Tabs
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Tosin Abasi's first etude for his 'selective picking' technique, uploaded on YouTube.
\ \ \ \ \ \
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-12-12-12------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------9h10----------------9h13-13-13----9h10-| x2
A augmentedA|-----------------------------10--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------12-12-12-----------------------|
\ \ \ \ \ \
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-11-11-11------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------7h9-----------------7h10-10-10----7h9--| x2
A augmentedA|-----------------------------9---------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------10-10-10-----------------------|
\ \ \ \ \ \
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-9--9--9-------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------5h7-----------------5h9--9--9-----5h7--| x2
A augmentedA|----------------------------7----------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------8--8--8------------------------|
\ \ \ \ \ \
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-8--8--8-------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------4h5-------------------4h7-7-7-----4h5--| x2
A augmentedA|-------------------------------6-------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------7--7--7------------------------|
Everything is hammer-ons except for the notes with a \ above it; Simple 2/3/2 pattern which is extremely
similar to his 'thumping' technique. Fairly easy once you get the speed down 150 bpm:.
The chords are: E MajorE minor, D7, C majorC major, and BB minor