Gutter Shuffle · level 2 · goal 150 bpm

Gutter Shuffle is an eight-bar punk riff in standard tuning: Punk shuffle, E minor, open E pedal, open position. This is level 2 of 3, played at 150 bpm; the three levels of the riff run from 120 to 160 bpm. It works on palm muting, power chords, hammer-ons and pull-offs. 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.

Pick only the first note of each hammer-on and let the fretting finger sound the second. Keep the triplets even and don't let the shuffle straighten out when the chords arrive in bar 7.

The three levels

1. Level 1 · 120 bpm · Punk shuffle, E minor, open E pedal, open position. Count each beat "1-trip-let".
2. Level 2 · 150 bpm · Punk shuffle, E minor, open E pedal, open position. Pick only the first note of each hammer-on and let the fretting finger sound the second.
3. Level 3 · 160 bpm · Punk shuffle, E minor, open E pedal, open position. In bar 6, pull off from the 3rd fret through the 1st to the open string in one motion, then slide up into the vibrato.