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The Weeknd - The Hills - Guitar Cover

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The Weeknd - The Hills guitar cover video
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The Weeknd Pop Rock F minor
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About The Hills

At 92 BPM in F minor, "The Hills" has a brooding, slow-burn feel that actually suits guitar very well. The track leans on a dark, repetitive melodic motif, so the real challenge for a guitarist is locking in that hypnotic groove without losing the tension. F minor sits in a position where barre chord shapes do a lot of the heavy lifting, and keeping those clean under a slow tempo is harder than it looks since every muffled note is exposed. The Weeknd built the song on atmosphere over complexity, which means your tone and dynamics matter as much as accuracy. If you are covering the song in a Pop Rock context, focus on sustain and controlled vibrato to capture that ominous quality. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop the main riff slowed down until the F minor fingering sits cleanly under your hand before bringing it back up to tempo.

  • The song centers on a dark, repeating melodic figure in F minor that rewards clean barre chord technique and careful left-hand muting.
  • At 92 BPM the tempo is slow enough to expose any sloppy fretting, so precise finger placement matters more than speed here.
  • Looping the core riff slowed down using the Practice Toolbar is the most efficient way to build consistency before playing at full tempo.

How to Play The Hills

Tuning: E Standard · Key: F minor · Tempo: 92 BPM

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 92 BPM to build it up to tempo.

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