Redline Chapel (easy) · level 1 · goal 110 bpm

Redline Chapel is an eight-bar classic rock riff in standard tuning: Classic hard rock, D minor, driving, fifth-string roots. This is level 1 of 3, played at 110 bpm; the three levels of the riff run from 110 to 150 bpm. It works on palm muting, power chords, 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.

Part A is steady palm-muted eighths with a quarter-note accent; keep every downstroke even. In part B, slide your hand up to the tenth fret and play the melody with your index and ring fingers.

The three levels

1. Level 1 · 110 bpm · Classic hard rock, D minor, driving, fifth-string roots. Part A is steady palm-muted eighths with a quarter-note accent; keep every downstroke even.
2. Level 2 · 130 bpm · Classic hard rock, D minor, driving, fifth-string roots. Lock the chugs to the kick drum and let the accented chords ring out of the mute.
3. Level 3 · 150 bpm · Classic hard rock, D minor, driving, fifth-string roots. Reverse gallops are down-up-down, with the accent on the chord that follows.