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Key ~E minor
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Classic Rock

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Europe Hard Rock ~E minor
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About Bring It Home

E minor sits at the heart of "Bring It Home," and that key suits the guitar naturally, keeping open strings available to reinforce the low end. The work here is in the feel: Europe play Hard Rock with a deliberate, muscular groove, and rushing the tempo is the first thing to watch for. Getting the right weight behind each chord change matters more than speed, so if a transition feels sloppy, use the Practice Toolbar to loop it slowed down until the movement is clean and automatic. Rhythm guitar in this style demands consistent pick attack and controlled palm muting, so focus on keeping both steady throughout the whole song, not just in the passages that feel difficult. Single-note lines in E minor can lean on the open low E as a pedal tone, which is a technique worth isolating section by section with the looping tool if you want to nail the phrasing.

  • Playing in E minor on a standard-tuned guitar lets you use open strings as natural resonant anchor points throughout the riffs.
  • Consistent palm muting and controlled pick attack are the core technique demands for the rhythm guitar parts in this song.
  • If chord transitions feel rushed, the Practice Toolbar's slow-down feature is the most direct way to build clean muscle memory.

How to Play Bring It Home

The song moves through: Intro & full speed, 75 % speed, Fast lick.

Tuning: E Standard · Key: E minor

Use the section loop to isolate a passage and drop the speed to build each section up to tempo.

Fender Stratocaster
Guitar

Fender Stratocaster

John Norum's Stratocasters blend single-coil clarity in the neck and middle with a bridge humbucker for aggressive leads, giving Europe's sound versatility between glassy rhythm tones and saturated solo work. This hybrid approach lets him switch textures without changing instruments, crucial for his dynamic playing style.

Gibson Les Paul Standard
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Standard

Norum's late '50s-style Les Paul Standards with PAF humbuckers deliver the warm, articulate foundation for Europe's classic hard rock tone, responding beautifully to his volume knob technique for clean rhythm passages before cranking for full saturation.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Custom

The Gibson Les Paul Custom, particularly his '68 goldtop, anchored Europe's early recordings with thick mahogany body resonance and vintage humbucker character that cuts through high-volume Marshall saturation while maintaining pick definition.

Marshall JCM800
Amp

Marshall JCM800

Norum's JCM800 head driven at high volume creates Europe's signature natural power-tube breakup without relying on gain stacking, letting his touch and dynamics shape the tone rather than pedal settings.

Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
Pedal

Dunlop Cry Baby Wah

The Cry Baby wah is Norum's most essential effect, featured prominently across Europe's solos for vocal-like expressive sweeps that showcase his legato technique and add character to lead passages.

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