Metal in D — strumming pattern
This grid is the entry version of one of the catalogue's three three-chord power-chord families (along with E and G) where the tonic comes back 5 times across 8 beats: a real rhythmic skeleton worth spotting from this level onward, before syncopation or muting get added in the more advanced versions.
Tips
Count the 8 beats while spotting the 5 D5s from this entry level onward: this landmark will also help on this grid's more advanced versions.
Play each chord for several beats before moving to the next, and only speed up once the sequence is clean.
Compare with the catalogue's A grid: it doesn't follow this same skeleton, its tonic only comes back 4 times in a mirror pattern.
Chord progression — D
Bar 1
D5
Bar 2
D5
Bar 3
G5
Bar 4
D5
Bar 5
A5
Bar 6
A5
Bar 7
D5
Bar 8
D5
Chords
Related sheets
- Improvisation — metal in F (Level 2)
- Call and response riff — G minor (Level 2)
- gallop pedal power riff — C (Level 2)