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About Money

"Money" is one of the few rock songs built on a 7/4 time signature, and that odd meter is the first thing you have to internalize before a single note makes sense. The main riff sits in Bb minor and has a bluesy, almost lurching quality that feels natural once the seven-beat cycle clicks, but can trip you up badly if you try to muscle through it by counting. Spend time with just the riff, looping it slowed down using the Practice Toolbar until the phrasing feels as natural as a straight 4/4 groove. Pink Floyd also features a guitar solo that shifts into a 12/8 feel partway through, so you are essentially navigating a meter change mid-song. The bends and phrasing in that solo lean heavily on blues vocabulary, so clean up your vibrato and your whole-step bends before tackling it at full tempo. Getting the dynamics right, digging in on the low riff and easing back for the chord sections, is what separates a convincing run-through from a mechanical one.

  • The main riff is built in 7/4 time, meaning you count in groups of seven rather than four, which requires deliberate practice before it feels natural.
  • The song is in Bb minor, giving the riff a dark, blues-inflected character that rewards attention to string bending and vibrato technique.
  • The guitar solo shifts to a 12/8 feel, so practicing the meter transition with the Practice Toolbar slowed down is essential for a clean performance.

How to Play Money

Key: Bb minor · Tempo: 124 BPM · Difficulty: Medium

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 124 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Fender Stratocaster
Guitar

Fender Stratocaster

Gilmour's 1969 Black Strat is his primary instrument, offering glassy neck pickup tones perfect for his singing bends and the warm, rounded character that defines Pink Floyd's melodic solos without harsh brightness.

Fender Telecaster
Guitar

Fender Telecaster

This workhorse guitar provided Gilmour with a brighter, more cutting tone for rhythm work and alternative textures, offering the snap and clarity needed for Pink Floyd's diverse sonic palette across studio and live performances.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Standard

Gilmour's 1955 Les Paul Goldtop, fitted with original P-90 pickups, delivers the thick, gritty midrange essential for iconic solos like Comfortably Numb's outro, providing tonal weight and sustain that Strats cannot match.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Custom

Though less documented than the Goldtop, this model would offer similar thick, sustained tones with enhanced versatility through multiple pickup switching, supporting Gilmour's need for varied textures within complex Pink Floyd arrangements.

Fender Twin Reverb
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Fender Twin Reverb

Gilmour used Twin Reverbs for their exceptional clean headroom and built-in reverb, creating spacious, shimmering textures that complement his delay-heavy effects chain and define Pink Floyd's atmospheric, three-dimensional soundscapes.

Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
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Dunlop Cry Baby Wah

The Cry Baby opens Gilmour's effects chain, allowing expressive vocal-like phrasing on solos, integral to Pink Floyd's emotional delivery and creating dynamic dynamic tonal sweeps that enhance the band's psychedelic and progressive character.

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