Avenged Sevenfold - A Little Piece of Heaven - Guitar Tab

About A Little Piece of Heaven

At 60 BPM in Drop D and F minor, "A Little Piece of Heaven" sits at a deceptively relaxed tempo that pulls you into a sprawling, theatrical arrangement. Avenged Sevenfold wrote this as a genuine genre-blending oddity within their catalog, and the guitar parts reflect that: expect clean waltz-feel passages, sudden heavy riff sections leaning on that dropped low D string, and transitions that shift tone completely from section to section. The real challenge is not raw speed but rather keeping up with the song's structural complexity and knowing where you are at any given moment. The Drop D tuning makes the heavier chord voicings straightforward with one-finger power chords, but the lighter orchestral sections demand clean picking and careful dynamics. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop individual sections slowed down, because the transitions between soft and heavy are where most players lose their footing. Heavy Metal technique meets theatrical arrangement here, so treat this more like learning a suite than a single riff.

• The Drop D tuning lets you hammer out one-finger power chords on the low string for the heavier riff sections, keeping the left hand free for embellishments.
• The song's constant shifts between clean, delicate passages and full heavy sections demand precise volume and tone control from the guitarist.
• At 60 BPM the tempo is slow, but the irregular structure across a very long runtime makes navigating the arrangement the central practice challenge.