Phrygian Ironworks

A free metal practice piece for electric guitar, level 5 (advanced). Written for TabFollower, where the tab scrolls over a live band that hears what you play.

KeyE minor

Tempo168 bpm

Meter4/4

Length108 bars · 2:34

Strings1–6

Frets0–15

Lead notes511

What you practise

Phrygian Ironworks 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 metal feel. Techniques drawn on the tab: 105 palm muting, 102 vibrato, 40 pull-offs, 22 hammer-ons, 8 bends, 2 slides. The band plays 4 beats to the bar at 168 bpm; in the app you can take it down to 42 bpm and let it wait for you in Practice mode, or switch off the clock entirely in Step mode.

Structure

Section	Length	Chords
Intro Stops	4 bars	E5 · F5 · E5
Riff A	16 bars	E5 · F5 · E5 · G5 · F5 · E5 · F5 · E5 · A5 · G5 · F5 · E5
Riff B	16 bars	Em · C5 · B5 · Em · C5 · B5 · Am · F5 · E5 · C5 · D5 · B5 · E5
Breakdown	12 bars	E5 · F5 · E5 · D5 · C5 · B5 · E5
Bridge	16 bars	Am · G5 · F5 · Am · G5 · E5 · C5 · D5 · E5 · F5 · B5 · E5
Verse Riff	16 bars	E5 · F5 · E5 · G5 · F5 · E5 · F5 · E5 · D5 · C5 · B5 · E5
Pre-Climax	12 bars	Em · C5 · B5 · Em · C5 · B5 · Am · G5 · F5 · E5
Climax	16 bars	Em · C5 · G5 · D5 · Em · C5 · B5 · E5 · Am · F5 · C5 · G5 · Em · F5 · B5 · E5

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 108-bar tab, the band and the scoring are in the app.

   E5                                               E5                                               F5                                               E5                                              
   pm    pm    pm    pm                             pm    pm    pm    pm    pm    ~                                          ~                        pm          pm          pm          ~           
e|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------0-----2-----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------2-----------------------|------------------------------------------------|0-----3-----2-----------------------------------|------------------------------0-----------------|
E|0-----3-----1-----0-----------------0-----------|0-----0-----5-----3-----1-----0-----------------|------------------------------------------------|0-----------1-----------3-----------0-----------|

Play Phrygian Ironworks 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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More free metal songs: Iron Dawn (level 1) · Iron Phrygian (level 2) · Phrygian Iron (level 3) · Ashfall Ritual (level 4). All 30 free songs.