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PERFORMANCE NOTES

“VICTIM OF CHANGES”

Judas Priest

sound you hear in many of the riffs throughout “Victim of Changes” is largely the result of the guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing punctuating certain notes and chords with precisely timed . Indicated throughout the tablature by the abbreviation “P.M.,” the technique involves resting the fleshy, outer edge of your palm against the strings (primarily the low E, A and D) as you pick or strum them, with the hand positioned just forward, and slightly in contact with the guitar’s bridge saddles. If your guitar has a floating, Floyd Rose-style tremolo bridge,

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