'The Art Of Shredding' by Pantera - Guitar Tutorial

            from Rob Doyle  
[email protected]) 
		     
			      PANTERA
		       The Art Of Shredding

INTRO -- Bass and Drums       (bass is just low E chuggin')
 
	   P.M.                 P.M.                REPEAT both bars once
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------(some weird ass----|
|----2------------1----|---2-----------1---harmonic whammy---|
|----2------------1----|---2-----------1---bar crap- some of-| 
|----0------0----------|---0------0--------Darrell's best!)--|
					   I don't have a trem, but I
					   know the second time the 
 |P.M.|                                    note is a 2-octave A  
|---------------------------------|                  
|---------------------------------|                   
|---------------------------------|       Darrell plays with artificial 
|---------4-2---------------------|         harmonics on a few notes,
|-------------5--4--2---2--4------|         listen up and you can 
|-0--2----------------5------5----|         figure it out.


     P.M.  -     -    -   -----------
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----4------2----2----------------------------------------|
|----2-----2-----2----2---554-554-554-2-0--------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

     P.M.  -     -    -   -----------                                     
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----4-----2-----2----------------------------------------|
|----2-----2----2-----2---554-554-554-2-0--------------------|
       

P.M. -   -    -   -   -   -   -   -  -  -  -  -  -
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|    (not totally
|-----------------------------------------------------|      positive 
|--4-----4-----5-----5-----4-----4--5-----5----5--4---|      about this
|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------2-----2--------|      part)             
                                      
|-----------------------------------------------------|

right after that riff hit a bunch of C#'s then a huge D -- 
	    here we go! !    

     This is the MASSIVE RIFF for the chorus            (right before
  P.M.                                                   the verse starts)
|---------------------------------------|            --------------|
|---------------------------------------|            --------------|
|---------------------------------------|            --------------|
|-----------6----------5----------8-7---|            --------------|
|-------8---4------7---3------6-7/6-5---|            --8-9-9---98--|
|--0-0--6-------0--5-------0--4-5-------|            --6-7-7---76--|

that chord in between the end of the chorus riff and the verse is a hard F#


  the verse riff is just a palm muted progression of notes-
	       it goes from E to G# to E to A#
			   
    P.M.----------           1st time only
|---------------------------|-------|
|---------------------------|-------|
|---------------------------|--8---|
|---------------------------|--8---|     
|--6---6---6---6------------|--6---|
|----7---6---5---4---4-5-6--|-------|


    this riff's kinda tricky -- it's hard to keep the D# staccato
|-----------------------------|                               
|-----------------------------|                                 
|--9-8--9-8--9-8-----------|                               
|--9-8--9-8--9-8-----------|                                 
|--7-6--7-6--7-6--55555555-|                                 
|-----------------------------|                                


P.M.                     -----------                 -------
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4--3--4--3--4----------------------4--3--4--3-4-----------|
|--2--1--2--1--2------2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2--1--2--1-2--3-333333-|
|---------------------0--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------1-111111-|

P.M.              ==================================      
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|4--3--4--3--4-/6--6--6--6--6--6--5---5-5---4--4--4----------|
|2--1--2--1--2-/4--4--4--4--4--4--3---3-3---2--2--2----------|
						    
						 
SHHHHRRRRREEEEDDDD!!!     
    P.m.-       P.M.      -  -
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------| this part's very strange
|------------------------------| to look at, just listen 
|-6-6-----6/76--66-----4------| to get the feel right
|-4-4--0--4/54--44--0--2-0--0-| (also, I think that slide
                                   from G# to A may
                                    actually be a bend)

then do a chromatic descent from A# into the blitzkrieg!

ok, solo's next-- you guys are on your own for that baby!!
	   There's a lot of cool bends and a TON of stretching involved

I suppose the last thing is the chorus and that descending Eb thing--
there's a harmony that's something like this on the last time--
                                
                                        RIGHT!
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--11----11-----11----11------------------8-----------------|
|-----12----11-----10----9--9-10-11-------8-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------6-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|