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 [...]
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 [...]
So many artists spend their lives toiling on the road and in the studio, working their fingers to the bone and leaving their personal lives in ruin as they become a victim of their own success. That's the reason why Phish, one of the hardest working acts of our time, took an eight hundred [...]
In this video, we'll break down bars 69-92 of Trey Anastasio's guitar solo from the Went Gin with Phish, which is the 8-17-97 Bathtub Gin. We'll discuss techniques that Trey uses when improvising a solo, such as switching between a chord-tone based approach versus focusing on a blues-based approach. Full PDF of Trey [...]
In today's lesson, we'll break down bars 45-68 of Trey Anastasio's 8-17-97 Bathtub Gin guitar solo from the Great went with Phish, and discuss techniques that Trey uses when improvising a solo. For example, we'll see how he improvises static melodies that work over several moving chords. You'll also learn how Trey uses the [...]
Hi, I'm Amar from amarguitar.com! In part 1 of this series, we talked about the foundational essence of what makes the 8-17-97 Bathtub Gin by Phish so good. In part 2, we broke down bars 5-28 of Trey Anastasio's guitar solo. In this lesson, we'll break down bars 29-44 and discuss techniques that [...]
Hi, I'm Amar from amarguitar.com! In this video, we'll continue breaking down Trey Anastasio's legendary guitar solo from the Went Gin. If you haven't immersed yourself in the concepts from the first video, make sure you check that out. Let's talk about the way that Trey uses theme and variation to build a compelling [...]
Hi! I'm Amar from amarguitar.com. In this video, I'll share with you my transcription and recreation of Trey Anastasio's beautiful solo from the 8-17-1997 Bathtub Gin from the Great Went. Stick around after the performance and you'll learn the foundational essence of what makes this solo so good. Why The Went Gin? [...]
Welcome to part 3 of this tutorial, where you'll learn how to jam over Bathtub Gin by Phish. In this part of the lesson, you'll learn three different approaches that Trey Anastasio uses to improvise in the jam section of Bathtub. The Bathtub Gin jam primarily revolves around a C7 harmony. There are [...]
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 [...]
