The Dave Matthews
Band are a band of unlikely sorts. Their music is folksy, yet they
have a jazz quality as well. The cat and mouse styling
of Dave Matthews places him in a category of his own. His unique
approach to certain structures and chord voicings make the band sound
like no
other. They incorporate horns, violins, keyboards, and ever frequent
jam sessions into their music. Dave Matthews has released a solo
album entitled " Some Devil," and worked with Phish guitar
player Trey Anastasio and Tim Reynolds, long-time friend, band mate,
and guitar
demon.
How To Play It:
To begin the riff, you will need to keep one major factor in your
head while playing. Notice on the tablature in all of the below measures
that your 3rd finger never moves throughout the riff. Your 1st and
2nd fingers will be playing all of the notes that you see.
Full Instructional
Video
This video
talks a bit more about the song. I've reserved the extremely detailed
information for my new DMB DVD series, which includes Warehouse
and Dancing Nancies. It can be purchased here.
Overall Theme
This is basically the entire theme of the song. You can repeat this
over and over until you come to the actual 'mini-bridge' which is shown
further below.
As far as the actual vocal passage provided in the video, the numbers
note the order in which you should play the walking bass notes.
1 stands for the "4" on the A string
2 stands for the "0" on the A string
3 stands for the "2" on the A string
4 stands for the "0" on the Low E string
5 stands for the "4" on the Low E string
6 stands for the "0" on the A string
7 stands for the "2" on the A string
8 stands for the "0" on the Low E string
In other words - you get 8 'counts' for each passage
in the lyrics. If you look closely at the tablature, you'll see
that all bass notes are quarter notes (except the last bass note
progressing into each additional measure), which really just means
you need to fill up the space for each bass note
with
a strumming
passage. In the case of "Crash Into Me" you've got 1 bass note
using quarter notes to start, then four strumming fills, followed
by the bass note as an EIGHTH note, followed by three strumming
fills.
Bridge
The bridge is much less complicated to actually play as opposed
to what you see. The time changes look like they might be challenging,
but as my video explains, you don't HAVE to play it this way.
You can simply play the D/F# and let it ring. You'll feel when
it's time to come back in with the vocals. If you want to avoid
the actual 'time change' look of the bridge, then play your
little riff at the beginning that comes directly off the turnaround
of the theme - then play the E chord, and then the D/F#. Bam!
It's easier now. If you can sing this and play the picking
(AND stay in time) then by all means go for it. However, I
don't feel that it is truly necessary at all.
