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Guitar Music Theory

Ep145 "Satellite" Dave Matthews Band - How Does This Song Work?

Guitar Music Theory

Desi Serna

Musictheoryforguitar, Guitar, Guitarscales, Performing Arts, Guitarmusictheory, Music, Guitarlessons, Arts, Guitarchords, Guitartheory

4.6931 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In episode 145 of the Guitar Music Theory podcast, I have another installment of How Does This Song Work? featuring "Satellite" by Dave Matthews Band. I discuss the key, scale, chords, and progression, plus explain the 3/4 time signature.

View the video, tab, and neck diagrams on my website here: https://www.guitarmusictheory.com/dave-matthews-satellite-guitar-riff-tab/

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0:00.0

In episode 145 of the guitar music theory podcast I have another installment of how does this song work

0:06.8

featuring satellite by Dave Matthews Band And then. And the So, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

0:54.0

Oh, oh, oh, Oh, Greetings guitar

1:07.2

guitar engineers. Welcome to the guitar music theory podcast. I am your host Desi Cerna

1:12.1

author of frontboard theory guitar theory for dummies

1:15.0

guitar rhythm and technique for dummies guitar picking mechanics and more and

1:19.2

today I have another installment of how does this song work featuring Satellite by Dave Matthews' band.

1:26.0

Now I've posted a video to my social media profiles where I teach you the main riff and I provide some tableture and I provide some neck diagram so you can see the scale pattern that the riff fits into.

1:40.0

And I also explain how you can use this riff as a great fingering exercise.

1:45.0

I show you the way that Dave Matthews plays it, but then I show you how you can play it in some other positions

1:50.0

using some different fingering so you can work on improving your dexterity.

1:55.0

You can find that video by just searching Desi Cerna satellite on YouTube or Facebook.

2:02.0

You can also just go to my website and I posted it to my blog

2:05.8

along some images of the NAC diagrams and Tablature that I use in the video in case you want to

2:12.4

have a closer look at those things and learn the riff.

2:16.2

Here in this audio only podcast I'm going to talk a little bit about the things that I go over in the video,

2:22.4

but then I'm actually going to talk about

2:23.8

some other parts of the song and give you a general overview of the key, the chords, and

2:28.8

the progression. This song is a great one to learn because it uses a three four time signature,

2:34.4

some stretchy chord fingerings, and the harmonized major scale.

2:38.4

It's going to be a great discussion as always, but before we get started,

2:42.3

let me direct all of my podcast listeners over to my website

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