Copperhead Porch (hard) · level 3 · goal 140 bpm

Copperhead Porch is an eight-bar classic rock riff in standard tuning: Classic hard rock, A minor, open position, straight eighths. This is level 3 of 3, played at 140 bpm; the three levels of the riff run from 110 to 140 bpm. It works on palm muting, open chords, hammer-ons and pull-offs, slides, vibrato. 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.

Barre the three-note A with one finger across frets two. The reverse gallop in bar 2 is two quick muted sixteenths then an eighth; land the A chord dead on beat three.

The three levels

1. Level 1 · 110 bpm · Classic hard rock, A minor, open position, straight eighths. Downstrokes on the beats, upstrokes on the "ands", and hit the accented chord hardest.
2. Level 2 · 125 bpm · Classic hard rock, A minor, open position, straight eighths. The sixteenth pair is a quick down-up into the accent.
3. Level 3 · 140 bpm · Classic hard rock, A minor, open position, straight eighths. Barre the three-note A with one finger across frets two.