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Riff like Lamb of God

Instructor: Chris Feener
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Metal
Level: Advanced
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    Riff like Lamb of God - Performance Chris Feener
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    Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

    Excerpt: Hey fellow IGers! This past month I've been on a bit of a Lamb Of God kick, so I decided to break down and analyze some of the band's thrashy riffing and dark harmonic qualities. The band usually tunes to drop C, but for this tutorial, let's just stick to drop D for ease. Let's rock!

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    Riff like Lamb of God - Intro Chris Feener
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    Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

    Excerpt: For the opening riff, I decided to break out with a classic Lamb Of God-style thrash riff which occurs in two parts. Measures one through eight consisting of mostly low D chugging (with higher single notes on the A string to break up the monotony), along with two different transitions: one being a Wrath-style double 12th fret bend, the se...

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    Riff like Lamb of God - Verse/Chorus Chris Feener
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    Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

    Excerpt: So here's our verse riff. As you can tell, it consists of a whole ton of eighth note "chugging". There are many downstrokes, but keep an eye on the accents as they form the over-all shape of the riff. NOTE: The extended 1-bar verse tag on the end of the riff is located directly below measure 24, don't miss it! Much like the intro section - Lamb O...

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    Riff like Lamb of God - Bridge Chris Feener
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    Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

    Excerpt: And lastly, the segway/bridge riff. Meant as more of a musical-break, the guitars have free reign for craziness; so that's what we're doing. With lots of palm mutes, legato, and sustained chord tones coming at you, it's bound to serve as a decent finger-twister! That's all for this tutorial, folks! Be sure to check out the backing tracks on the next co...

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    Riff like Lamb of God - Backing Track (190BPM) Chris Feener
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    Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

    Excerpt: Here's the backing track at 190bpm. If it's too fast for you, head on over to the next page to access the backing at 120bpm.

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    Riff like Lamb of God - Backing Track (120BPM) Chris Feener
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    Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

    Excerpt: Here's the backing track at 120bpm. Have fun and practice hard!

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