PALMMUTE
SONGWRITING ENGINE

SONG GENERATOR

CHORD PATTERNS ONLY · NO TABS STORED
Key
Feel
01

Intro

Intro, key of A: octave riff, let ring. 4 bars: A5, A5, D5, D5. A5: A on the A string, open, and A on the G string, 2nd fret. D5: D on the A string, 5th fret, and D on the G string, 7th fret.

4 bars · Octave riff
Frets open–7
02

Verse

Verse, key of A: palm-muted chugs, palm-muted. 4 bars, played 2 times: A5, A5, E5, E5. A5: A on the A string, open, and E on the D string, 2nd fret. E5: E on the low E string, open, and B on the A string, 2nd fret.

8 bars · Palm-muted chugs
Frets open–2 · ×2
Locked in A
03

Chorus

Chorus, key of A: let-ring eighths with pushes, let ring. 4 bars: A5, E5, F#5, D5. A5: A on the low E string, 5th fret, E on the A string, 7th fret, and A on the D string, 7th fret. E5: E on the A string, 7th fret, B on the D string, 9th fret, and E on the G string, 9th fret. F#5: F# on the A string, 9th fret, C# on the D string, 11th fret, and F# on the G string, 11th fret. D5: D on the A string, 5th fret, A on the D string, 7th fret, and D on the G string, 7th fret.

Chords: I-V-vi-IV
4 bars · Let-ring eighths with pushes
Frets 5–11
04

Solo

Lead solo in A, Classic, 8 bars over I-V-vi-IV. Bar 1, A: C# on the G string, 6th fret, held with vibrato; C# on the G string, 6th fret, held with vibrato; E on the B string, 5th fret; B on the G string, 4th fret; C# on the G string, 6th fret, held with vibrato. Bar 2, E: E on the B string, 5th fret, held with vibrato; E on the B string, 5th fret; F# on the B string, 7th fret, hammer-on; E on the B string, 5th fret, held with vibrato. Bar 3, F#m: A on the B string, 10th fret, slide; F# on the G string, 11th fret; E on the G string, 9th fret, bent up to F#, held with vibrato; A on the B string, 10th fret; E on the G string, 9th fret; F# on the G string, 11th fret, held with vibrato. Bar 4, D: A on the B string, 10th fret, held with vibrato; A on the B string, 10th fret; B on the B string, 12th fret, hammer-on; E on the G string, 9th fret, bent up to F#, held with vibrato; A on the B string, 10th fret, held with vibrato. Bar 5, A: C# on the B string, 14th fret, slide; E on the high e string, 12th fret; C# on the B string, 14th fret; B on the B string, 12th fret, pull-off; A on the G string, 14th fret; B on the B string, 12th fret; C# on the B string, 14th fret, held with vibrato. Bar 6, E: E on the high e string, 12th fret; F# on the high e string, 14th fret, hammer-on; E on the high e string, 12th fret; C# on the B string, 14th fret; B on the B string, 12th fret; C# on the B string, 14th fret, hammer-on; E on the high e string, 12th fret; F# on the high e string, 14th fret, hammer-on. Bar 7, F#m: E on the high e string, 12th fret, held with vibrato; B on the B string, 12th fret, bent up to C#, held with vibrato. Bar 8, D: A on the G string, 14th fret; B on the B string, 12th fret; F# on the G string, 11th fret, held with vibrato; A on the G string, 14th fret, held with vibrato.

8 bars · Classic solo
Frets 4–14
05

Breakdown

Breakdown, key of A: heavy hits and a stop, let ring, with dead strums, ending on a stop. 4 bars: A5, A5, A5, A5. A5: A on the A string, open, and E on the D string, 2nd fret.

4 bars · Heavy hits and a stop
Frets open–2

POWER CHORDS

Best progressions · Key of A
Tap a row to use it for the Chorus.
I-V-vi-IV
Chorus
vi-IV-I-V
I-IV-V

RHYTHM LANE

Strums for I-V-vi-IV · Key of A
Pick a feel above to switch strums.
Straight 8ths
FAST PUNK
▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
All downstrokes, palm-muted.
Half-time chug
HALF-TIME
▼··▼··▼·
1e&a 2e&a
Heavy mute, wide spacing.
Syncopated skank
MID-TEMPO
·▲·▲·▲·▲
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Upstroke accents on the offbeat.