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Problems with hail to the king intro

14barnesc

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If I remember correctly, the intro involves playing a pull-off then picking the same note again, which is tricky and a little difficult to get sounding authentic. Best tip is play slowly to a metronome and then pick up speed by increasing the metronome tempo. I know that’s the “basic and boring” tip, but it works. I’d recommend finding YouTube videos to visualize the playing as well.
 
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iridecently

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    Slow it down to the point where you can play it (whether that be 90% or 70%) and slowly work your way up in speed. It's better to take it slow rather than try to brute force your way through and get sloppy. Also it might be helpful to focus on whatever section you struggle with most and apply the same tactic to that.
     
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    k.robert

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    Hello there, this is how I play it, I hope it helps

    As for the picking pattern this is the most efficient for me: Sweep motion and pull offs ... only the last 2 notes of the bar I alternate pick when I come up and then down again.

    So down pick 12 - pull off to 0 - down pick 12 on B string - down pick 14 in E string - pull off to 0 ... and repeat.

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    The same picking pattern on the tail:

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    As the speed goes, after you are comfortable to play it slow and clean, just increase the bpm on the metronome and it will come eventually.

    also here is Jak's lesson on it :

     
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