Kai Muehlenbruch - Three is a Charm
 Hello Folks! In this Lesson number "3" is the thing! Not only there is a german saying: "Aller guten Dinge sind drei" (three is a charm) and it is my 3rd lesson, NO!!! This is also to be played over a tripletbeat!
I just love to use triplets/6-tuplets and so on, and here you are one way, how to have some fun also, while practising them.
This time its just you, your guitar and the playalong. No second Rythmguitar, but a programed bass. You might notice, harmonies or second voices will be played by a violin/bagpipe sample from the Keyboard I arranged and played for you. You will have to master a 183BPM timesignature, but don´t you worry. Therefore I prepared "3" playalongs.
The whole thing is divided into 7 pieces. Note, that 1 and 7 are the same except one note in the end.
Thanks for your attention!
Have fun mates,
Kai
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Part 1 and 7.
This is like a bit like the "maintheme" I find. You might recognize it moves through the little composition I did here. Repeating parts of it here and there. The stops and palmmutings might become a bit tricky. What we do in that run, by adding little "sweeps" (in this example on the g and e string; within one motion / upstroke) when changing the strings, is called "economy picking", by the way.
Once again practise slowly, and a metronome can be useful to count the beat ;) |
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Part 2
This is the Finntrollpart, because of it sounds a bit like a moving troll or so.Actually, a quite fast moving troll perhaps. Well, I put a lot of force into the downstrokes each time I hit the low E and the powerchords with low 5th, even though they are mutet. This is how it becomes quite a brutal sounding riff, but on the same hand quite funny,I think. If you take away the playback the riff is quite heavy...don´t you think?
In the ending theres a quite far stretch between the 5th and the 9th fret on the d string. So before you get into this make sure you can do that without craping. |
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Part 3
This looks quite easy and familar right? But still I find, if you are into metal, there is a couple ot things that are ment to be practised over and over again. The chordprogression behind this is not that hard to understand, but since this is another Rythmlesson, I think mastering this kind of singlenote lines with stops is sometimes hard enough to get done perfectly.
Each time you play a powerchord, you don´t let it ring out. You have to use your right hand to palmmute over and over again, before the next triplets appear. |
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Part 4
Palmmuted all the way. Each time a phrase is completed I let my right hand rest for a little so the other strings get damped also.
I just loved this rythm. So I felt like just changing it like this in the second half of what we could call the chorus of the composition.
There is a couple of cool metal bands out there doing similar stuff. One besides others coming straight to my mind is Iced Earth. So if you are into those riffs, this here might be helpfull. |
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Part 5
Here we have some pulloffs right in the beging. Same rules as in the other riffs, each time the triplets stop the right hand rests on the strings. But also like Part in 2, each time we play the low E we add a certain punch into it. |
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Part 6
Every low E is downstroke action. With our special punch. Now if you play the hammerings, try to find a way how to hit the note with the right hand that is comfortable to you. I change from time to time. Sometimes I just can´t decide if I wanna do up or downstroke. What I want to say is, you don´t have to do it like me exactly, but keep in mind you do a pinch-harmonic before you play those pull-off´s and try to get the notes out all in the exact same way.
Also before you repeat the riff, you are playing open strings for a short time. I find that quite hard on the lower strings, since I don´t use regular strings. Also this is, what you might need to practise if you want to play Death/Blackmetal stuff.
The second time you end a phrase, it becomes the octave of the maintheme again, and then we move into Part 7 which ends with a g note (12. fret on the g- string), we add some vibrato and slide downward on the g string.
I leave it up to you how long you want to hold the last note ;) |
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Muris Varajic |
18th September 2007 |
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Huh,this piece kicks deep and hard,love it!!
Great job Kai!
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ZakkWylde |
18th September 2007 |
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Gut gemacht! Very melodic stuff
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Juan M. Valero |
18th September 2007 |
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Great and melodic work, I can stop singing the melody !!!! 
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Sunslayer |
18th September 2007 |
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i just thougt "wow, kai made a new lesson... this must be great stuff again!"
and yeah... i was right
mit anderen worten: hasse foooin gemacht^^ wie immer.  |
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Gen |
18th September 2007 |
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Awesome lesson man!
Ich mag viel den kuchen!
(only thing i know, sorry)  |
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Kai Muehlenbruch |
18th September 2007 |
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:D:D
what exactly is going on here!??! suddenly all the guys are from GERMANY huh?! but i am the only STUPID GERMAN FACE
no seriously THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE KIND WORDS! glad you appreciate it
DANKESCHÖN IHR LIEBEN
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IDontWantThisUsername |
18th September 2007 |
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Nice! I'll learn this right away =D
Ich ben eine kartoffelknüdel XP. (Did I write that right?)
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Kai Muehlenbruch |
18th September 2007 |
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Ah and guys!!! IMPORTANT:
If someone uses the line6 pod xt and wants to have the amp sound I use in the lesson, just pm me i´ll send it to you then
CHEERIO! |
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shredmandan |
19th September 2007 |
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Nice lesson Kai ! What type of guitar are you using?
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jammer91 |
19th September 2007 |
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Best lesson youve come up with...
7 is a magic number (so cant wait for the 7th).
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Eat-Sleep-andJam |
19th September 2007 |
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Große Arbeit Kai, He schaut seinen großen deutschen Pickel ist gegangen, dont wird getäuscht ich dont spricht deutsch Im an, der nur einen käsigen Übersetzer benutzt
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Kai Muehlenbruch |
18th September 2007 |
Instructor
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Ok people!!!
Thanks to Pavel, you could download the sound I used in this lesson HERE:
http://pavel910.homeftp.net/
username: GMC
password : student
Cheers,
Kai |
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Smikey2006 |
19th September 2007 |
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Awssome lession m/
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Ayen |
19th September 2007 |
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Wow, I can't wait to get my guitar out and learn this. Awesome lesson Kai!
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Davidian |
18th September 2007 |
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That's was awesome! We want more, we want more!
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Dansol |
18th September 2007 |
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That riff is stupidly addictive, Awesome lesson !!
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Nick325 |
19th September 2007 |
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sick
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The Uncreator |
19th September 2007 |
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Superior Riffage And Amazing Melodies!
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Dexxter |
18th September 2007 |
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Awesome!
Part 3 with the backing reminds me of Zelda |
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Dexxter |
18th September 2007 |
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sorry i mean part 4
sorry for double post
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Xranthoius |
19th September 2007 |
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sweet really kewl!!
Also, sounds like you are using a harmonizer? O.o |
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SLASH91 |
19th September 2007 |
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Wow, great riffs man. What kind of guitar is that?
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crabman |
19th September 2007 |
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Very Nice.
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jammer91 |
20th September 2007 |
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Backing sounds like Zelda
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edguy |
22nd September 2007 |
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Jaja die deutschen Metal heads.
Nice lesson Kai very great stuff. Where do you come from exactly?
Edguy
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Nick325 |
26th September 2007 |
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hey kai i actually got a cold a couple days after the lesson seriously so dont shoot a video when ur sick or ill get sick hehehe |
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krudtaa |
7th October 2007 |
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cool stuff.thank you.
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MkC |
11th October 2007 |
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Dickes Ding Kai ;D
Amazing!
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Aviv Levi |
22nd October 2007 |
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Dude, I LOOOOOVEEE your style!
Finally, someone who talks and spices up the lessons!
good job m8
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jonasrolf |
10th November 2007 |
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Sau Geil
Ich liebe deine lessons |
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RIP Dime |
21st February 2008 |
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THREEEE!!! Love the sound of this song! Looking foreward to more of you lessons man!
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Alec A |
26th February 2008 |
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Love the lesson man! keep up the good work!
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Pitch_Black |
29th February 2008 |
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Three is a charm indeed!!!
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Carlos Carrillo |
10th May 2008 |
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very nice lesson!!!
excellent  |
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Hisham Al-Sanea |
11th May 2008 |
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good job
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