A couple of questions about The Odyssey (guitar)

[SyXified]

#1 - "seem like forever that my eyes have been denied....", do you finger pick this section or use a pick? (Any idea which MJR does? I should have paid attention one of the two times I saw him play it live but, it would seem I was concentrated somewhere else.

#2 - how do you pick the part of the first 'heavy' lick after the acoustic intro (the lick that alternates 5/4 and 7/4)? It goes along a power chord form of root - 5th - octave - back to 5th and definitly goes too fast to alternate pick. Listening to the CD it sounds like he is economy picking it in some manner, but I can't quite get a handle on which direction to be doing it in, especially to transition to the quick alternate pick riff.

If anyone could help that would be much appreciated.

 

[1by4by9]

For the heavy riff I've used fingering like this:

D||----------------------|
A||----------------------|
F||------7---8-7-5-------|
C||--0h7---7-------8-7-5-|
G||----------------------|
D||----------------------|

Sometimes I play it without hammering the fifth.

I can't really say which technique I use but playing it got easier when I play the root (first note) on C-string instead of G-string (5 fret on G) How but clean is my playing? That's another story.

 

[MorphineChild205]

I love that part because the bass doubles every note of the guitar.

 

[ProggyMike]

I love that part because the bass doubles every note of the guitar.

 

[MorphineChild205]

Good lord what happened to Lepond!?