Chords for Power Chord Mechanics - Punk Percussive Riffing
Tempo:
155.6 bpm
Chords used:
E
G
A
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Riff number four is firmly rooted in punk [E] hardcore style and I'm going to briefly take you through the rhythm there
It sounds like this
Interestingly enough we can practice it percussively sounding like [G]
this
Now that rhythm carries on for most of this.
you'll notice at least in the third bar to begin with
a short percussive idea with six strums.
we've done the initial A5 to G5 [A] part
It sounds like this
Interestingly enough we can practice it percussively sounding like [G]
this
Now that rhythm carries on for most of this.
you'll notice at least in the third bar to begin with
a short percussive idea with six strums.
we've done the initial A5 to G5 [A] part
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E
G
A
D
Bm
E
G
A
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Riff number four is firmly rooted in punk [E] hardcore style _ and I'm going to briefly take you through the rhythm there
It's pretty standard punky hardcore sort of stuff.
It sounds like this _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Interestingly enough we can practice it percussively sounding like [G] _ _
this _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now that rhythm carries on for most of this.
In between you'll notice at least in the third bar to begin with
We're going to do a short percussive idea with six strums.
So after we've done the initial A5 to G5 [A] part _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
We're going to [E] do that at the end of that
[A] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] You'll notice it [C#] again in the sixth [A] bar _ _ _ _
[G] _ Now _ _ [B] in bar seven there's a slight variation on that we use two eighth note strums
I do these with downstrokes followed by four sixteenth note strums.
This is bar seven
[E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] Which then repeats itself in the [E] eighth bar _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
In [G] _ _ _ _ fact again in the ninth.
Follow the performance and the slowed down example carefully and look back over those a few times before attempting this _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [N] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G#] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [N] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Riff number four is firmly rooted in punk [E] hardcore style _ and I'm going to briefly take you through the rhythm there
It's pretty standard punky hardcore sort of stuff.
It sounds like this _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Interestingly enough we can practice it percussively sounding like [G] _ _
this _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now that rhythm carries on for most of this.
In between you'll notice at least in the third bar to begin with
We're going to do a short percussive idea with six strums.
So after we've done the initial A5 to G5 [A] part _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
We're going to [E] do that at the end of that
[A] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] You'll notice it [C#] again in the sixth [A] bar _ _ _ _
[G] _ Now _ _ [B] in bar seven there's a slight variation on that we use two eighth note strums
I do these with downstrokes followed by four sixteenth note strums.
This is bar seven
[E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] Which then repeats itself in the [E] eighth bar _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
In [G] _ _ _ _ fact again in the ninth.
Follow the performance and the slowed down example carefully and look back over those a few times before attempting this _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [N] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G#] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [N] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
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