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whammysam7th August 2017Great lesson on palm muting and string dampening.
- xTjhx25525th August 2017
Very cool lesson! Raise your hand a little more to get the notes out lol!
Darius Wave31st July 2017Ha ha
I'm just making sure you'll have something to work with for a nearest future 
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bleez30th July 2017Stop it. Im already working on too many of your lessons
- Lesson
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Welcome to the Black Sabbath Style lesson !
Let's go through a playing style of a legendary rock band - Black Sabbath. Great workout for your right hand downpicking/downstrumming, palm muting and power chords position shifts. Play it like you mean it! Strong right hand playing is warm wellcome. Notice that guitar is being double-tracked. The same part recorded twice and panned one 100% left and one 100% right. That's how rock bands get THAT sound in their recordings. For you it is also a great way to verify your skills. Both guitars should sound almost like one!
Gear used (in order of connection chain placement):
1. SX SST57 guitar (JB Junior bridge pickup)
2. Presonus Inspire 1394 firewire audio interface (input gain 40%)
3. Poulin LeXtac vst plug-in:
- Channel - blue
- Input 50%
- Gain 70%
- Pre EQ - brighter
- Bass 50%
- Middle 40%
- Treble 50%
- Contour 100%
6. Kefir impulse loader (mix 100%)
7. Impulse - Catharsis s-preshigh
Tuning - Standard E
Backing track progression:
4/4
||: Em | Em | Em | Em | Em | Em | G | Am :||
Em | Em | D | C Bm G | Em | Em | G | F#m D Em |
Em | D G | Em | Em | Em | D F#m | Em | Em |
Em | Em | D | D | Em | Em | G | D/F# |
Em | Em | D | G D/F# | Em | Em | G | D/F# ||
Tempo: Main song tempo is 160 bpm. There are backing tracks available at 70, 100, 120, 140 and 160 bpm.
Time signature: 4/4
Scales used in this lesson:
E-minor
Scrubbing / forward / rewind: arrow right, arrow left keys
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
