HOW TO
THE PRETTY RECKLESS
And So It Went (feat. Tom Morello)
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
A blues-scale based riff
Easy one-finger powerchords
Drop C# tuning
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And So It Went
features on the latest
Pretty Reckless album,
Death
By
Rock
And
Roll.
With the song’s lyrical themes of civil unrest, the addition of Tom Morello on an unmistakable Whammy pedal-infused solo makes perfect sense, after having a history of political commentary with his band Rage Against the Machine. Morello’s influence can also be heard in Ben Phillips’ main guitar riff
shown in our video lesson. The ingredients of the classic RATM riff approach are there: big powerchords, a heavy groove, a repetitive hook, all based in the blues scale. And the riff sounds heavier thanks to the guitar’s drop C# tuning (C# G# C# F# A# D#) – perfect for the onefinger powerchord shapes played on the bass strings.