rake

[bigrinwv]

What exactly does it mean to rake? I searched and couldn't find the explanantion just several pieces that call for it.

"R"

[Telenator]

Could it be like "sweep?"

You play a chord or arpeggio in a sweeping motin because it isn't a linear scale. There may only be one note per string and you need to make a sweeping/raking motion to play the riff.

That'd be my guess.

[bigrinwv]

Thanks I'll try that, it was an unfamilar term to me and the tab didn't look like a chord but I guess it is sort of a chord that you just play with a sweeping motion instaed of a strum or arpegio. Thanks again.

"R"

[Valvey]

Yeah it's like in between a strum and an an arpeggio. You strum just slow enough to hear the individual notes.

[fakeocaster]

Youll hear BB and Stevie Ray do this a lot as a way of emphasising a note on the top strings.Pick a chord and drag your pick across the strings.Mute everything except the last one but hit it hard.

Easier to do than explain.

[Tim Bowen]

I'd say that "rake" is an element of "sweep" picking. Man, that comes off as sounding really scientific. Anyway, rake is what the other folks mentioned. Where I'd say that sweep picking is an entity unto itself, is with regard to how an artist such as Frank Gambale has employed it, including use of the approach over scales and riffs, as opposed to arps that are naturally "raked", backwards or forward.

I've no idea what the history of guitar rakes encompasses. Jimi Hendrix was the first blues rock guitarist that I heard do it, on a version of "Red House". The guy that really put the sound into my head was an unsung cat named Barry Bailey, who played guitar with a band called the Atlanta Rhythm Section. T-Bone Walker or Tal Farlow was probably doing this to death before I was born.

[klasaine]

In the second verse of Steely Dans 'sign in stranger' from the Royal Scam album.
I don't know who played it but "rake" is what I call it(?)

[Soupbone]

Originally Posted by bigrinwv

What exactly does it mean to rake? I searched and couldn't find the explanantion just several pieces that call for it.

"R"

Here is an example of it being (over)used.


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