'galloping' rythms

[Sune]

Yeah, you know, if you listen to like Iron Maiden, they have these galloping rythms in their songs, my question is just, how can I learn to play them?

Sorry for the stupid question.. I haven't tried it yet, I just wanted to see if anyone could explain it to me, since I am borrowing 2 Iron Maiden guitarbooks from the library. :dance:

 

[john5959]

Re: 'galloping' rythms

A gallop rythm (if played for example on the low E string) is just a down stroke followed by a quick down-up followed by a down -- da dada da. In the case of Iron Maiden, metallica etc... the string is generally palm muted.

hope this helped

 

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: 'galloping' rythms

You guys can get books from your library like that? holy crap, (then again, i havent been to my public library in years)

 

[Sune]

Re: 'galloping' rythms

Yeah man, I have a book based on Tony Iommi's playing in Black Sabbath, and next is the Iron Maiden books, but I know you can also get Metallica, Slayer, and many others. You can also borrow albums.

 

[Sune]

Re: 'galloping' rythms

A gallop rythm (if played for example on the low E string) is just a down stroke followed by a quick down-up followed by a down -- da dada da. In the case of Iron Maiden, metallica etc... the string is generally palm muted.

hope this helped

Thanks man, you explained it simply so I could understand it easily.

 

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: 'galloping' rythms

Holy ****, do those books contain full transcriptions too??

damn, i beter check my library.

 

[Sune]

Re: 'galloping' rythms

Well, I haven't looked in them all, but for the most part they are pretty detailed actually.

 

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: 'galloping' rythms

Damn, I gotta check out my library.

 

[Erlend_G]

Re: 'galloping' rythms

Damn, Denmark gets all the good stuff!

 

[Sune]

Re: 'galloping' rythms

Hahaha, yeah, we have most of the pretty girls too :laugh2:

 

[Rotten Guitar String]

Re: 'galloping' rythms

A gallop rythm (if played for example on the low E string) is just a down stroke followed by a quick down-up followed by a down -- da dada da.

Well it's not always that exact pattern. It could be anything like:

White: Downstroke
Red: Upstroke

da dadada da da da dadadada (from Disposable Heroes)

da dadadada da dadadada da (from the Four Horsemen)

They just sound like a horse galloping