ALTER BRIDGE

have retired already if it were not for the use of altered tunings,” Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti related to TG in November. Of course, he was talking, and how swapping your guitar’s tunings can be a source of creativity and inspiration. Lead single is a case in point. The drop-C (CGCFAD) tuned guitars provide a weighty bottom end, and, as it turns out, give you loads to learn in just one short riff. You’ll be switching between palm-muting, octave shapes, string bends, sliding position shifts, harmonics and more – all within four bars.