Haste

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: Welcome to the "Haste" song tutorial. This is kind of a progressive/hardcore/metal sounding tune. There's a lot of intense rhythm playing in this one. Influential-wise, this tune was inspired by bands such as August Burns Red, As I Lay Dying etc. Also, note that this song is in Drop D tuning. If you aren't exactly sure what that is, click here. As always, ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal

Excerpt: This particular riff, as well as other parts in the song, utilize a lot of palm muting, power chords, and octave chords. All of the octave chords are played on the A and G strings. When playing these types of chords, make sure only the root note and its octave are sounding, so only the A string and the G string should sound. Use your fret-hand index finger ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal

Excerpt: This part exclusively uses those Drop D power chords that we discussed in the previous lesson. One important thing to note here, is my left hand. Besides playing the power chords, can you see what else it's doing? It's also muting the strings in between the chords. This is absolutely necessary to have that tight metal rhythm sound. So every time you see a 1...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal

Excerpt: This riff has the exact same rhythmic pattern as the previous riff, but with a few minor minor chord changes. You'll notice that instead of just using the Drop D power chords, we're using some harmonized chords on the A and D strings. Keep your palm muting tight!

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Rhythm Style: Metal

Excerpt: In this pattern we'll be playing those octave chords we mentioned earlier. Keep in mind to mute them properly with your fret-hand index finger. Use alternate strumming as you can see me doing in the video (down,up,down,up, etc). If you look at the tab you'll see that these octave chords are all sixteenth notes. However, watch out for the 2nd beat in the las...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Exercises Style: Metal

Excerpt: Here's my favorite part. What can I say, I like fast picking. In this riff you'll be playing 32nd notes, so it's pretty fast. However, as always, make sure you play the notes slowly until you're comfortable with the passage. Also, make sure your picking hand is extra relaxed for stuff like this. Be sure to do some stretches before playing. Okay that's it! ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: Here's the backing track, have fun! If you make an audio or video recording of yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forum to show off your skills!

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