Redline Chapel · level 2 · goal 130 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 2 of 3, played at 130 bpm; the three levels of the riff run from 110 to 150 bpm. It works on palm muting, power chords, 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.

Lock the chugs to the kick drum and let the accented chords ring out of the mute. In the lead, pick only the first note of each hammer-on or pull-off pair, so the line flows.

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.