Ashen Waltz
A free moody practice piece for electric guitar, level 4 (confident). Written for TabFollower, where the tab scrolls over a live band that hears what you play.
What you practise
Ashen Waltz keeps the lead on strings 1 to 5 (e to A), between fret 0 and fret 12, so it suits a confident player working on moody feel. Techniques drawn on the tab: 23 vibrato, 16 hammer-ons, 13 pull-offs, 10 slides, 2 bends. The band plays 3 beats to the bar at 78 bpm; in the app you can take it down to 20 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 | Am · Am7 · F · E7 |
| Theme A | 8 bars | Am7 · Dm7 · F · C · E7 · Am7 |
| Theme A2 | 8 bars | Am7 · Dm7 · G · C · F · E7 · Am |
| Bridge | 8 bars | F · C · G · Am7 · F · Dm7 · E7 |
| Rise | 8 bars | Am7 · G · F · C · Dm7 · Am7 · E7 · Am |
| Lament | 8 bars | Dm7 · Am7 · F · C · G · Dm7 · E7 · Am |
| Outro | 8 bars | Am7 · F · C · G · Dm7 · E7 · Am7 · Am |
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 52-bar tab, the band and the scoring are in the app.
Am7 Am7 Dm7 Dm7
h ~ p ~ ~ s ~
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------8-----------------10----------|
B|------------------------5-----------|------------8-----5-----------------|------------------6-----------------|10----------------------------------|
G|------------5-----7-----------------|------------------------5-----------|7-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|7-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Play Ashen Waltz 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.
Download on the App StoreMore free moody songs: Slow Rain (level 1) · Slow Ember (level 2) · Ashfall (level 3) · After Ashfall (level 5). All 30 free songs.