Distant Steeple · level 2 · goal 124 bpm

Distant Steeple is an eight-bar lead riff in standard tuning: Neoclassical-tinged metal lead, F# minor, twelfth position, strings 1-3. This is level 2 of 3, played at 124 bpm; the three levels of the riff run from 100 to 148 bpm. It works on hammer-ons and pull-offs, 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.

Make the question and answer sound different: lean into the high held notes with vibrato, then let the answer relax. In bar seven pull off from the 19th with your pinky and keep the index anchored.

The three levels

1. Level 1 · 100 bpm · Neoclassical-tinged metal lead, F# minor, twelfth position, strings 1-3. Stay in one spot: index on 11, pinky on 14, and stretch the index back for the 10ths.
2. Level 2 · 124 bpm · Neoclassical-tinged metal lead, F# minor, twelfth position, strings 1-3. Make the question and answer sound different: lean into the high held notes with vibrato, then let the answer relax.
3. Level 3 · 148 bpm · Neoclassical-tinged metal lead, F# minor, tenth to twenty-first position, strings 1-3. Every slide targets a note on the beat.