Anime Songs To Practice Lead Guitar Techniques (+Tabs)

Hello! It’s Nostalgia here, back at it again with another anime song list for guitarists. I have written a few already, 25 Easy Songs, 15 Easy Solos, 50 Power Chord Songs, 20 Funky Rhythm Songs, and 25 Epic Licks and Riffs.

In this article though, I’m going to make an ongoing list of songs I have found on Songsterr that have specific guitar skills that one can practice with, such as bends, slides, and tapping. The songs listed would have more than just a couple, to ensure you get more opportunities to practice them.

I will list the links to the song and tabs, along with the BPM, but I won’t add the videos to the list as I’m sure this will get quite long, and I don’t want the page to be too slow for you to browze through.

If you’re not sure how to read tabs or aren’t familiar with what certain techniques look like, please check out my Ultimate Guide To Tabs article.

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1. AGAIN
Fullmetal Alchemist | Yui

Song | Tabs | BPM = 145

2. SHUNKAN SENTIMENTAL
Fullmetal Alchemist | Scandal

Song | Tabs | BPM = 170

3. BUTTERFLY
Digimon | Kouji Wada

Song | Tabs | BPM = 170

4. DAN DAN KOKORO HIKARETEKU
Dragon Ball Z | Artist

Song | Tabs | BPM = 128

5. BE YOUR GIRL
Elfen Lied | Chieko Kawabe

Song | Tabs | BPM = 130

6. MOON PRIDE
Sailormoon | Momoiro Clover Z

Song | Tabs | BPM = 172

Bends

1. SHUNKAN SENTIMENTAL
Fullmetal Alchemist | Scandal

Song | Tabs | BPM = 170

2. Seven
7 Deadly Sins | FLOW Granrodeo

Song | Tabs | BPM = 170

3. AGAIN
Fullmetal Alchemist | Yui

Song | Tabs | BPM = 145

4. DAN DAN KOKORO HIKARETEKU
Dragon Ball Z | Artist

Song | Tabs | BPM = 128

5. BLUE BIRD
Naruto | Ikimonogakari

Song | Tabs | BPM = 151

6. KAIKAI KITAN
Jujitsu Kaisen | Eve

Song | Tabs | BPM = 185

7. TELL ME WHY
Berserk | The Penpals

Song | Tabs | BPM = 120

8. BRAVO BRAVO
Shugo Chara | Buono

Song | Tabs | BPM = 180

9. CENTIMETER
Rent-A-Girlfriend | The Peggies

Song | Tabs | BPM = 140

10. SAMURAI HEART
Gintama | Spyair

Song | Tabs | BPM = 113

Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs / TAPPING

1. GOD KNOWS
Haruhi Suzumiya | Aya Hirano

Song | Tabs | BPM = 140

2. MAKE MY STORY
My Hero Academia | Lenny Code Fiction

Song | Tabs | BPM = 133

3. START:DASH!!
Love Live | Muse
(µ’s)
Song | Tabs | BPM = 150

4. HIKARI
K-ON!! | Death Devil

Song | Tabs | BPM = 160

5. KYOURAN HEY KIDS
Noragami | The Oral Cigarettes

Song | Tabs | BPM = 142

6. JIYUU NO TSUBASA
Attack on Titan | Linked Horizon

Song | Tabs | BPM = 135

7. CHALA HEAD CHALA
Dragon Ball Z | Hironobu Kageyama

Song | Tabs | BPM = 160

8. ZEN ZEN ZENSE
Your Name | Radwimps

Song | Tabs | BPM = 190

9. INFERNO
Berserk | 9mm Parabellum Bullet

Song | Tabs | BPM = 185

10. MERRY GO ROUND
My Hero Academia | Man with a Mission

Song | Tabs | BPM = ? | Drop C Tuning

11. POLARIS
My Hero Academia | Blue Encount

Song | Tabs | BPM = 190

12. DREAM LANTERN
Your Name | Radwimps

Song | Tabs | BPM = 172

13. ICHIRIN NO HANA
Bleach | High & Mighty Color

Song | Tabs | BPM = 100

14. NO PAIN NO GAIN
Btoom!! | Nano

Song | Tabs | BPM = 190 | Drop C# Tuning

Slides

1. NIWAKA AME NIMO MAKEZU
Naruto | Nico Touches The Wall

Song | Tabs | BPM = 180

2. THE HERO!!
One Punch Man | JAM Project

Song | Tabs | BPM = 130

3. ASTERICKS
Bleach | Orange Range

Song | Tabs | BPM = 130

4. RE:RE:
Erased | Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Song | Tabs | BPM = 153

5. INFERNO
Fire Force | Mrs. Green Apple

Song | Tabs | BPM = 185

6. CLIMBER’S HIGH
Fuuka | Manami Numakura

Song | Tabs | BPM = 179

Octaves

1. URAGIRI NO YUUYAKE
Durarara!! | Theatre Brook

Song | Tabs | BPM = 156

2. TARGET
Digimon | Kouji Wada

Song | Tabs | BPM = 160

3. REWRITE
Fullmetal Alchemist | Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Song | Tabs | BPM = 180

4. ASTERICKS
Bleach | Orange Range

Song | Tabs | BPM = 130

5. REDO
Re:Zero | Konomi Suzuki

Song | Tabs | BPM = 190

6. HIKARI ARE
Haikyuu!! | Burnout Syndromes

Song | Tabs | BPM = 178

7. BRAVO BRAVO
Shugo Chara | Buono

Song | Tabs | BPM = 180

8. AFTER DARK
Bleach | Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Song | Tabs | BPM = 191

9. KARMA
Tales of the Abyss | Bump of Chicken

Song | Tabs | BPM = 192 | D# Tuning

10. BELIEVE IN MYSELF
Fairy Tail

Song | Tabs | BPM = 180

11. UNRAVEL
Tokyo Ghoul | TK From Ling Tosite Sigure

Song | Tabs | BPM = 134 | D# Tuning

12. CLOSER
Naruto | Joe Inoue
Song | Tabs | BPM = 166

Palm Muting

1. WHAT’S UP, PEOPLE!
Death Note | Maximum The Hormone

Song | Tabs | BPM = 165

2. CROSSING FIELD
Sword Art Online | LiSA

Song | Tabs | BPM = 179

3. THE RISING FIGHTING SPIRIT
Naruto | Artist

Song | Tabs | BPM = 130

4. ZETSUBOU BILLY
Anime | Maximum The Hormone

Song | Tabs | BPM = 188 | Drop D

5. RE:RE:
Erased | Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Song | Tabs | BPM = 153

6. NO PAIN NO GAIN
Btoom!! | Nano

Song | Tabs | BPM = 190 | Drop C# Tuning

Multiple Techniques

These are songs that have multiple opportunities to practice at least 3 different techniques listed above, but they may also include harmonics, barre chords, arpeggios, and so on.

Only a handful of these songs are listed above as there’s an element that appears quite a bit. However, most of these songs are about equal between techniques or each technique only shows up a few times and thus doesn’t deserve a spot.

1. HITOHIRA NO HANABIRA
Bleach | Stereopony

Song | Tabs | BPM = 140

2. BRAVE SONG
Angel Beats | Girls Dead Monster

Song | Tabs | BPM = 124

3. DON’T SAY LAZY
K-ON!! | Hokago Tea Time

Song | Tabs | BPM = 189

4. SORA NI UTAEBA
My Hero Academia | Amazarashi

Song | Tabs | BPM = 204

5. GIRI GIRI CHOP
Detective Conan | B’z

Song | Tabs | BPM = 117

6. ALCHEMY
Angel Beats | Girls Dead Monster

Song | Tabs | BPM = 166

7. KIMI GA SUKIDATO SAKEBITAI
Slam Dunk| BAAD

Song | Tabs | BPM = 143

8. HIT IN THE USA
Beck Mongolian Chop Squad | Beat Crusaders

Song | Tabs | BPM = 165

9. HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD
High School of the Dead | Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets

Song | Tabs | BPM = 190

10. CLATTONIA
Overlord | OxT

Song | Tabs | BPM = 190

11. STRIKE THE BLOOD
Strike The Blood | Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets

Song | Tabs | BPM = 208

12. CURRY NOCHI RICE
K-ON!! | Hokago Tea Time

Song | Tabs | BPM = 129

13. LITTLE BRAVER
Angel Beats | Girls Dead Monster

Song | Tabs | BPM = 128

14. SESSION
Given | Centimillimental

Song | Tabs | BPM = 135

15. MY SOUL, YOUR BEATS
Angel Beats | Girls Dead Monster

Song | Tabs | BPM = 145

16. FUDE PEN BORU PEN
K-ON!! | Hokago Tea Time

Song | Tabs | BPM = 154

17. NO PAIN NO GAIN
Btoom!! | Nano

Song | Tabs | BPM = 190 | Drop C# Tuning

18. DIVER
Naruto | Nico Touches The Wall

Song | Tabs | BPM = 149

19. KYOURAN HEY KIDS
Noragami | The Oral Cigarettes

Song | Tabs | BPM = 142

20. THOUSAND ENEMIES
Angel Beats | Girls Dead Monster

Song | Tabs | BPM = 164

21. THE DAY
My Hero Academia | Porno Graffiti

Song | Tabs | BPM = 186

22. CENTIMETER
Rent-A-Girlfriend | The Peggies

Song | Tabs | BPM = 140

23. URAGIRI NO YUUYAKE
Durarara!! | Theatre Brook

Song | Tabs | BPM = 156

24. NOW LOADING
New Game! | Fourfolium

Song | Tabs | BPM = 193

25. CATCH THE MOMENT
Sword Art Online | LiSA

Song | Tabs | BPM = 192

26. IN MY WORLD
Blue Exorcist | Rookiez Is Punk’d

Song | Tabs | BPM = 95

27. ICHIRIN NO HANA
Bleach | High & Mighty Color

Song | Tabs | BPM = 100

28. UNRAVEL
Tokyo Ghoul | TK From Ling Tosite Sigure

Song | Tabs | BPM = 134 | D# Tuning

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Anime | Artist

Song | Tabs | BPM = ?

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