Ok, for you Pantera freaks
out there, here is a slab of classic Diamond
Darrell-filled riffs
and Philip Anselmo-angry vocals. This tune is based
around a chromatic ascending
power chord tuned way down to a D (that means,
from high to low, the
strings are D, A, F, C, G, D). To attain that rude
tone that Darrell uses,
you must first set your distortion level pretty high.
Second, add a little
stereo chorus (with the rate set just before midpoint)
to give the guitar a
little breathing room. Personally, I find that tube
amps work GREAT for
Pantera's tone. But I read recently in an interview
that Darrell's Randall
amps are solid-state!!! (You'll understand what I mean
if you play through
a solid state amp and try to get a Pantera-like tone).
It's your call, though.
Work with whatever you feel is right. Finally,
throw a wah-pedal in
for the interlude. Jam the pickup switch up to the neck
for a fat, chunky sound
and your set! Have fun. Any
questions/comments/regrets,
please Email me at [email protected].
A NEW LEVEL
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by Pantera
Intro (main riff)
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------\-------0-1-2---0-1-2-3----0-1-2-3-4---6-6-6-6------------------------
--------------0-1-2---0-1-2-3----0-1-2-3-4---6-6-6-6------------------------
-pick slide-
Repeat three times
Second Riff
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-0-1-2---0-1-2-3--0-1-2-3-4--6-6-6-6----------------------------------------
|-----HEAVY PALM MUTE------|
Repeat Second Riff three
more times, but use LIGHT palm muting on third and
fourth times.
Third Riff
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-0-0-00-0-0-0-00-----0------------------------------------------------------
|---HEAVY P.M----|
Repeat two more times
(for a total of three times)
Fifth Riff
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-0-0-00-0-0-0-00---0-0-00-0-0-0-00---0-0-00-0-0-0-00---0-00-/-12-12-12------
|----------------------P.M.--------------------------------|
|-trem. pick-|
Play the fifth riff
once more to the verses, yet end with a chord progression
of E5, Bb5, F5 (instead
of the "tremoloed" E note (12th fret).
Sixth Riff (Main Verses)
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-1-1-11-1-1-1-11---1-1-11-1-1-1-11---1-1-11-1-1-1-11---1-11-/-13-13-13------
|-------------P.M.
(these are all ONEs)-------------------|
|-trem.pick-|
And on, and on, and
on...
Notes: The Sixth
Riff uses F notes on the low E string. Although
some of the notes appear
to be 11's, they are actually 1's. They need to be
close enough to show
the double-pick speed Darrell is using. Also, on the
tail end of both fifth
and sixth riffs, Darrell uses tremolo picking on the
12th and 13th notes
(respectively).