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Faint by Linkin Park

In this lesson, I will show you how to play two different guitar parts from the intro/chorus to the song “Faint”. It’s a really easy riff to play because it doesn’t require a lot of different fingerings. Most of the riff consists of just sliding chord formations around.

Hear This Lesson:

Drop D Tuning

Their song “Faint” is in drop D tuning. In drop D tuning the low E string is tuned down one step to D.

You can use the audio clip below to tune your low E string to D for drop D tuning.

Rhythm Guitar

Video

Lead

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Riff Resources

Complete Transcription To “Faint” (PDF)

Complete Transcription To “Faint” (Power Tab)