Clean Bandit - Rockabye - Guitar Cover

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2022 4:10

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About Rockabye

"Rockabye" by Clean Bandit is built around a repeating, melodic piano figure that sits at the heart of the arrangement, and on guitar your main challenge is capturing that same hypnotic, looping quality. Playing in F minor means you will be spending a lot of time around the first and third position barre chord shapes, so clean chord changes with minimal buzzing are worth drilling early. At 104 BPM the groove sits at a steady mid-tempo pulse, which sounds comfortable until you try to lock those chord transitions in time with the track. The Pop Rock feel asks for a controlled, rhythmic strum pattern rather than anything flashy, keeping dynamics even throughout. If the F minor barre chord transitions feel slippery, use the Practice Toolbar to loop that section slowed down until the shape changes are automatic. E Standard tuning means no retuning is needed, so you can focus entirely on feel and precision.

• The song is in F minor, so clean first-position and barre chord transitions are the core technique to nail.
• At 104 BPM the mid-tempo pulse rewards a consistent, even strum pattern rather than dynamic variation or embellishment.
• E Standard tuning is used throughout, meaning no retuning is required before you start working on the chord progression.