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este THE DONNAS SU TNO TG CAUGHT UP WITH ALLISON ROBERTSON AT GIBSON’S LONDON HO, JUST A FEW HOURS BEFORE SHE TOOK TO THE STAGE FOR THE DONNAS’ SELL-OUT ASTORIA SHOW the Donnas formed 10 years ago in Palo Alto, California This four-piece, all-female, rock roll band draw heavily from many classic bands sich as AC/DC, TThe Ramones and KISS. Alison has many heroes, as she tell TG: "I love Jimmy Page, but 'm not s fast ax him! Tove Ritchie Blackmore, but he’ also really fist. Ace Frehley takes ides from Jimuny Page, but theyre easier for me to les, When I was younger he my fsvourte guitarist. To me it was the things you could hear and pick out yourself. Ilove Robby Krieger, too. Ike those kind of players because they're not sive mf, baby have rely pd bends and the melodies they choose are TREBLE MID BASS REVERE (MORE THAN A FEELING Allison refers to herself asa “eel player" tnd says, “Lean pick out a scale by ear and not know whee is alle.” She played avaration ofthe guitarists favourite the minor pentstenic scale, bu added the ninth note (D) © colour the seale (Example 1). She then played Example 2 to show the scale in ‘context. Sash and Tony Tommi also ‘use this technique o spice up standard pentatonic phrases. could lean fom. “Ido the same thing something that has a sdending ‘orice, 0 that it sticks im your head more Tlie ito ella stor into EVERY SOLO TELLS ASTORY because you've head it repeater ‘creating a whole new melody over apart Allison hasan approach to soi that you have already heard. Te gives ‘many guitarist including those who statement in th the song a whole new section.” (See consider themselves to be accomplished, that you cant get Lemp ‘JAMES UINGS To ply tis sale, se the Fingering provided and use alternate pclng troughout Use this scale stead ofthe standard pentatonic version, GUEST LESSON li THE DONNAS ey SES ‘Wisexample uses the additonal otf conjunction witha mall bend T ply the extra note, lide your fist ger down tthe 7h et EE [Gu iT a ca ‘son ues at of bnds ors ners T peor hs example eine you mest Bend he rng po he equed PRG aan tap iom ning by ach exon hesring (neh plo sttebotom of spa) the EY EM —== ‘lon ose ber thr nd fourth ges othe daubestop ie gives her greater contralto execute multiple bends (se bation et pots). ee EE Faerie ‘These col, jae sounding cords ar camer trom plan part which Alton learned when se ws yourge- Make sure hz you can heal the equtednoteson the fourth {retin the ma ehord= fou may need tofepostion yur stinger stat ne stings fall uncer te cease of your km. P Ve ete Ee eae ‘THE DONNAS lll GUEST LESSON [ay AF Pe epece fosters || ES eT pe Barre your ger across the top wo strings and make sue you Kepallthe notes eve, Eventhough Allison says sas, be sure to work sav and gradually bul pte peed ‘his lec uses a combination ofall he tecriqus fom the previous examples ay cose attention other ethan gers to reinforce the third ingeras it bends to give you mre conto (se phot ‘amposed andreachesatsteringelimax. itching ad ting of But, mst of al lock at

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