'To Mega Therion' by Therion - Guitar Tutorial

Song lyrics:

Chords: show

Choose a fret
            ~ - vibrato         / - slide up to note
h - hammer on         - slide down to note
p - pull off        bhr- bend string half step and release
. - palm mute       bf - bend string full step
ph - pinched harmonic   " - tremolo note
 
Tuning: C#(every string down 1.5 steps)

Riff A (0:00 - 0:16)
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-2--2-------2-------2--2------2-----2--2-------2-------2--2--
-0--0-------0-------0--0------------0--0-------0-------0--0--
 . .     .     . .        . .     .     . .
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-4--------------------------------------------------------
-2--------------------------------------------------------
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(keyboard transposed for guitar)           
----15--14--12--11----------------------------------------
--------------------13--12--------------------------------
----------------------------12--11--9--8--9--11--9--8--11-
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 Riff B (0:16 - 0:44)
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--------------------------------------------------4--444--444--444--44---
-2-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-22-2--222--222--222--22---
-0-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-00------------------------
 . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..          
                         
(keyboard transposed for guitar)                
---------------------------------------------------14-12-11--------------
------------------------------------------------------------13-12-8------
--------------------------------------------------------------------11-9-
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Play Riff B a total of four times
Riff C.1 (0:44 - 0:54) REPEAT THIS PART TWICE
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-------3----@--------------------------3-3-3-3-
-------1----@--4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4---4-4-4-1-1-1-1-
-2-----1-------2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2---2-2-2----------
-0----------------------------------------------
                    
                    
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(9)---------@----------------------------------
-last note--@----------------------------------
-from Riff-B------------------------------------
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 Riff C.2 (0:54 - 1:04)
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-------3----@--------------------------3-3-3-3-
-------1----@--4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4---4-4-4-1-1-1-1-
-2-----1-------2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2---2-2-2----------
-0----------------------------------------------
Play Riff A
Play Riff B   4 times
Play Riff C.2 2 times
Riff D.1 (2:08 - 2:22)
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---------4-4-------------4-4-------------2-2-------------2-2-----
-2-2-5-5-----5-5-2-2-5-5-----5-5-1-1-4-4-----4-4-1-1-4-4-----4-4-
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
                          
-----2---let ring--------------------0---let ring----------------
---3-------------------------------2-----------------------------
-4-------------------------------3-------------------------------
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---------5-5-------------5-5-------------4-4-------------4-4-----
-4-4-7-7-----7-7-4-4-7-7-----7-7-2-2-5-5-----5-5-2-2-5-5-----5-5-
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
                          
-----3---let ring--------------------2---let ring----------------
---5-------------------------------3-----------------------------
-6-------------------------------4-------------------------------
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Riff E (5:10 - 5:12)
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--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--
--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--
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Riff F (5:12 - 5:26)
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-----------------------------------0-0-0-0000000000------------------
------------------0-0-0-0000000000------------------2-2-2-222222-----
-0-0-0-0000000000------------------------------------------------3-2-
 . . . .......... . . . .......... . . . .......... . . . ...... . . 
                            
(keyboard arrangement for guitar)            
---------------5h7h8~---------7----5~------------3h5h7~--5---3-------
-5~--------------------------------------------------------------7~--
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-----------------------------------0-0-0-0000000000----------------------
------------------0-0-0-0000000000------------------2-2-2--222222--------
-0-0-0-0000000000---------------------------------------------------3-2--
 . . . .......... . . . .......... . . . .......... . . . ......  . . 
                         
---------------5h7h8~--------12---10~--------------10-8----8-------------
-5~-----------------------------------------------------12---12-10-12-10-
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12.21.2024, 02:38
I'm new to guitar, and I'm super excited to dive into learning these techniques! The vibrato and hammer-on sound really cool, and I can’t wait to practice them. The slide up to the note seems like a fun way to make my playing more expressive. It's great that the tuning is laid out clearly, too! For anyone else starting out like me, let's keep encouraging each other as we learn these awesome riffs!
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