Burzum - Det Som Engang Var - Guitar Tab

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About Det Som Engang Var

Few Black Metal tracks demand the kind of patient, textural guitar work that "Det Som Engang Var" does. Running at 120 BPM in D minor with the whole guitar dropped down to Eb Standard, the piece leans heavily on tremolo picking sustained over long, hypnotic passages. The tuning gives the low strings a slightly looser, darker feel that suits the cold atmosphere, so make sure your intonation is solid before you start. The real challenge here is not raw speed but consistency: keeping tremolo even and controlled across several minutes without the picking hand tensing up. Burzum layers these repetitive figures so that small shifts in chord voicing carry enormous weight, meaning even a slight timing slip breaks the trance. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop individual passages slowed down until the pick attack is uniform, then gradually bring the tempo back up. Dynamics matter as much as technique on this one.

• Played in Eb Standard tuning, which drops every string a half step and gives the riffs a noticeably darker, heavier resonance.
• Sustained tremolo picking over slow harmonic changes is the core technique, requiring a relaxed and consistent picking hand across long sections.
• Looping shorter phrases slowed down in the Practice Toolbar is especially useful here, as the repetition makes small inconsistencies very audible.