Stay Heavy

Hay This is Tony from American Arrogance ive Been playing guitar for over 15 years and i figured id share some knowledge with the world im not really going to put songs up there just sum simple guitar tricks to keep a heavy sound i tune 1-1/2 step down then go to drop tuning drop B if u will i used this sort of a thing in a song called baptized by whiskey www.myspace.com/americanarrogance


-G#-------------------------------------
E------------------7--------------------
B------7-----7-------7---------7------7------3-----5-------2
F#---5-----5-----------5-----5------5------3-----5------2--
B--0-----6-----------------6------0------3-----5-----2--

Simple Domination This is a trick ive usesd in many songs such as Raise Bottles ,Nothing Left, Trail of Deacay as always 1-1/2 step down then droped to b


B--1--0----0-0----1--0----0-0--ECT----- Now try it with sum hammer
F#-1--0----0-0----1--0----0-0--------- ons and pulloffs a very simple
B--1--0----0-0----1--0----0-0--------- but powerful sound

Simplicitee i like simple riffs because of the crushing sound eventually ill get into sumore difficult stuff here is aprogresion heard in alot of Black Label Society that i use in my own personal writing to in songs such as raise bottles and Psycoma
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b---0--3--0---6--5----------------------
F#-0--3--0---6--5-----------------------
b --0--3--0---6--5---------------

simple chromatics puting note or chords in sucession is an easy way to get a heavy sound i used this sort of thing in cannibal jesus psycoma and killer bottle

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------2--1--3----2--1--3------------------- Now try different
-----2--1--3----2--1--3----------------- variations of those
b ----2--1--3----2--1--3---------------- 3 Notes as apit breaks loose

Droped full chord formation an easy habbit to get into when drop tuning is to forget there is 3 more strings on the guitar here is a chord form to help open doors back up to the rest of the guitar this chord is moveable anywhere on the guitar as a bar chord to
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0 3 5
3 6 8
2 5 7
0 3 5
0 3 5
0 3 5

C/
G/------10-8-7-------8-7-5-------5---7-------7---8
C/8-8-8--------7-7-7-------0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0--


C/
G/------10-8-7-------8-7-5-------5---7-------/10-8
C/8-8-8--------7-7-7-------0-0-0---0---0-0-0-----