Learning to switch back and forth to a different tuning will be just as easy (if not easier) than when you first learned to tune. If you’re a little hesitant about retuning your guitar, keep in mind that you’ve already learned to tune it to standard. Some of the most common lowered tunings in metal are standard down a half-step, aka “Eb” (Eb–Ab–Db–Gb–Bb–Eb), standard down a whole-step, also called “D standard” (D–G–C–F–A–D) and drop-D down a whole-step (C–G–C–F–A–D), which is sometimes referred to as drop-C. Beginning guitarists are sometimes flummoxed by these alterations, but the overwhelming majority of the time they are just detuned versions of both standard and drop-D tunings, meaning everything you play in them will be fingered the same way, it will just be at a lower pitch. 3īy the mid ’90s, myriad variations of lowered tunings had become extremely commonplace in the metal universe. Once mastered, the four stem-rhythms can be connected together consecutively to create driving single-note riffs like the one in Ex. This will help you navigate complex rhythms with both speed and accuracy. It’s imperative that your picking-hand never stops an alternating motion. For the second, third, and fourth patterns, continue the alternate picking-hand motion but “ghost” the missing stroke by simply not hitting the string. Play the first using a steady alternate picking-hand motion. The trick is to realize that there are only a finite number of ways to subdivide a beat and, once learned, these individual one-beat stems can be strung together in different combinations to create more complex patterns. Mastering the metric methods of bands like Slipknot, Gojira, and Lamb of God may seem daunting. As metal progressed into the new millennium, it branched off into various subgenres, many of which relied on a fusillade of rapid-fire 16th-note riffs played at breakneck tempos.
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