2020-03-01 Total Guitar

(Jacob Rumans) #1

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TOTAL GUITAR MARCH 2020

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WHATYOUWILLLEARN
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Stringmuting
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CHEATSHEET...
Appearsat:0:00-0:
Tempo: 119 bpm
Key/scale:E majorscale
Maintechniques:Tapping/ stringmuting

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HOW TO


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Getthetone


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CHANNEL DISTORTION


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These are the notes you’ll
be playing in the riff. The open
string and 5th fret E are
a hammer-on, then all the other
notes are tapped. The riff is
a run that goes ‘tap, open
string, 5th fret’ – simply
repeat the pattern and
change the tapped notes.

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Bridge humbucker

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