Happy METAL Birthday

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: Looking for that special way to say "Happy Birthday" this year? What better way than with what you do best - sweep arpeggios at 200BPM? We begin with the good ol' fashion "Happy Birthday To You" melody line before ripping into an arpeggio sequence second-half. So let's break this up into two sections. Good luck!

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: We begin with an "acapella" style guitar section consisting of three-part harmony, with us leading the way with the main melody. Pay attention to rhythm - playing this melody over a thrash beat while trucking along at 200BPM can prove to be a bit of a challenge if you get ahead of yourself. Also, the phrasing is very important and is accurately described in ...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: The second half is where things get a little tricky. We're dealing (almost) exclusively with 5-string arpeggios, so it's basically a matter of mastering our left and right hand technique playing any one of these arpeggios, at the given tempo - then it becomes a matter of stamina.

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: Have fun with the backing track! Be sure to utilize the IG metronome to practice at slower speeds.

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