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.
05:02We've also introduced some effects, so I'm using a large delay as well as 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 much around C major.
05:23But we are using the chords of C major, G minor, and D minor, which originate from the key of F major.
05:31Although we are throwing in an E flat chord, we're just kicking out of key a little bit, and we are treating E flat as chord four of the B flat major scale, which then resolves back to C major at the end of the progression.
05:45So now I'm going to play through this example up to tempo with the backing track, and then slowly with the click.
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06:57Now 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
07:25volume pedal again and what you're doing is as you strike the chord you will bring the volume in so
07:31that you don't hear the initial strike and you should also try experimenting with a delay. That's
07:40what I did on the performance track. I used the delay set to the tempo of the track and set the
07:46subdivision to an eighth note. Okay so I'm going to play through example four for you now with the
07:52backing track up to speed and then I will play it at the slower tempo with the click.
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08:52Now let's take a look at example number five and for this example we are going to be looking at
09:14how we can use the violining technique with lead lines and melodies. Now this example is based
09:20around the E natural minor scale although at points I am including diminished seventh arpeggios to play
09:28over the top of the B altered chord. Now there's a few different approaches to the volume swells
09:33on this example. Sometimes 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
09:55delay 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.
10:15So now, let's take a look at the game.
11:26Now let's take a look at our final example number six and for this example we are combining
11:34all of the different techniques that we've learnt so far into a short stylistic mini
11:40piece.
11:41So this example will include volume swells using chords as well as experimenting with
11:47some 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
11:59and expressive fades as well as also using the short ducking technique when playing through
12:06scale lines.
12:07Now this chord progression and solo is based around the key of E natural minor and we're
12:13going 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
12:23and then a little bit slower with the click.
12:49So now I'm going to play through a tier of E parameter.
12:53Yeah.
12:55Did you see you then?
12:56So now I'm going to play through the beginning of a major state.
13:59So 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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