Riff Journal | Autumn 2014 | Issue 1

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hand part arranged for electric guitar. I give this piece to my students to work on their alternate picking, hammerons, and pull-offs. It’s also a great study using the harmonic minor scale in the key of A. In this tune we’ll explore an efficient way of playing fast sixteenth notes by combining alternate picking with hammer-ons and pull-offs (the first five notes illustrate this basic concept). The tricky “grace notes” in bars 4-6 are played very fast using hammer-ons with the middle and pinkie fingers, and played just ahead of the beat so

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transcribed forelectricguitarby DaveCelentano Standard tuning

Standard tuning

Transcribed for Electric Guitar by Dave Celentano

= 136

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