• Song:

    Hall Of The Mountain King

  • Artist:

    Grieg, Edvard

Composer:     Edvard Grieg
Composition:  Hall of the Mountain King (Classical Piece, also known as Alton Towers Theme)
Tuning:       When I first figured this song out my guitar was in standard C# tuning, but you can use almost any kinda tuning you want so long as its a standard tuning.

There are a few riffs which you can play in different orders to achieve a decent resemblance of the song.

Riff 1 (The Most Repeated Riff throughout the piece)
C#|--------------------------
G#|--------------------------
E |--------------------------
B |--------------------------
F#|--------2---2~1---1~0---0-
C#|0-2-3-5---3-----2-----1---

Riff 2
C#|--------------------------
G#|--------------------------
E |--------------------------
B |--------------------------
F#|--------2---2~3---3~2-----
C#|0-2-3-5---3-----4---------

Riff 3
C#|--------------------------
G#|--------------------------
E |--------------------------
B |--------------2-0-------0-
F#|--------2---2-----2---2---
C#|0-2-3-5---3---------3-----

Riff 4
C#|--------------------------
G#|--------------------------
E |--------------------------
B |--------2---2~1---1~0---0-
F#|0-2-3-5---3-----2-----1---
C#|--------------------------

I believe this piece was often played by Rainbow and Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, although he probably played it a lot better than I do ;)  However, my version is a heavy metal style chunky version which sounds pretty cool.  Try throwing in pinch harmonics in the main riff, it can sound really cool!  Any comments or suggestions to mh971@hotmail.com please :)
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