The reverse gallop rhythm is quite common in death metal guitar playing. This etude can help you work on your reverse gallop picking chops. In the video demonstration the tuning is in B standard. You are welcome to play this in any tuning you want! Here are the tabs:
Here is the drum track used (you can download this and change the tempo to suit your current skill level)
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This single notes guitar picking pattern uses a gallop and then reverse gallop rhythm while going up and down the 3 notes per string A minor scale shape.
Here is the Guitar Pro 6 tab for this lesson:
This guitar picking pattern uses a gallop rhythm in the first two bars, and a reverse gallop in the last two bars. Instead of using 16th notes and 8th notes for the rhythm, this picking pattern uses 8th notes and quarter notes.
The count for this 1-2n3-4n|1-2n3-4n|1n2-3n4-|1n2-3n4-
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This metal guitar rhythm etude is in the key of E minor. There's a mix of gallop, reverse gallop, and straight 8th note rhythms with palm-mute accents.
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The first two bars are a gallop rhythm, and the last two bars are a reverse gallop. Usually, these rhythm are done with 16th and 8th notes, but for this exercise, we're using 8th and quarter notes.
The count for this is 1-2n3-4n|1-2n3-4n|1n2-3n4-|1n2-3n4-
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This 3/4 time signature guitar rhythm has some gallops and reverse gallop rhythms in the first three bars that also utilize palm-mute accents, and the fourth bar has you playing a different chord every 8th note.
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This guitar exercise uses a reverse gallop rhythm (two 16ths and one 8th note) and moves up one string with each new beat. Huge string skip to start each new bar as you go from the high E down to the low E string.
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This guitar exercise uses a reverse gallop rhythm (two 16th notes and one 8th note). You change strings with each new beat, and palm-mute everything.
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This guitar exercise uses a reverse gallop rhythm (two 16th notes and an 8th note), all 16th notes are palm-muted and played on the low E string, the 8th notes are not muted and played on the A string, and you climb up through the key of Fm a full octave.
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This was given to a student to test their ability to switch between gallop and reverse gallops on various beats.
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