call and response power riff — A New

Level 4 metal ~120 BPM

A call-and-response power chord riff on A: a first phrase that reaches for a more distant chord (E5-D5), followed by a shorter second phrase that closes back on the root.

Tips

Once both phrases feel secure on their own, play them back to back with no pause or slowdown: it's that unbroken question-and-response flow that makes the riff work.

Chord progression — A

Transpose to:

Bar 1 A5 i

Bar 2 A5 i

Bar 3 E5 v

Bar 4 D5 iv

Bar 5 A5 i

Bar 6 A5 i

Bar 7 D5 iv

Bar 8 A5 i

Chords

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