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Helloween - Your Turn - Guitar Solo Tab

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Pink Bubbles Go Ape (Expanded Edition) album cover
Pink Bubbles Go Ape (Expanded Edition)
2006 5:39

About Your Turn


From the "Pink Bubbles Go Ape" era of Helloween, "Your Turn" sits in that slightly melodic, mid-paced corner of Heavy Metal that rewards clean picking discipline as much as raw aggression. Running at 120 BPM in E Standard tuning, the tempo is approachable but still demands consistent right-hand control, especially if you want the riffing to feel tight rather than sluggish. The challenge here is locking in the rhythmic groove while keeping palm mutes defined and releases crisp. Helloween's guitar work generally rewards players who pay attention to articulation, and this track is no different. If there are transitional riff passages or lead fills giving you trouble, use the Practice Toolbar to loop those sections slowed down until the muscle memory is solid. Getting the picking attack consistent across both the chunky rhythm work and any melodic runs is the real goal to aim for before bringing it back up to full tempo.

  • Played in E Standard tuning at 120 BPM, the track sits at a manageable tempo that still demands precise palm muting and clean right-hand picking throughout.
  • Helloween's twin-guitar approach means rhythm parts often layer power chords with melodic accents, so watch for those detail notes inside the chord shapes.
  • Practise transitional riff passages with the Practice Toolbar looped and slowed to build consistent picking attack before pushing back to full speed.

How to Play Your Turn

The song moves through: Intro, Full speed, 75 % speed.

Tuning: E Standard · Tempo: 120 BPM

Use the section loop to isolate a passage, drop the speed below 100%, and set the metronome to 120 BPM to build it up to tempo.

Fender Stratocaster
Guitar

Fender Stratocaster

While Helloween primarily used Gibson SGs and Ibanez models, the Stratocaster's single-cutaway versatility and humbucker pairing offered similar sustain and upper-fret accessibility needed for their dual-guitar harmonies. The instrument's reliability and articulate pickup response aligned with the band's philosophy of letting tube amp tone and technique drive their signature power metal sound.

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