Glass Horizon
A free chill practice piece for electric guitar, level 5 (advanced). Written for TabFollower, where the tab scrolls over a live band that hears what you play.
What you practise
Glass Horizon keeps the lead on strings 1 to 6 (e to E), between fret 0 and fret 15, so it suits a advanced player working on chill feel. Techniques drawn on the tab: 44 vibrato, 29 palm muting, 25 pull-offs, 19 hammer-ons, 4 slides, 3 bends. The band plays 3 beats to the bar at 90 bpm; in the app you can take it down to 23 bpm and let it wait for you in Practice mode, or switch off the clock entirely in Step mode.
Structure
| Section | Length | Chords |
|---|---|---|
| Intro | 4 bars | Dmaj7 · Gmaj7 · Bm7 · Aadd9 |
| Opening | 12 bars | D · Bm7 · Gmaj7 · A · D · Bm7 · Em7 · Aadd9 · Gmaj7 · D/F# · Em7 · A |
| Drift | 12 bars | Gmaj7 · A · F#m7 · Bm7 · Gmaj7 · A · D · Dsus2 · Em7 · A · Bm7 · Aadd9 |
| Bridge | 12 bars | Bm7 · Gmaj7 · Dmaj7 · Aadd9 · Bm7 · Gmaj7 · Em7 · A7 · F#m7 · Bm7 · Em7 · Aadd9 |
| Rise | 12 bars | D · Dsus2 · Gmaj7 · Aadd9 · Bm7 · F#m7 · Gmaj7 · A · D · Gmaj7 · Em7 · A |
| Glow | 12 bars | Dmaj7 · Bm7 · Gmaj7 · Aadd9 · F#m7 · Bm7 · Em7 · A · Gmaj7 · D/F# · Em7 · Asus4 |
| Climax | 8 bars | D · G · Bm7 · A · G · A · Bm7 · Aadd9 |
| Fade | 4 bars | Dmaj7 · Gmaj7 · Aadd9 · D |
Tab excerpt: bars 5 to 8
One column per sixteenth note. Chord names on the top line; h hammer-on, p pull-off, s slide, ~ vibrato, pm palm mute, and a b after a fret marks a bend. The full 76-bar tab, the band and the scoring are in the app.
D Bm7 Gmaj7 A
~ p ~ h h ~
e|------------------5-----------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------7-----|9-----------------------5-----------|
B|7-----------------------------------|7-----5-----------------------------|------------7-----8-----------------|------------------10----------------|
G|------------------------------------|------------6-----4-----------------|4-----6-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Play Glass Horizon with the band. TabFollower is a free iPad app for electric guitar: scrolling tab, a live backing band, and it hears every note you play through your iRig.
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