Iron Maiden Phantom of the Opera Guitar Lesson

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Learn how to play Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden on electric guitar! This classic Iron Maiden song appeared on their very first album and is an absolute classic, full of tricky guitar techniques and fast alternate picking! Steve Harris, the founder of Iron Maiden was often quoted as saying this was his favorite song back in early interviews!

Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden guitar lesson starts with a quick melody that contains triplet picked notes combined with some hammer-ons and pull-off, with a sudden change of tempo, leading into a low B note. This melody is repeated 3 times before ascending to some quick arpeggios after the fourth time its played. After that we are into some very fast picking and pull-off techniques combined with some punch power-chords that make up the second intro, before going into the verse riffs! Have fun learning this amazing song by Iron Maiden.