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Demi Lovato - Heart Attack guitar cover video
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About Heart Attack

Few pop songs from 2013 hit as hard rhythmically as "Heart Attack" by Demi Lovato, and that punchy drive is exactly what makes it worth picking up on guitar. The song sits in A minor in standard tuning, with a tempo of 128 BPM that keeps things brisk without being frantic. The backbone is a tight, percussive chord rhythm where locking in the strumming pattern cleanly matters more than speed. The real challenge is keeping that driving Pop Rock energy consistent across the verse and the explosive pre-chorus build, where the dynamic shift demands controlled picking and a firm sense of timing. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop the pre-chorus transition slowed down until your picking hand stays steady through the swell. Getting comfortable with A minor-based chord shapes up the neck will also open up the fuller sound the song calls for.

  • The song is in A minor in E Standard tuning, so no retuning is needed and familiar minor-key chord shapes apply throughout.
  • At 128 BPM the strumming pattern must stay precise and even, making right-hand rhythm control the main technical focus for practice.
  • The dynamic build into the chorus rewards players who practise controlling pick attack, going from a restrained verse feel to a full, driving strum.

How to Play Heart Attack

Tuning: E Standard · Key: A minor · Tempo: 128 BPM

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 128 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Fender Stratocaster
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Fender Stratocaster

Lovato's touring band uses Stratocasters for cleaner songs like 'Nightingale' and 'Stone Cold,' where single-coil brightness and smooth tremolo effects create the glassy, open arpeggiated passages those ballads demand.

Fender Telecaster
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Fender Telecaster

The Telecaster provides crisp, articulate single-coil clarity for Lovato's stripped-down acoustic-influenced tracks, delivering the note definition needed for intimate vocal-driven arrangements without muddiness.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
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Gibson Les Paul Standard

This guitar handles the heavier, humbucker-driven tracks like 'Confident' and 'Heart Attack,' offering the thick, punchy midrange and sustain essential for palm-muted rock choruses in Lovato's touring sets.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
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Gibson Les Paul Custom

The Les Paul Custom appears alongside the Standard for Lovato's distorted material, providing medium-output Burstbucker Pro pickups that deliver enough punch for aggressive riffs while maintaining clarity and dynamic response.

PRS Custom 24
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PRS Custom 24

Lovato's touring guitarists rely on the PRS Custom 24 as their primary workhorse for heavier material, pairing its versatile 85/15 humbuckers with excellent coil-split capability for switching between rock crunch and cleaner tones within single songs.

Marshall JCM800
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Marshall JCM800

Studio and touring rigs profile the JCM800's legendary crunch tone for Lovato's rock tracks, delivering the aggressive, compressed midrange punch that defines the distorted layers in hits like 'Heart Attack' and 'Confident.'

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