Candlebox - Far Behind - Guitar Lesson

Candlebox

1993 5:00

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About Far Behind

At 92 BPM in E minor, "Far Behind" sits in that mid-tempo pocket where feel matters more than speed. The song is built around a clean, arpeggiated guitar figure that opens the track and returns throughout, and nailing its relaxed rhythmic placement is the real challenge. When the song opens up into the heavier chorus sections, you shift into full chord strumming with a grittier tone, so the dynamic contrast between those two modes is something worth spending time on. Standard E tuning keeps everything accessible, but getting the clean arpeggio to ring cleanly while staying in time takes more control than it first appears. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop that intro figure slowed down until each note rings without buzzing. Candlebox came out of the early 1990s Grunge scene, and this track captures that genre's hallmark blend of delicate verses crashing into distorted choruses. Pay attention to how lightly you need to pick the clean sections to keep the tone consistent.

• The intro and verse sections use a clean arpeggiated guitar figure in E minor that rewards a light pick attack and precise left-hand muting.
• The song's main challenge is switching cleanly between the delicate arpeggiated verse tone and the heavier strummed chorus without losing tempo.
• At 92 BPM in standard E tuning, the moderate tempo gives you room to focus on dynamics and tone control rather than technical speed.