Imagine Dragons - Thunder - Guitar Cover

Evolve

2017 3:07

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About Thunder

At 120 BPM in C minor, "Thunder" sits in a comfortable tempo range, but the challenge is capturing the song's heavily processed, synth-driven feel on a real guitar. The parts are sparse and rhythmically precise, so every note you place needs to land exactly on the grid. Imagine Dragons lean hard on production texture here, which means a guitarist covering this needs to think carefully about tone and dynamics to fill that space convincingly. The central rhythmic figure rewards clean, controlled picking, and rushing even slightly will flatten the groove. If the syncopated accents are giving you trouble, pull that section into the Practice Toolbar and slow it down until the placement feels natural before bringing it back up to tempo. E Standard tuning keeps everything accessible, and the C minor tonality gives the chord work a dark, slightly tense quality that is worth leaning into. Working on the Pop Rock sense of restrained attack here will serve you well across a lot of modern material.

• The song sits in C minor in E Standard tuning, making it fully accessible without any retuning or capo work.
• At 120 BPM the tempo is moderate, but rhythmic precision matters greatly as the guitar parts are sparse and exposed.
• Focusing on clean, controlled picking attack is key to replicating the tight, production-forward feel of the guitar work.