"Don't Fear the Reaper"

Blue Öyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper” is so much more than just cowbell! Today, we’ll learn the unmistakable guitar part to this classic rock staple. We’ll take you through the whole progression from riff to solo, and work on arpeggiated and syncopated picking.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to:

• Play A5, G, Fsus2add6, F5, G5, A5, E5, Fm and G7 chords
• Use Palm muting
• Use arpeggiated picking
• Syncopate your picking