Tips for Freya chord repeats

**catfish** · Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 828 Location: Missouri

Ive noticed a lot of people on here who absolutely despise Freya because of the chords. Well, if you have trouble with them in the song, here is my way of doing things. Ill go over each of the 3 chord sections of the song.

As far as I know this pisses people off the most.

For green, I just use 1.
Then shift your hand over and use 1 and 3 for the red-blue chord,
and then 2 and 3 for the yellow-blue chord, its so much easier on the hands than using 2/4 and 3/4, believe me.

Strum on the green with 1 and hammer-on to orange with your pinky(4),
and then strum the yellow-blue with 2 and 3.

This is the one I have the most trouble with, but the best way I do it is Use 1 on green, and 1 and 2 on both chords, so after you do green, slide your fingers over then slide it back.

**DaneH** · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 640 Location: Walkerton, Ontario

For the

part i just use 1-23-12 repeat, works better for me than sliding, maybe try that?
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**catfish** · Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 828 Location: Missouri

Thats what I first tried but I didnt do so well...but seriously, the first chord I mentioned is a LOT easier if you do what I mentioned, but itll probably take a little practice getting used to it, like all techniques.

**dreamaddict** · Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Posts: 844 Location: Renton, WA

nah, screw that, use it as an opportunity to get stronger. don't take the shortcut, strengthen those last three fingers and do it the right way.

**Iceshark7** · Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 49 Location: Finland

This is also a song on where you'll get better by simply practicing it. Right now, the only parts I myself actually have troubles on is the chunk riff, and the first solo. I have FC:d every section in the Practice mode, Expert, Full Speed, so I'll nail this one down someday.

For the

part, I usually use my index finger to the green fret, then I move my pinky to the orange, and then I first descent my ring finger onto the blue, then the middle finger finger onto the yellow, and tend to strum as soon I see the yellow fret flashing up. (The chord is coming fast up enough, and if I fail it, it's more probably because I didn't descent my middle finger early enough.) Basically the same technique catfish was using.

On some horrible days, when I just don't have the stamina to play this bridge, I usually use my teeth to grab the orange fret... Has actually worked on some situations.

And for the

part, I use the same technique DaneH just mentioned. The chances of failing this bridge part for me are minor, and if I fail it, I'd probably fail the other parts too.

I think my fingers as a clock here, it goes round and round, only the strumming is which requires some precise timing, and the speed of the "clock".

Finally, for the

part, I very rarely fail this. I use my index finger to nail the green, then slide it up onto red, and descent my ring finger onto blue, strum, then lift off my index finger and push my middle finger down onto yellow, and then strum again. Since I love the sound of this riff, it is not easy for me to forget it, thus I feel I can very properly strum it.

The only part I sometimes have troubles on is to end the bridge, because moving my hands from the green a straight way to both blue and orange and then quickly switching to yellow and orange, can't get me to concentrate onto that part fast enough. I only get that part each the second time I try to get a good score from this song, and practicing this part only helps me a little, but still helps.

**Hackelmania13** · Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 1121 Location: Wisconsin

For

, try playing it as

, it works for me anyways, I'm good at chord changes I guess.

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**SamuraiBilly** · Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 45

personally, i think using 1, then 24 and 34 IS easier than 13 23 because you have to slide kinda fast and i lose timing.

i find it easier to skip the hammer and just strum it since it doesn't make much of a difference and helps keep the beat. same fingers though

i don't really see why slide for this. i find this the easiest of them all. do one, then just lift it up and put 23 down then 12. it feels like your messing something up or feels real funny, but it works

moving around a little to the beat helps, even though it sounds stupid and very well might make you look stupid.
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**lucothefish** · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 844 Location: PAL

It's funny, but those aren't the bits I need advice on...

I think if I can nail all 3 SP phrases before the bridge I'll be fine, but I'm struggling to nail the two that involve 3 finger chords. I keep thinking I'm strumming on time, but I never seem to get all the way to the end of the SP phrase without losing my combo. Can anyone help?

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