Southern Metal Atmospheres

Hey guys!

In this lesson, we will play a section of an instrumental song that I wrote recently.

The guitar is tuned half-step down and I mainly use a distorted sound, switching between the middle and the bridge pickups.



Remember to play it slow and to figure out the chord shapes/scales before practicing it at the normal speed.




Guitar : Ibanez AT100

Equipment : Laney IRT- Sls + Torpedo Captor X + Apollo Twin Duo

Tempo : 107 bpm

Time Signature : 12/8

Chord progression

|| D#5 | % B5 C#5 | 2x

| D#5 | % B5 F#/A# C#/F# |

| D#5 | % B5 F#/A# F#/C# A#/D |

| D#5 B5 A#5 B5 | D#5 B5 A#5 |

| D#5 F#5 | G#5 F#5 G#5 A#5 |

| D#5 | % B5 C#5 | 2x

| D#5 | % B5/F# D5/A |

| D#5 | % B5/F# D5/A |

| D#5 ||



Key signature : D#m


Techniques used :

- Hammer On/Pull Off
- Slide
- Legato
- Alternate Picking


Have fun and stay tuned for the next lesson! ;)


(All the following positions are to be played like on a standard tuning guitar, but they sound all half step down)








D#m




D#m Maj7




D#m/F#




D#madd9/F#