More Alexi Laiho Guitar Video Lessons

I have had a lot of hits on the Alexi Laiho video lessons that I posted a while back and I came across a few more that I thought might be helpful for those aspiring shredders. I like these videos because Alexi shows off some of his best riffs. I really am amazed by his ability to write really unique sounding songs.

In this video there are 5 examples played at both normal speed and slow speed for learning. I have also included a Guitar Pro 5 tab file below that includes all of the riffs demonstrated. Here are the riffs that Alexi teaches us in this video:

• Ex-1 is the riff that starts at 1:03 on Are You Dead Yet’s first track Living Dead Beat.
• Ex-2 shows the intro riff that starts at 0:48 from that same song.
• Ex-3 shows the intro and chorus from Downfall.
• Ex-4 shows the intro to Are You Dead Yet?
• Ex-5 shows the riff that starts at 0:42 in the song In Your Face.

When I was watching this video and looking at some Guitar Pro tabs I realized that although the tabs are very close to the way Alexi plays the songs, they were not exact. For example, I found several differences where the tab shows you to play a riff on the 7th frett, but Alexi plays it on the open strings. The notes are the same, but the open strings give a much heavier sound to the riffs. I think this is part of what makes Alexi’s sound so unique. Here is an example of where I found a difference.

In the 5th example, all of the tabs that I found for In Your Face were tabbed like this:

E||-----------------------|------------------------|
B||-----------------------|------------------------|
G||-----------------------|------------------------|
D||-----------------------|------------------------|
A||-----------------------|------------------------|
E||--6----3----5----0~----|--6----3----6--6--0--0--|

-----------------------|-----------------------------||
-----------------------|-----------------------------||
-----------------------|----------------------8--11--||
-----------------------|---------------7--10---------||
-----------------------|---------6--9----------------||
--6----3----5----2~----|--7--10----------------------||

But when you watch the lesson with Alexi he clearly plays the last bar in a position that is lower on the neck like this:

|--------------------------||
|--------------------4--7--||
|--------------2--5--------||
|--------1--4--------------||
|--0--3--------------------||
|--------------------------||

I just think it is something to keep in mind when learning or writing metal music. If you want it to sound heavier, try and play the same notes on lower frets.

Here is a Guitar Pro 5 tab file that includes all of the riffs as Alexi plays them in the above video.

Also, check out these other Alexi Laiho Lessons:
Alexi Laiho Guitar Lessons and Instructional Videos

Posted Sunday, March 4th, 2007 at 12:11 pm under Guitar Lessons.

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