Tool guitarist Adam Jones shows you how to play the riff to Pneuma

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The guitarist posted a rare close-up video on how to approach one of Fear Inoculum's guitar highlights

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Adam Jones has shown fans how to play the last verse riff to Tool's Fear Inoculum album song Pneuma in a close up playing video on his personal Instagram page.

In a rare opportunity to learn how to play a part from a Tool member, Jones originally filmed the video for friend Gregory Bolomey in a dressing room when Tool were on tour, but has decided to make it available to fans. You can watch it below. 

~ A little Tutorial share 🎸 Dressing room guitar lesson of the last verse in #Pneuma 🧿 made for my guitar friend & supporter @axeofcreation while we were on tour ( hmm ...I can’t remember where we were...😄) • 440 D dropped on the #nomad • Justin stays on the original riff so there are some nice little conflicting moments between the 2 parts. *Not difficult to play but it’s very satisfying 🤘🏽 #tool #FearInoculum @toolmusic Adam Jones

A photo posted by @adamjones_tv on May 2, 2020 at 12:35am PDT

We're hoping there might be more of these to follow from Jones but for now we're going to grab our guitar and learn it too!

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Rob Laing
Rob Laing
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Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.