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Animals
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Alternate tuning Palm muting Powerchords
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nimals is played in C# standard tuning, which means tuning each string down the equivalent of three frets. Guitarists Josh Middleton and Adam Christianson adopt a heavy palm-muted approach here using mainly downpicking for a consistent attack. Tight alternate picking can work if you ensure your down-and upstrokes sound similar.