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 […]
Silk Rotor
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: We All Got Out Of The Army Robert Pollard hits us with yet another stellar opening track. There are only two guitar parts in “Silk Rotor” (and a guitar solo that isn’t included in this transcription), so it’s a fairly easy song to play. The syncopation of the verse riff […]
Who’s Running My Ranch?
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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,” […]
I’m A Strong Lion
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: From A Compound Eye Todd Tobias added a lot of fantastic keyboard embellishments to some of Robert Pollard’s songs on From A Compound Eye. While the songs sound great for his additions, it can sometimes make the guitar parts a little tough to distinguish in the mix (in some cases, […]
Rumbling Joker
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Waved Out For “Rumbling Joker,” you’ll want to make sure you’re comfortable playing barre guitar chords, where you use your index finger to hold down multiple strings across the same fret. And if you have a spare guitar amplifier with built-in reverb laying around that you don’t care much about, […]
Port Authority
By: Robert Pollard with Doug Gillard Appears on: Speak Kindly Of Your Volunteer Fire Department “Port Authority” is one of the tracks on Speak Kindly Of Your Volunteer Fire Department for which Doug Gillard, not Robert Pollard, wrote the music. This song uses an alternate guitar tuning and lots of arpeggio. You need to be […]
I Can Illustrate
By: Robert Pollard Appears on: Of Course You Are Back when I tabbed out Ricked Wicky tune “Map And Key” for this website, I shied away from attempting to transcribe Nick Mitchell’s excellent guitar solo, despite it being one of my favorite guitar parts from any Robert Pollard-related project. For “I Can Illustrate,” I took […]
