Heavymetal licks by Morten Gjermundsen

Heavy metal riffs/licks part 1.

Written by Morten Gjermundsen([email protected])

In this lesson you can learn hardrock riffs and licks written me.Each riff/lick can be heard in Midi so you can hear how they should sound.I�ve also added the backing tracks so you can practice them with drums and bass.On each of these backing tracks the riff/lick begins after 4 clicks.Lets start with a heavy riff.Listen to the heavy riff.Listen to the backing track.


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||--2------------4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--9------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
||--2------------4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--7------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
||--0----0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|--0----0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|


                                                                    
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--2------------4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--9-------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|--||
--2------------4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--7-------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|--||
--0----0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|--0-----0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|--||

Lets move to the next riff.Listen to this riff.Listen to the backing track.

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||----------------5--5----------|------------------------------||
||--7--7----------3--3--3-3-3-3-|--7--7----------5--5----------||
||--5--5--5-5-5-5---------------|--5--5--5-5-5-5-3--3--3-3-3-3-||

Now were going to play arpeggios.Click here to listen.Listen to the backing track.

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||----------10---------10--------8--------8-|--------6-------6--------8--------8-|
||--------9----------9---------7--------7---|------5-------5--------7--------7---|
||-----10---------10---------9--------9-----|----7-------7--------9--------9-----|
||--12---------12---------10-------10-------|--8-------8-------10-------10-------|
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----------10---------10----------|--|||
--------9----------9-------------|--|||
-----10---------10---------------|--|||
--12---------12---------7--------|--|||
------------------------5--------|--|||

In this lick you�ll only use one string.Listen to this lick.Listen to the backing track.

                                                                                 
||--12-8-12-8-12-8-12-8-10-7-10-7-10-7-10-7-|--8-5-8-5-8-5-8-5-7-4-7-4-7-4-7-4-|
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--8-5-8-5-8-5-8-5-10-7-10-7-10-7-10-7--|--12-8-12-8-12-8-12-8-5--------||
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This is the last lick.It�s pretty similar to the "one string lick".Listen to this lick.Listen to the backing track.

                                                                             
||--8-5-8-5-8-5-8-5-----------------|--8-5-8-5-8-5-8-5-10-7-10-7-10-7-10-7-|
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--12-8-12-8-12-8-12-8-10-7-10-7-10-7-110-7-|--8-5-8-5-8-5-8-5-7-4-7-4-7-4-7-4-|--||
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Now i have showed you 5 metal riffs/licks.Learn them and practice them and look out for more metal lessons by Morten Gjermundsen.Thanks for checking out my web site and please come back again soon.

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