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guitarsennin13th June 2013Is it weird that i was hearing an Fmaj7 in there somewhere? I could've sworn it wasn't just an Fsus
Piotr Kaczor28th January 2013Great connection of heavy riffs and great melody lines! Cool, Ben!
thefireball26th January 2013Yeah, this is my style.
VilleFIN25th January 2013I like the melody and those chords. Rock on baby
Timmy b25th January 2013Sounds great mate! Nice work!
Opetholic24th January 2013Awesome
Has some Opeth feel to it 
Dieterle24th January 2013COOL AGAIN and FRESH :-)
Yeah !
St Anger24th January 2013Excellent. Merci Ben !
Sensible Jones24th January 2013Great stuff Ben!! Very tuneful!!
- Slavenko Erazer24th January 2013
Yeah, Ben changed his style to more modern ,,, /
Ben Higgins24th January 2013Cheers guys !
zoom24th January 2013Rock on Ben. Love this and yeah love the octaves.
snackajacks24th January 2013Hell Yeah
Christophe24th January 2013Yeah ! =D
I agree with Javier, the melodic lines fit very well with the rhythm track. This is not as heavy as I expected but I'm gonna learn that solo !
Cosmin Lupu24th January 2013I love what you did here!
Great tune Ben 
Javier Aviles24th January 2013As you say, the Drop D allows you to play easy chords and you've used very well. The melody of the second octave guitar is good.
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Welcome to Drop D Heavy Time!
The 2 main features of this lesson are Drop D (of course!) and a time signature of 12/8.
You will recognise the 12/8 metal sound from such songs as 'Keine Lust' by Rammstein and 'I'm Alive' by Anthrax. It usually allows for repetitive chugging of riffs on the 8th notes and can really sound like things are driving along.
The great thing about Drop D is that you play power chords with just 1 finger which enables you to make quicker chord changes. Your fingers can move as if you were playing single notes but you'll be strumming 2 notes which gives the full sound of a Root+5th power chord.
There are some challenging stretches in this lesson for the fretting hand so make sure you are warmed up before attempting those!
This lesson will work your timing, left hand strength and downstroke ability.
Tempo: 180bpm
Meter: 12/8
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