Dissection - Feathers Fell - Guitar Tab

About Feathers Fell

"Feathers Fell" by Dissection pulls you straight into the melodic darkness that defines their approach to Black Metal. The song sits in E minor, which suits the cold, descending riff work that Dissection built their reputation on. Expect interlocking guitar lines that shift between tremolo-picked melody and heavier, chord-driven passages, demanding clean picking-hand control at speed. The challenge is keeping those melodic lines articulate rather than letting them blur into noise, especially when the tempo pushes. Getting the transitions between the tremolo sections and the rhythmic riff breaks tight takes real repetition. Use the Practice Toolbar to isolate those transitions and loop them slowed down until the pick attack feels consistent. The layered, harmony-driven character of the writing also means ear training pays off here: learning to hear each voice separately will tell you exactly where your playing is clean and where it needs work.

• The song is in E minor, making standard tuning viable, though Dissection often favoured downtuned or drop configurations on heavier tracks.
• Tremolo picking is central to the melodic riff work, so practising even pick strokes at slow tempos before building speed is essential.
• The twin-guitar layering in Dissection's arrangements means learning both the lead melody and the underlying rhythm part gives the fullest picture of the song.