Breakwater Stomp (easy) · level 1 · goal 112 bpm

Breakwater Stomp is an eight-bar classic rock riff in standard tuning: Classic hard rock, G minor, low riff with high answer, driving. This is level 1 of 3, played at 112 bpm; the three levels of the riff run from 112 to 140 bpm. It works on power chords. The player loops the riff with drums and bass, starts at 70% speed and steps up 5% after every clean pass until you play it at full tempo.

In the stop bars, hit on the beat and choke the chord with your fretting hand. Keep counting through the silence so the full bars come in exactly on one.

The three levels

1. Level 1 · 112 bpm · Classic hard rock, G minor, low riff with high answer, driving. In the stop bars, hit on the beat and choke the chord with your fretting hand.
2. Level 2 · 125 bpm · Classic hard rock, G minor, low riff with high answer, driving. In bar 2 the muted low G sits between accented chords, so keep the pick moving in straight eighths.
3. Level 3 · 140 bpm · Classic hard rock, G minor, low riff with high answer, driving. Each stop bar ends with a sixteenth pickup that climbs into bar 2, so keep it even and muted.