Animals As Leaders - CAFO Guitar Lesson
CAFO
Tosin Abasi breaks down "CAFO" by his band, Animals As Leaders. An acronym for Concentrated Animal Feed Operation, this track is a highly technical shred-fest sure to challenge the best guitarists.
Taught by Tosin Abasi in Songs With Tosin Abasi seriesLength: 42:28Difficulty: 5.0 of 5
Note: The first chord diagram listed for each chord voicing shows the fret numbers as well as the corresponding note names. The proper left hand fingering for each chord is included in the second diagram under each chord. Both chord charts are written out just like a tablature staff. In other words, the seventh string is listed at the bottom of the chart. All voicings are for a seven string guitar tuned B, D, A, D, G, B, E from low to high.
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Supplemental Learning Material
Songs With Tosin Abasi
Found in our Beginner Lesson SetsLead guitarist of Animals As Leaders, Tosin Abasi, teaches his own creations.
Lesson 1
On Impulse
Tosin Abasi teaches Animals As Leaders' song "On Impulse."
Length: 36:21 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Thoroughly At Home
Tosin Abasi teaches Animals As Leaders' song "Thoroughly At Home."
Length: 23:30 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
Tosin Abasi teaches the Animals As Leaders song "The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing."
Length: 24:55 Difficulty: 5.0 Members Only
CAFO
Tosin Abasi breaks down "CAFO" by his band, Animals As Leaders. An acronym for Concentrated Animal Feed Operation, this track is a highly technical shred-fest sure to challenge the best guitarists.
Length: 42:28 Difficulty: 5.0 Members Only
About Tosin Abasi
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Hi. My name is Tosin Abasi. I'm the lead guitarist for Animals as Leaders. I've been playing the guitar for 15 years, and touring professionally on and off for about 6.
A majority of that time has been spent playing extended range guitar (7 and 8 strings) . I'm primarily self taught but I studied jazz and classical guitar briefly at the Atlanta Institute of Music.
The extended range guitar can offer a lot of possibilities for composition. Unfortunately, the resources available to 6 string guitarist don't exist in the same prominence for the seven guitar (especially not the 8 string guitar). Through my compositions I hope to break down my approach to utilizing the 7 and 8 string guitar in both lead and rhythm work. We'll also examine multiple techniques such as Hybrid picking, Sweeping, Tapping and Slapping.
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Member Comments about this Lesson
Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.what the? when he plays the sweeping part fast, he leaves out the descending sweep starting from the g string. so it's two things, sweeped slow and fast what am I supposed to think now, that tosin cheats on his playing?
The tabs arent right? Starting with the sweepy part. Tf?
it is mindmodeling
omfg the guys from that website really sux, cant even tab accurately the first measure of the song... lazy ass just took the tab from ultimate-guitar , tosin even playing that at all, please check it out again, theres too many notes, and the tricky* thing is descending, not ascending !
wheres the ascending descending tapping lick? i see the tab but cant find the scene?
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So I'm curious to know if Tosin was high when he was making this video...because the descending tap lick in scene six is clearly not what's played on the album. I slowed it down and it sounds like 7 notes (not ten). He also plays some altered lick live that ends on a different note. To me, it almost sounds like a sweep on the album, but I can't transcribe it. Also...no "definitive phrase" for the solo (scene seven)? What the hell Tosin?! I don't want to create my own version, I want to know exactly what you play and how *you* play it... Am I crazy? Or alone on this?
I agree, but this album has being known to have being co- produced with Misha Mansoor. Maybe Tosin didn't write the whole thing? Either way, I'd expect more from Tosin.
same comment as above. ? where are tabs?
I'm still working on them...They'll be done in a couple weeks.
Tabs are up!
Dog bark on Scene 3 @ 4:42?
TABS!!!!
Where are the tabs for this?
I was upset when i learned it needed an 8 "well... a 7" string guitar :(
YESSSSSSSSS I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately, I think it's going to be quite some time (at least a few months) before I get to this lesson.
Where are the Tabs?
Supplemental coming for this soon?