Helloween - I'm Alive - Guitar Solo Tab

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2016 3:23

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About I'm Alive

Heavy metal rhythm work sits at the heart of "I'm Alive," and getting it tight at 120 BPM in E minor rewards the effort you put into palm muting and pick attack. Helloween built their sound on crisp, aggressive rhythm playing paired with melodic lead lines, and this track is a solid entry point into that style. E Standard tuning keeps everything familiar, so the challenge is less about setup and more about keeping the chugging passages locked to the pulse without rushing. The lead sections will ask for clean position shifts in E minor, so mapping out those shapes on the neck before playing up to speed is worth your time. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop any phrase that feels uneven and slow it down until each note speaks cleanly. Heavy metal picking discipline, where every muted and unmuted note is deliberate, is exactly what this song will develop in you.

• The song sits in E minor with E Standard tuning, so no retuning is needed and minor pentatonic shapes transfer directly.
• At 120 BPM the rhythm parts are moderate in speed, but keeping palm mutes tight and consistent across the whole track is the real test.
• Melodic lead phrases over a driving rhythm bed are a Helloween trademark here, making this good practice for switching cleanly between rhythm and lead roles.