![]() ![]() This song uses the whammy pedal to give the song a very distinct sound. Rapidly moving the whammy pedal back and forth is pretty common, but the rhythmic movement tied into the playing is what makes this part sound so good. Find out more about Tom Morello and his Audioslave rig here. Other Audioslave songs using the whammy pedal include Revelations, Cochise & The Worm. Adding delay as you can hear in the song also helps smooth the pitch change out. You really want these notes to smoothly glide up in pitch. ![]() Work on rocking the whammy pedal forward in a smooth and controlled way. It won’t sound the same as the song, but it will still sound similar. If your whammy pedal doesn’t have the option to shift up two octaves (some multi-effect pitch shifters don’t have this option), set it for one octave up. What this means is that every time you see that line, you rock the whammy pedal forward so it shifts the pitch up two octaves. The lines with the ‘2’ above is notation for the whammy pedal (this is technically tremolo arm notation because Guitar Pro doesn’t have specific whammy pedal notation). Here is the first half of the solo in Guitar TAB format: While I’ve included the TAB below, the whammy pedal lesson here explains how to play this solo so check it out to learn more. The solo in this song is a great example of how effective the whammy pedal can be in turning a simple melody into something incredible. This is probably one of the more obvious examples of a whammy pedal in action. 8.1 Related Guides and Lessons: Like a Stone – Audioslave
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