Day 3 — Later that day...
Got some decent practise in at night. Almost have the more difficult riff under my fingers. There's a bit of tricky string-skipping that's tough to raise up to tempo.
Also, there are a lot of different parts that make up the song. Gonna need to pick a few and commit those to memory so I can start adding in metronome practice to my regimen.
The main rhythm that goes: Bb5 A5 x x x x G5 x x x x Ab5 x x x x (etc)
... There's a slight trick to the groove that I haven't quite gotten yet. I could sit counting the notes and so on but I prefer to feel the groove and "let it come to me". Not a standard way of learning a song or riff but I enjoy it way more.
I find the trickiest bits of the song is actually the switching between riffs. You might be finishing 1 riff around the 1st or 2nd fret and starting the next on the 10th fret. That's where song familiarity becomes helpful. You can look "forward" to the upcoming parts and prepare your fingers to get to where they need to be on time.
For a self-proclaimed metal-head, it's a shame I've never learned a metal song. This is a lot of fun and I'm sure it'll inspire much metal-groove making in the future ?
