How to play Mr. Brightside

The Killers

This tab has 32 notes, across all six strings, open strings up to fret 19, at 152 BPM. The record is in Eb standard, so tune every string down a half step to play along. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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152BPM at full speed
32notes
0 to 19fret range
Intermediatelevel

The tab

Eb standard

Each line is a string: high eb on top, low Eb at the bottom. The number is the fret to press, and 0 means play the string open. Read left to right, one note at a time. The small numbers count the notes. Tune every string down a half step first, so the frets sound like the record.

Mr. Brightside tab, 32 notes, eb standard. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. Db4 Ab string, fret 17
  2. F4 Db string, fret 16
  3. Db5 Gb string, fret 19
  4. F4 Db string, fret 16
  5. Eb4 open high eb string
  6. Eb5 Bb string, fret 17
  7. Db5 Gb string, fret 19
  8. Db3 open Db string
  9. C4 Ab string, fret 16
  10. F4 Db string, fret 16
  11. Db5 Gb string, fret 19
  12. F4 Db string, fret 16
  13. Eb4 open high eb string
  14. Eb5 Bb string, fret 17
  15. Db5 Gb string, fret 19
  16. Db3 open Db string
  17. Gb3 low Eb string, fret 15
  18. F4 Db string, fret 16
  19. Db5 Gb string, fret 19
  20. F4 Db string, fret 16
  21. Eb4 open high eb string
  22. Eb5 Bb string, fret 17
  23. Db5 Gb string, fret 19
  24. F4 Db string, fret 16
  25. Gb3 low Eb string, fret 15
  26. F4 Db string, fret 16
  27. Db5 Gb string, fret 19
  28. F4 Db string, fret 16
  29. Eb4 open high eb string
  30. Eb5 Bb string, fret 17
  31. Db5 Gb string, fret 19
  32. Db3 open Db string
Plain text tab
Eb standard

eb|-----------------0-----------------------------0-------------|
Bb|--------------------17----------------------------17---------|
Gb|---------19-------------19-------------19-------------19-----|
Db|-----16------16-------------0------16------16-------------0--|
Ab|-17----------------------------16----------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------0------------------------------0-------------|
Bb|--------------------17-----------------------------17---------|
Gb|---------19-------------19--------------19-------------19-----|
Db|-----16------16-------------16------16------16-------------0--|
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-15-----------------------------15----------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: F4, Db string, fret 16, 9 times.

Tuning
Eb standardTune every string down a half step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb
Strings
All sixsix strings
Frets
0 to 190 is an open string
Lowest note
Db3open Db string
Highest note
Eb5Bb string, fret 17
Open strings
7of 32 notes
Tempo
152 BPM76 BPM at half speed

How to practice it

Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every note.

  1. Start slow

    Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (76 BPM), 0.75x (114 BPM) or 1x (152 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.

  2. Loop the hard part

    Set a loop around any stretch of notes and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: notes 3 to 6, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 19, 16, 0, 17 across the Db, Gb, Bb and high eb strings).

  3. Play it and watch the score

    Lark listens through your mic. Every note turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.

  4. Read the coach's note

    When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.

Play it with LarkTune down to Eb standard

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