Technique Rules! - August 2001
Hello!
I thought that after quite a few basic exercises I’ve given you
until now, this time it would be a good idea to get you through one of
my whole compositions. The name of the chosen song is “Sky Rider”
and it’s the opening track of my “Borislav Mitic” debut album for
Shrapnel (1999).
The intro of the song is featuring multi-tracked guitars playing
harmonies. After that it develops further (a main theme - “Verse”
modulating to - “Chorus” section) utilizing chromatics and arpeggios
in a somewhat melodic way. The playing techniques used are alternate
picking and some sweep picking (which I all explained before)… but it’s
not too fast. The only really “fast part” is the guitar solo which I
suggest you take down slowly section by section because it has some
quite “challenging parts”. After the solo (and the post-solo
arpeggio break) the main theme repeats again to finish off with
harmonized guitar ”outro”.
I think that this whole song is a good “technical exercise” by
itself plus it can give you an insight into my approach of constructing
a “Neoclassical” type of electric guitar piece. So check out the
transcription, listen to the MP3 and…
Have fun!
Borislav Mitic
borislav@metal-rules.com
PS: I would like to thank Dennis C. for the transcription effort…
