00:00Hi everyone, my name's Jamie Humphreys and in this lesson we're going to be talking about the technique of violining,
00:06which 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
00:18our 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.
00:31But 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
00:54quick 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.
01:17And then you're going to let the chord ring for an entire bar and then just at the end of
01:23the 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
01:33will play it slowly with the click.
01:38So I'm going to play through the beat and then I will play through the beat and then I will
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01:59play through the beat and then I will play through the beat and then I will play through the beat
02:00and then I will play through the beat and then I will play through the beat and then I will
03:05The key center is based around E minor, although we're treating E minor as a pivotal chord
03:10to enable us to jump in and out of different keys that are relative to E minor and introduce
03:15different 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
03:24I will play it a little bit slower with the click.
04:45Thanks.
04:52Kind of you.
04:54We're going to start with this interrupt.
04:57session from 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 well
05:09as a very long reverb as well for the performance and that just gives you this pad-like effect.
05:16Now this chord progression is based around the key of F major although our key center is very
05:22much around C major but we are using the chords of C major G minor and D minor which originate
05:30from
05:30the key of F major although we are throwing in an E flat chord we're just kicking out of key
05:36a little
05:37bit and we are treating E flat as chord four of the B flat major scale which then resolves back
05:43to C
05:44major at the end of the progression. So now I'm going to play through this example up to tempo with
05:48the backing track and then slowly with the click.
06:19Great!
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07:07now on to example number four and in this example we are looking at the short gated effect that you
07:14can produce with the volume pedal and this chord progression is based around a series of major
07:21triads now this example is quite interesting for a couple of things first of all i'm using the volume
07:26pedal again and what you're doing is as you strike the chord you will bring the volume in so that
07:31you
07:31don't hear the initial strike and you should also try experimenting with a delay that's what i did
07:40on the performance track i use the delay set to the tempo of the track and set the subdivision to
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07:47eighth note okay so i'm going to play through example four for you now with the backing track
07:52up to speed and then i will play it at the slower tempo with the click
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09:30chord. Now there's a few different approaches to the volume swells on this example. Sometimes
09:34I'm playing very long and dramatic volume swells, but then I'm also using the gated approach when
09:52I'm playing through scale lines and letting the delay fill in the gaps in between the notes.
10:07So now I'm going to play through example number five for you up to tempo with the backing track
10:13and then slowly with the click.
10:44So now I'm going to play through example number five for you up to tempo for you up to tempo
10:47for you up to tempo for you up to tempo for you up to tempo for you up to tempo.
11:09So
11:29Now let's take a look at our final example number six. And for this example, we are combining all of
11:35the different techniques that we've learned so far into a short stylistic
11:40mini piece. So this example will include volume swells using chords as well as experimenting with some of those very
11:47ethereal 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
12:00fades, 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
12:14playing 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
12:24then a little bit slower with the click.
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12:37So
14:09So 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.
14:21Bye for now.
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