Wake of Souls

6 Lessons

1. 1 1:31 Lesson · 2m "Wake of Souls" - Full Video Welcome! This tutorial is based on a snippet from a song I wrote called "Wake of Souls". We're going to be focusing primarily on tight rhythm playing with metal genres, particularly with progressive metal and... Tab Guitar Pro
2. 2 0:50 Lesson · 1m "Wake of Souls" - Exercise 1 In this exercise, we're going to use a lot of palm muting on the 5th and 6th strings mixed between some higher notes. The higher notes are all on the D and G strings, so we're naturally going to be using some... Tab
3. 3 1:09 Lesson · 1m "Wake of Souls" - Exercise 2 This riff is pretty straightforward. We're basically going to be strumming through some Drop D chords while exclusively using sixteenth notes. One thing I really want to point out with this, is how much we... Tab
4. 4 0:30 Lesson · 1m "Wake of Souls" - Exercise 3 In this riff, we'll be going back and forth between 32nd notes and 8th notes. There won't be any palm muting in this one, so be sure to let the strings ring out nice and clean. Also, give the 8th notes a good... Tab
5. 5 0:48 Lesson · 1m "Wake of Souls" - Exercise 4 This is my favorite riff of the song. Melodically, it somewhat shadows the very 1st riff we did. However, it sounds much more aggressive here, especially with the accompanying drum parts. Be sure to keep your... Tab
6. 6 1:32 Backing track · 2m "Wake of Souls" - Backing Track Have all the parts down? Great! Then it's time to practice with the backing track. If you ever record yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forum so we can all hear your chops! Tab