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Hey guys! Let's hunker-down with some arpeggio play in a not-so-conformative way. We're all familiar with those oh-so-traditional minor/major sweep arpeggio sequences, so let's fill in the g...
To begin, let's keep a close eye on the shapes, but also the 16th-note picking pattern (D-U-U-U). This pattern deviates here and there throughout the etude, but for the most part, once you m...
Not much to say here! Part II begins the exact way Part I began, except now we're playing an A minor shape. Since we're further up the fretboard, however, we'll get a bit of a break on the s...
More D-U-U-U goodness! Bar 12 is where things get interesting - The patterns change a bit, finger-rolling is heavily implemented and we flip the picking pattern entirely (D-D-D-U). Be sure t...
To finish things off, let's dig a bit deeper with a few other fairly familiar arpeggios, being utilized in a bit of a different way. The first, Bm descending from the F# on the high E string...
Check out the backing track for my tutorial "Filling in the Gaps with Sweep Arpeggios" here. Try it at 160BPM!
Check out the backing track for my tutorial "Filling in the Gaps with Sweep Arpeggios" here. Try it at 110BPM first, and then step it up to 160BPM!
Hey guys! This month we're going to go over how to use a Graphic Equalizer to shape the tone of your amp in a very powerful way. Grapic EQ's are a must have pedal in every guitar player's co...
In part 2, we're going to prep the preamp of the amp for use with the Graphic EQ. You'll notice that some of the things I'm doing here may seem a bit extreme but that is only because we have...
In the final section, we'll take a look at how each of these faders effects the tone of the amp in practice. Every amp, speaker and cab is different, so you need to experiment to find the ri...
Hey guys, this month we're going to look at Drop B tuning. This tuning(B-A-D-G-B-e) simulates the sound of a seven string guitar and allows for some cool chord shapes and heavy riffs. Check ...
In the first section, we focus on creating a pedal tone off of the low string. Remember to use downward pick strokes on every note for maximum aggression. Notice that I am using a fairly hea...
In this section, we are going to use the same melodic idea from the previous figure, but amped up with the guitar turned up and adding in hammer-on and pull-off techniques to the higher note...
In the final section, we'll explore the octave shape that this tuning affords us on the low string. Finish up with some nice aggressive galloping pick strokes and you have a killer metal rif...
Hi all! Welcome back to another tutorial. This time around we'll be discussing rhythmic displacement within metal guitar riffs. The first thing I need to point out is that we will be...
First, we will take a look at the original rhythm in which our example stems from. This rhythm fits perfectly within one measure in 4/4 but soon we will throw it all off with our displacemen...
Moving onto the breakdown of the example riff. As I mentioned in the previous videos and verbally within this video, we will add a 16th note rest to the original rhythm creating the d...
Hi all! For this tutorial we'll be covering drop tuned major and minor voicings. Although I am using a 7 string in this tutorial you can use a 6, 7, or 8 string guitar as long as you are in ...
Like I said in the previous video we'll be covering three different voicings each occurring on the lower 3 strings. The first is our root inversion in C major. C - G - E 1 - 5 ...
Like I said in the previous video we'll be covering three different voicings each occurring on the lower 3 strings. The first is our root inversion in C minor. C - G - Eb 1 - 5...
METAL IMPROV Discipline. Don't judge yourself. Only play what you feel yet keep it simple. This isn't a show of how good you are but how much you can hold back. Go back and listen to my ex...