Guitar World Presents Dimebag Darrell's Riffer Madness : Book & CD

Foreword: Reinventing the Steel 2(1) The birth of a metal god Introduction: ``What the *%#@?'' 3(5) Why and how this book was written Plan of Attack 8(3) Dime's baseball analogy Example 1: ``Mouth for War'' intro riff 1(10) We'll Grind That Axe for a Long Time 11(8) A brief summary of the Pantera story so far What Makes Dime Pick 19(5) A quick look at some of Dime's most prominent influences The Tone Zone 24(7) Dime's axes, amps 'n' FX Warming Up 31(3) Examples 2--5 3(31) First Base: Riffs 34(41) A detailed look at Dime's unique form of rhythm 'n' bruise Example 6: Palm Muting 7(1) Example 7: The Ups and Downs of Picking 8(1) Example 8: Going Down 9(1) Examples 9--11: Percussive Picking 10(3) Examples 12--17: Psychotic Syncopation & Power Grooves 13(3) Examples 18--22: Holes of Silence (two-handed muting) 16(4) Examples 23--28: Chromatic Man 20(5) Examples 29--40: Bends 25(9) Examples 41--46: Sinister Slides 34(6) Example 47: Inverted Power Chords 40(1) Examples 48--50: Skitzed-out Power Chords & the Tritone Interval 41(2) Examples 51--53: Major and Minor Diads 43(2) Examples 54--57: Evil Intervals 45(4) Examples 58--60: Mr. Clean 49(3) Examples 61--63: Pedal to the Metal 52(3) Examples 64--65: Odd Time Signatures 55(2) Examples 66--69: Octave Repeats 57(4) Examples 70--74: Going for Girth 61(2) Examples 75--79: ``Feedback Sack'' Answers 63(12) First-Base Revision 75(6) A detailed look at the rhythm work in ``5 Minutes Alone'' Examples 80--87 67(14) Second Base: Leads 81(10) An in-depth look at some of Dime's lead-playing traits Examples 88--89: Stretches From Hell 75(1) Examples 90--92: Awkwardly Cool Runs 76(3) Examples 93--99: Q&A 79(12) Second-Base Revision 91(10) A detailed dissection of three killer Dime leads Example 100: ``5 Minutes Alone'' Solo 85(1) Examples 101--102: ``I'm Broken'' Solo 86(2) Example 103: ``Floods'' Outro Solo 88(13) Third Base: The ``Noise Factor'' 101(10) ``Harmonics and a whammy bar? These two things definitely go hand in hand if you ask me!'' Examples 104--113: Harmonics, Whammy Bars, Echos and More 89(22) Rut-Busting 111(2) Advice from Dime on how to dig out of a playing rut successfully Example 114 99(14) Dear Dime 113(3) Dime answers a few FAQs (frequently asked questions) from his infamous Feedback Sack! EPILOGUE: Uplift and C-Cut! 116(1) Unlucky for us, the end of the book! A parting inspirational shot from Dime as he say, ``Lata!'' Appendix I: Discography 117(5) Appendix II: About the author plus the usual special thanks and acknowledgments 122