Last Tram Home · level 2 · goal 150 bpm

Last Tram Home is an eight-bar punk riff in standard tuning: Punk, G minor, melody first, triplet shuffle. This is level 2 of 3, played at 150 bpm; the three levels of the riff run from 140 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 or pull and let the fretting hand sound the second. In the riff, the walks between chords stay muted and quiet so the next chord hits hard.

The three levels

1. Level 1 · 140 bpm · Punk, G minor, melody first, triplet shuffle. Play the melody one finger per fret in 5th position, all downstrokes.
2. Level 2 · 150 bpm · Punk, G minor, melody first, triplet shuffle. Pick only the first note of each hammer or pull and let the fretting hand sound the second.
3. Level 3 · 160 bpm · Punk, G minor, melody first, triplet shuffle. Keep the slide in bar 2 on one finger and add vibrato only once you land.