Spider
GIMS & DYSTINCT
Standard tuning
TRIADS · featured voicings
Am → Dm → G → Dm · short triad brushes · suggested offbeats
Verse / chorus / bridge
Same cycle for intro, verses, refrain, post-refrain and outro; vary touch, not harmony.1. Light offbeats · matches the featured triads / 2. Bass-led option · light brushes between bass notes
2 barsBass + upper strings · suggested quieter accompaniment
Additional tips
Keep the dance pulse Feel four steady quarter beats around 120 BPM. Release fretting pressure after the upper-string brushes; leave the bass space. Both rhythm strips are practice options, not a transcription of the production.
Small shapes, clear harmony Full chords are in the first header row; the second row matches the featured triads. Am: A–C–E; Dm: D–F–A; G: G–B–D. The G triad has D in its lowest voice; the lower accompaniment can supply G.
Start with five notes A minor pentatonic: A C D E G. Answer a chord change with two or three notes, then leave a gap. Finish on A or C over Am, D or A over Dm, and G or D over G.
Add the defining notes A natural minor: A B C D E F G. Add F on Dm and B on G to describe the changes. Try F → G → F across Dm–G–Dm, or C → B → A across Am–G–Dm.
The D-minor trap Dm occupies half the cycle, but G is major: use B natural, not a blanket B♭. If you hear D as home, D Dorian (D E F G A B C) uses the same notes. The sheet numbers the cycle from A minor.
Make the return speak Keep the final Dm before returning to Am. Try F → E across that boundary, or hold A as a common tone. Develop one short motif over the full two-bar cycle; avoid filling every gap or stacking competing rhythms.