
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Coast To Coast Carpet Of Love When it comes to songwriting, Robert Pollard fears not running the gamut. He’s had a go at rock, pop, psych, punk, and just about everything in-between, including ballads. Today we’ll take a look at the guitar tablature for one of his truly beautiful compositions, […]
Moses On A Snail
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Moses On A Snail For the guitar parts in this transcription of “Moses On A Snail,” there is really only chord strumming. There are a couple of parts that you could maybe call “riffs,” but even those are chord-based. There is some lead guitar work going on during the Todd […]
Kingdom Without
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: From A Compound Eye In “Kingdom Without,” Robert Pollard builds a powerful tune using some of his most relied upon guitar techniques: open string drones and arpeggios. As much as I love every other part of this song, however, I think I’d have to say that my favorite part is […]
