00:00Hi everyone, my name's Jamie Humphreys and in this lesson we're going to be talking about the technique of violining, which is also referred to as volume swells.
00:10Now the basics behind this technique are that we use the volume control to fade into our melodic lines, into our solos or into our chords.
00:21We can either use the volume control on the guitar or a volume pedal.
00:25Now we lose that initial attack that we hear when we pick.
00:29You pick and then you bring the volume in.
00:32But we can also use the volume control to fade out as well.
00:36So you can fade in slower, let the note sustain and fade out.
00:40This will produce very ambient and atmospheric ethereal sounds with your chords and your leads.
00:47Or we can do it very quickly creating a short attack, a short fade in and then a very short quick fade out.
00:55That gives you more of a gated effect when using the volume pedal in this way.
01:00So let's take a look at example number one.
01:02In example number one, we're just going to explore the basics of this concept using an E major chord.
01:08You're going to play the chord, just strike it just prior to the beat and then try fading in.
01:14And then you're going to let the chord ring for an entire bar and then just at the end of the bar, drop the volume, strike again and fade in at the beginning of the next bar.
01:28Okay, so I'm going to play through the example for you with the backing track at tempo and then I will play it slowly with the click.
01:35Okay, so I'll see you next week.
02:05Okay, so I'll see you next week.
02:35Now let's take a look at example number two.
02:57In example number two, I'm exploring this technique further by introducing a chord progression.
03:03Now this chord progression, the key center is based around E minor, although we're treating E minor as a pivotal chord to enable us to jump in and out of different keys that are relative to E minor and introduce different chords to make the chord progression a little bit more exciting and interesting.
03:21So I'm going to play through this example up to speed with the backing track and then I will play it a little bit slower with the click.
03:27So I'll see you next week.
04:36Now on to example number three and for example number three I've utilized the volume pedal
04:52and this just makes it a little bit easier when you're playing chords within quick succession
04:57from one another if you're using a lot more chords and obviously there are a lot more
05:01chords in this progression. We've also introduced some effects so I'm using a large delay as
05:08well as a very long reverb as well for the performance and that just gives you this pad
05:15like effect. Now this chord progression is based around the key of F major although our
05:21key center is very much around C major but we are using the chords of C major, G minor
05:27and D minor which originate from the key of F major although we are throwing in an E flat
05:34chord we're just kicking out of key a little bit and we are treating E flat as chord four
05:40of the B flat major scale which then resolves back to C major at the end of the progression.
05:46So now I'm going to play through this example up to tempo with the backing track and then
05:50slowly with the click.
07:27What you're doing is as you strike the chord, you will bring the volume in so that you
07:31don't hear the initial strike.
07:33And you should also try experimenting with the delay.
07:40That's what I did on the performance track.
07:42I used the delay set to the tempo of the track and set the subdivision to an eighth note.
07:47Okay, so I'm going to play through example four for you now with the backing track up to speed
07:53and then I will play it at the slower tempo with the click.
07:56I'll see you next week.
07:57I'll see you next week.
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08:44Now let's take a look at example number five.
09:11And for this example, we are going to be looking at how we can use the violining technique with lead lines and melodies.
09:19Now this example is based around the E natural minor scale, although at points I am including diminished seventh arpeggios to play over the top of the B altered chord.
09:30Now there's a few different approaches to the volume swells on this example.
09:34Sometimes I'm playing very long and dramatic volume swells.
09:38But then I'm also using the gated approach when I'm playing through scale lines and letting the delay fill in the gaps in between the notes.
09:58So now I'm going to play through example number five for you up to tempo with the backing track and then slowly with the click.
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11:09Now let's take a look at our final example number six and for this example we are combining all of the different techniques that we've learnt
11:37went so far into a short stylistic mini piece.
11:41So this example will include volume swells using chords as well as experimenting with some of those very ethereal and atmospheric chord clusters moving those around the neck.
11:53And also we have a short guitar solo which once again can have some of those very long and expressive fades as well as also using the short ducking technique when playing through scale lines.
12:07Now this chord progression and solo is based around the key of E natural minor and we're going to be playing over the chords of E minor to A minor to D major.
12:19So now I'm going to play through example number six for you up to speed with the backing track and then a little bit slower with the click.
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13:55So that's it from me.
14:11I hope you've enjoyed this lesson on a very dynamic and expressive technique.
14:16Don't forget to like and subscribe to GuitarWorld.com and I'll see you very soon.
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