Frost Signal (hard) · level 2 · goal 170 bpm

Frost Signal is an eight-bar melodic riff in standard tuning: Melodic death, E minor, single-note riff on the low strings. This is level 2 of 3, played at 170 bpm; the three levels of the riff run from 150 to 190 bpm. It works on gallop picking, palm muting, 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.

The gallop on the open E sits under every melody note; think of the melody as landing on top of the gallops, not between them. Keep the picking hand moving in strict sixteenths even where the notes are eighths.

The three levels

1. Level 1 · 150 bpm · Melodic death, E minor, single-note riff on the low strings. Alternate picking throughout.
2. Level 2 · 170 bpm · Melodic death, E minor, single-note riff on the low strings. The gallop on the open E sits under every melody note; think of the melody as landing on top of the gallops, not between them.
3. Level 3 · 190 bpm · Melodic death, E minor, single-note riff on the low strings. This is an endurance riff: relax the picking hand between phrases and keep the motion small.