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D minor84 bpm
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Chris Wolstenholme's Big Muff 16th-note machine. Constant D with neighbor tones (E, C). This is a stamina exercise — start at 60 BPM and add 2 BPM per session. Alternate fingers religiously, mute everything you're not playing.
HighG — D — A — ELowtop row is the highest-pitched string, like sheet music
Main riff — Dm 16th-note drive
1 bar| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| D | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| A | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| E | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
Play the phrase silently, along with the timer. When the bar fills and the first beat flashes, start the loop again. The goal is to feel the phrase — not to race.