Fast fingered guitar exercises 1

Metal Heart
Words & Music by Aleksi Rekunen

h = 120

ZZZZZZZ B B
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This should be pretty easy part... Keep your hands warm,tremolo pickin

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ZZZZZZZ
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B B B B B B
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B B B B B B B B B B
Slide down...

W W W B B B B B
3 3

W
B B B B B B B
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3 3
3 3
3 3

W W W W
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B B B B B = =
...and back up... Vibrato and hard bending

B B B B B B
B B B B
3 3

B B B B
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B
3 3

B B B B
3 3

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3 3

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DB FB DB DB FB DB
B B B B DB B B F B B B DB F B B B B B B DB B B F B B B DB F B B
This is hard. Keep the pick ready for B string all the time and at then end start pushing the string with vibrato. Then start slowly pu

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BBBBBBBB = A A
and at certain point let go and prepare ya selfe. Some vibrato and finger technigues.

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11 B B B B B B B BDB B B B B B B B B B B BDB B B BDB B B B B
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full

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ZZZZZ
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DB F B A BBBBBB
Tremolo picking in each string.

ZZZZZZZ
BBBBBB W BW B WB BW BW B
BBBB H WB W W BW BW WB W
W BW B W
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B B B B WB B
ZZZZZ ZZZZZZZ
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W
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W ! W
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BBBBBBBB BBBBBBBB BBBBBBBB ZZZZZZ

7

A BBB
Slide down. Some slide techingues and legato. In legato,just put youre finger on the other fret and dont pick it. Trust me,it will work.

DA A
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B
ZZZZZZ
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BBB
Now some Yngwie J. Malmsteen styled arpeggios,read the instructions.

P Q B B B B B B
I B B B BBBBB B B D
B B BBBBBBBBB BB
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B
ZZZ ZZZ
$ ( $ (
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B DB B B B
B B B B B B
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B B
ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
$ ( $ (
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$ ( $ ( ) $ ( $ (

B DB B B B B B B B B B B DB B B B
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
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B B
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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h = 170
B B B B B B B B B B B B
Tempo is now 170 so this is harder...I call it "St ring picking" and this one,youll have to be very c areful.

B B B B B B B B B B B B
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B B B B B B B B
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B B B B
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BBBB
??? Odd,but very hard one. This is tapping,as you mau know. Be careful swithi
ng the chords.

B B B B DB DB BB BB BB BBBBBBBBBB
BBBB B B B B BBBBBB
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Some scales,pretty easy.

B B B B B B B B B B B DB B DB F B F B B B B B B B B B BB B BB B B
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B B
B B B B ZZZZ
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DB DB B DB B F B DB DB B B DB B B B B B DB B B DB B F B DB DB B DB DB B B B B B
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h = 150
DB DB DB F B
DB
Ha...This is just for fun,a little "excersise". Some speed trainer.

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DB

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h = 170
This tapping test and then its almost over!
ZZZZZZ
Heres C major scal

DB F B DB F B
B B B B B B B B B B B DB B DB F B F B B B B B B B B
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DB BBB BBB ZZZZZZ

"" "! "" "! ! # ! $ ! # ! $ # % # ' & $ # ! ! # $ & (
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ZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZ
A B BBBBBB
The End!

B B B B B I
BB BA B
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