ABILITY RATING
Moderate/Advanced
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Key: Various#
Tempo: Various
Will improve your
✓ Chromatic sequences
✓ Powechord riffing
✓ Alternate picking and downstroke mixing
ince Slayer’s 1983 release, Show No Mercy, Kerry King and Jeff Hannemanon unrelenting aggression, Slayer also make effective use of mid-tempo, arpeggiated chords, as in Seasons In The Abyss. This creates dynamic space while keeping the listener drenched in the mood and atmosphere of the song. Slayer have used various tunings over the years, but for this lesson we’ll keep everything at standard pitch, as on the group’s first album.
