Sia - Fire Meet Gasoline - Guitar Cover

1000 Forms Of Fear (Deluxe Version)

2015 4:01

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About Fire Meet Gasoline

At 128 BPM in C# minor, "Fire Meet Gasoline" sits in a tension-filled pocket that rewards a guitarist who can balance restraint with intensity. The song leans heavily on atmosphere, so your tone and dynamics matter as much as the notes themselves. In E Standard tuning, the C# minor tonality feels natural on guitar, and the challenge is less about technical fireworks and more about committing to the mood: clean, deliberate picking with careful control of your attack. The sparse, brooding quality of the arrangement means any sloppiness in timing or articulation sticks out immediately. If you are working on the chord voicings or any melodic lines that carry the song's weight, use the Practice Toolbar to loop those sections slowed down until the feel is locked in before bringing it back up to tempo. Sia writes within Pop structures, but this track has a dark, cinematic pull that pushes it well beyond a straightforward pop arrangement on guitar.

• In E Standard tuning, C# minor sits comfortably across the fretboard, making open-position and barre voicings both viable choices for this song.
• The track runs at 128 BPM, so maintaining a steady, controlled pick attack without rushing the brooding feel is the key technical challenge.
• The sparse arrangement leaves little room to hide, meaning clean fretting and consistent dynamics are more important here than speed or complexity.