Every song presents a unique challenge when you try to arrange it for solo guitar. For Phish's Silent in the Morning, the hurdle is that Mike and Trey don't strum typical chords throughout the song. Rather, they played intricate harmonized riffs throughout the entire form. (They use a similar technique on the verse of Theme [...]
The Horse by Phish always symbolized the end of a journey to me, not just because it happens to be the second to last tune on Rift. The song is always played & sung solo by Trey, which reinforces its lonely, haunting vibe. PDF of The Horse by Phish, arranged for solo/fingerstyle guitar [...]
There's so much to love about Phish's Say it to me S.A.N.T.O.S., I loved it from the first time I heard it. Here's my attempt at doing a little chord melody version of this tune. Gear used: Guitar Reverb Generator PDF of Say it to me SANTOS for solo guitar Desktop users: [...]
I love arranging tunes into solo guitar chord melodies because it's like putting together a little musical jigsaw puzzle. It's a process of rearranging the pieces and trying different voicings, chords, or ideas, until you discover what fits and what doesn't. Here's the B section of The Landlady, written by Trey Anastasio and debuted [...]
I grew up watching All In the Family and it remains one of my favorite shows to this day. Not too long ago, I played a jazz gig and someone in the audience requested "Those Were The Days," the classic theme song from All In the Family, written by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams. [...]
Welcome to part 2 of this tutorial, where you'll learn how to play Bathtub Gin by Phish. In this part of the lesson, you'll learn how to play the main chorus melody, as well as the theory underlying these lines. The first part of the chorus of Bathtub Gin (bars 29-33) revolves [...]
Part 2 of a 12 part course on how to play Jerry Garcia's awesome solo from the 7-4-89 Deal with the Grateful Dead. For the free & printable tab of this whole solo, keep scrolling down. In this lesson, you will learn the guitar techniques that Jerry Garcia uses when improvising. You'll also learn [...]
In the eyes of many fans, YEM is the quintessential Phish song. It encapsulates so many of the things we love about the band, from the intricate arpeggios, beautiful chord movements, shifting time signatures, to the explosive funk throwdown that leads into a masterful bass/drum battle between Gordo and Fish. This arrangement attempts to capture [...]
