Joe Satriani - Always With You Pt.2 (1st & 2nd B Major Sections) - Guitar Lesson

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About Always With You Pt.2 (1st & 2nd B Major Sections)

Few moments in Joe Satriani's catalogue demand as much expressive control as the B major sections of "Always With You, Always With Me Pt.2." The melody is the focal point here, and the challenge is not speed but feel: sustaining long, singing notes cleanly while keeping the phrasing fluid and vocal in character. In B major, the fretboard geography sits in a comfortable but deceptively stretchy range, and your intonation on bends and vibrato will be exposed immediately because there is nothing rhythmically busy to hide behind. Vibrato width and consistency are the real tests. Keep your pick attack light and even so the tone breathes rather than bites. The Instrumental Rock tradition this sits in rewards patience over flash, so resist the urge to rush the phrasing. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop each melodic phrase slowed down until the vibrato and note releases feel completely natural before bringing it back to tempo.

• The two B major sections demand controlled, wide vibrato on sustained melody notes, making vibrato consistency the single most important technique to drill.
• Because the piece is fully instrumental with no vocal melody to follow, the guitarist must carry all the phrasing and dynamics alone, exposing any unevenness.
• Looping these sections at a reduced tempo with the Practice Toolbar helps isolate where your bends and releases fall slightly out of tune under slow scrutiny.