Lesson 2 – Turning a Few Cool Guitar Riffs into a Whole Piece

The track sounds massive because, like in any metal song, there are drums and bass in it. To make practice more fun, I recorded the "band simulator", a special track with only drums and bass (this kind of track is called a backing track).

Now let's learn the song by small, manageable chunks, one step at a time.

Riff 1 – Verse I

Riff 2 – Chorus I

This guitar riff has the same rhythmic pattern as Figure 1 from the 'Guitar Riffs for Beginners' Lesson.

Riff 3 – Verse II

Chorus II

This chorus is similar to the first one, except that for a bit of variety, I didn't pause here and played the riff solidly, like Guitar Riff 2 from the previous lesson.

Riff 4 – Ending

The roaring sound effect on the final chord is achieved by sliding the fretting hand somewhere towards the guitar head (notated as a small 's' in the tab).

After you've practiced the riffs, have fun playing the whole piece in the following order:

• Riff 1 – Verse I
• Riff 2 – Chorus I
• Riff 3 – Verse II
• Riff 2 – Chorus II
  (without pausing between power chords)
• Riff 4 – Ending

Here is the whole tab in PDF format

Once you think you're playing the song well, try to record your performance along with the backing track using any available gadget. Listen to the recording with headphones or proper speakers (cellphone speakers suck). And you'll have a better picture of how you play and what may need improvements ;)

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