7-String Metal Riffs

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

Excerpt: You're waiting patiently for a parking spot. You see someone backing out. You then turn on your car's blinker to claim the spot. But just as you're about to pull in, an old lady driving a corvette speeds her way into your spot! You then get mad! How do you release your inner rage? ...by playing mean 7-string riffs of course!! :) This tutorial is for you 7-...

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

Excerpt: Most of the notes in this riff are played without palm muting, however at the end of bars 1 and 3 make sure to mind those palm-muted Low B notes. Make them solid and chunky so you hear a clear differentiation between the normal notes and palm-muted notes. To add some extra pizazz and attitude to the riff, try making the last note in bar 4 a pinch harmonic.

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

Excerpt: This section illustrates a cool contrast between a riff being played with tight palm-muted chunk and then the same riff being played with a more open feel. Bars 5 through 8 being the former. Bars 9 through 12 being the latter. Keep the palm mutes tight! The rests should be blatantly obvious and contrasting with the notes you play. For the rests, use your f...

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

Excerpt: Here is the backing track at full speed, 180bpm. If this is too fast for you right now, go to the next page to access the backing track at 110bpm. Have fun!

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

Excerpt: Here is the backing track slowed down to 110bpm. Practice hard!

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