Jeff sounds different enough from Scott for it to be a new experience, but he still channels a vibe that’s not all that far removed from the Tiny Music/No. I don’t know if you’ve heard the new material with Jeff Gutt, but I’d recommend it. When I first learned that G5-D/F#-F-C/E-Ebmaj7 intro to Plush, I felt like I’d really accomplished something. Listen to the song to get the strumming and palm mutes down. I definitely hear more than a little Jimmy Page influence in the heavy riffs of Sex Type Thing and many others, not just in the sounds but in the quality of the arranging the different parts together. Please don't forget to rate This song is played one whole step down (D,G,C,F,A,d).
The Deleo brothers have some pretty massive chord knowledge, and Scott had that almost Jim Morrison quality to him at times. I think STP were unfairly maligned as grunge wannabes by a lot of people however, they weren’t lightweights. But all of STP’s albums brought something great to the table. Core was the soundtrack to my freshman year of high school, and I just about wore it out.
Give this lesson a view, leave some comments and feedback, and please subscribe to Late Night Lessons - THANK YOU!īecome a Patreon supporter of Late Night Lessons for only $5 (or more) each month and gain access to PDF notation/tab files of these lessons. So if you're looking for some new chord challenges and ideas to play around with, this lesson is perfect along that avenue of study and for experimentation with new sounds and ideas. Regardless of your view of "grunge" and alternative music from the 1990s, there's no question that Dean and his brother Robert are extremely talented with plenty of new and interesting ideas, not to mention their immense songwriting and arranging chops.
This lesson takes a look at a number of chord-based ideas hiding in Dean's music with STP, including a selection of chords from the albums Core, Purple, Tiny Music, and No.4. He's well-versed with his standard rock influences - such as Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, a dash of Pink Floyd, and a wide range of other influences that creep into his music and ideas, but it's his knack for locating and selecting fresh and interesting chord voicings/fingerings in his music that really helped to set him apart from the rest of the '90s rock players. STP is one of the most talented bands to emerge from the grungy 1990s rock scene and Dean DeLeo has always been an exciting and different style of guitarist.
If these free lessons help you, please donate to keep new ones coming daily.Here's the next episode of Chordplay with The Chords Of Stone Temple Pilots. In any case, have fun learning to play this great song from the Stone Temple Pilots! Live, guitarist Dean DeLeo usually just improvises some slide guitar work on a standard tuned guitar. I have decided to just focus on the guitar chords for this lesson since the slide guitar parts require an open tuning. There is also a quick little bridge section that contains an repeated arpeggio picked pattern.
Later on in the song it is repeated though. The chorus then kicks in which is made up of a simple standard open G major chord moved up the fretboard.Īt the end of the chorus there is a cool little riff that is just played once the first time you hear it. The opening chord progression contains just two chords with a slight embellishment on each. There aren't any bar chords to contend with and the strumming patterns are very simple as well. "Big Empty" is one of the easier Stone Temple Pilot songs to play. However, the chords are still exactly the same as the original recording with electric guitars. I have stripped it down to just an acoustic guitar with this one, like they played it on their Unplugged performance.
In this Big Empty guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play all of the guitar chords for this Stone Temple Pilots' hit.