Joe Satriani - Always With You (B Minor Section) - Guitar Lesson

Always with You - Single

2022 3:18

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About Always With You (B Minor Section)

The B minor section of this 2022 piece is where Joe Satriani leans into a darker, more introspective melodic voice, and it demands that your fretting hand stays relaxed under real tension. Playing in B Standard tuning drops every string down considerably, giving the guitar a heavier resonance that shapes how even single-note lines feel under your fingers. At 120 BPM the tempo is moderate, but Satriani's phrasing in minor territory tends to sit behind the beat with a vocal quality, so matching that expressive timing is the real challenge rather than raw speed. Sustain, vibrato control, and clean legato runs are the techniques this section will expose, and any weakness in finger independence will show up quickly. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop the most melodically dense phrases slowed down so you can hear exactly where each note lands in the bar. Instrumental rock phrasing like this rewards slow, deliberate repetition far more than running it at full speed before it is clean.

• B Standard tuning lowers all six strings by a full step below standard, giving the guitar a noticeably thicker resonance that affects how bends and vibrato feel.
• The B minor key calls for expressive vibrato and sustained single-note phrasing rather than dense chord work, so tone control and finger strength are central.
• At 120 BPM the tempo is accessible, but nailing Satriani's behind-the-beat melodic phrasing cleanly is harder than the tempo alone suggests.