Heavy Metal For Beginners

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   Hey GMC-ers!
Time for some simple stuff, right?

This lesson contains material which will help you to dive in the world of heavy metal riffing and meet some of the most used rhythm patterns for metal rhythm guitar. The lesson is most suitable for beginning to intermediate skill level and contains power chords, sliding with power chords and some simple tricks to spice up the riffs.

Grab your axe and get ready to rock! :)



     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Robin
post 6th September 2007


Member


Excellent riffs smile.gif
Hemlok
post 6th September 2007


Member


Thanks Pavel, I like this. I haven't played anything heavy in months. smile.gif
Juan M. Valero
post 6th September 2007


Instructor


Yeah, good Metal riffs biggrin.gif
Muris Varajic
post 6th September 2007


Instructor


Wish I had this long ago,thanks Pavel!!
4Play
post 7th September 2007


Member


Superb, I was looking for something exactly like this!! Great lesson Pavel smile.gif
Pavel
post 7th September 2007


Instructor


Cool i am glad you liked it! Thanks for your comments! smile.gif
drummingguitarist06
post 7th September 2007


Member


Great job Pavel, love the slide. Keep up the good stuff.
steve25
post 6th September 2007


Member


Pavel, great lesson but what are the Ls on the tab?
Pavel
post 7th September 2007


Instructor


It's tied note! Visit Andrew's Theory lessons and look for Timing 101 topic. smile.gif
1mpr1m1s
post 7th September 2007


Member


Great lesson Pavel.
Amarok
post 6th September 2007


Member


realy realy cool pavel!
shredmandan
post 7th September 2007


Member


Good Lesson Pavel!I think this will help alot of people here get into more metal.
Ayen
post 7th September 2007


Member


As always Pavel, I love the lesson. Great job, keep them coming.
Nick325
post 7th September 2007


Member


nice
SLASH91
post 7th September 2007


Member


cool one, dude
lefty01
post 7th September 2007


Member


Thanks for the great lesson. We cannot ever have enough riff/rhythm lessons...wonderful.
symon
post 7th September 2007


Member


thank you thank you thank you thank you please can we have more beginner lessons
Victafor
post 7th September 2007


Member


really nice! take a break from all the hard stuff to play something relaxing
Pavel
post 7th September 2007


Instructor


symon: yeah i think this month i will work on more beginner stuff as i already did a lot of difficult stuff so this time i think i will work more for beginners part of GMC. smile.gif

But first i still have one more power metal lesson which is some fast riffing.
The Uncreator
post 7th September 2007


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Very cool! I love it!

Just great rhythm writing!
RobM
post 7th September 2007


Member


Great lesson Pavel, I love how you incorporated all of the different angles into this lesson, it really makes it a lot easier to learn. Thank You.

I also appreciate the fact that this is geared more toward beginner players. Being a beginner I feel we need more lessons geared towards us. Thanks again.
Xranthoius
post 7th September 2007


Member


sweet i love metal biggrin.gif
symon
post 7th September 2007


Member


thank you pavel this has just got my fourteen year old back on track (who i am learning with )
for the last two weeks all i have heard is this is too hard i am no good (which really means i am lazy i cant be bothered) but with your lesson there was an imediate result and mr lazy guy has started to learn your latest stuff in his
words (that sounds sick) once again thank you pavel
Pavel
post 7th September 2007


Instructor


Cool symon! I'm really glad about that! More stuff coming soon! smile.gif
you
post 8th September 2007


Member


Awesome lesson Pavel your lessons are what keep me coming back
christian
post 8th September 2007


Member


what kind of effects do you use pavel, your gutiar sounds sick, awsome lesson by the way
Pavel
post 8th September 2007


Instructor


As usual! Digitech DF-7. Visit my personal subforum and there is a sticky about my pedal and exact settings smile.gif
Anomaly
post 8th September 2007


Member


I just want to check what do you mean with -
"hit a powerchord and than play 8th notes of the bass note of the chord. In slower metal styles we usually play 8th notes. In faster styles like power metal we play 16th notes as a bass note repetition."

With the bass note you mean the root note, the lowest one, right?
And with 8th notes you mean 2 notes per beat? And this is if we played quarter notes previously, so we play them twice as fast?
Pavel
post 8th September 2007


Instructor


Yeah you got it right! smile.gif You can also see in my Rhapsody Style lesson we played 16th notes after hitting the chord or the root note.

Bass note doesn't have to be the root note but in our lessons it is usually the root.
scarto
post 8th September 2007


Member


great lesson was waiting for something like this really great but just one question i`m begiiner so don`t laugh but what does the L means in the tab
scarto
post 8th September 2007


Member


sorry read first before you ask my fault
Anomaly
post 8th September 2007


Member


Yay! smile.gif
Oh, I thought that the root note was always the lowest one, on the lowest string.

Oh, wait, of course, if the power chord is on the fifth and the fourth string, than the root note is on the fifth string, but that power chord can also be played using those two strings plus the sixth and third.
Rawy
post 18th September 2007


Member


Hi Pavel, your dedication is an inspiration to me. I've been playing guitar for 2 years on and off, couldn't really dedicate myself due to work and university commitments. I always felt that my basics foundation was poor (I wanted to shred right away), so I joined GuitarMasterClass.

Now I noticed how you use your ring and little finger to fret adjacent strings (A and D respectively), I do this differently - instead I use my ring finger to fret both A and D strings. Could this be considered bad technique? The instructional material that I've used so far taught me that less is more, that is, use minimal effort to achieve the same end result. Should I stick with the most efficient method or develop technique around yours? Thanks heaps.
Fran
post 20th November 2007


Member


I am wondering the same thing myself Rawy!
dreadlocks
post 21st November 2007


Member


Nice riffs for beginners like me smile.gif
Pavel
post 21st November 2007


Instructor


@Rawy: man, i somehow missed your post! 3 months late answer sad.gif sad.gif

I really like to use a lot of pinky - for me it's easier to use it with riffing in some places, so i don't do any stretches at all. In the end it comes to "what is most comfortable to you".

In some chords you'll be forced to use pinky, like 9th chords and similar stuff. It jsut became natural to me so i almost never think of fingering, it just comes in the right way straight away.
Gerald
post 28th November 2007


Member


I use to use the ring figner to fret the power cord in the same way, however I have see a lot of videos with instructors using the pinky. I think that's a better way to go b/c this technique also helps with the bar cords and you can left that pink off to come up with some cool stuff. See Ivan's funky riffing lesson for an example on this.
dreadlocks
post 2nd December 2007


Member


:S i useing the pick where i need to use fingers?
Pavel
post 2nd December 2007


Instructor


Erm, i don't understand your question?!?!
PassionPlay
post 4th December 2007


Member


Exellent lesson smile.gif

But i have a little trouble with the rythm though.
The tablature doesn't show me whether to play 1/4, 1/8 or 1/16 notes.
So do you just have to like rip pavels rythm, or is there a better way to do it?
I am doing this lesson 2 hours a day so i would aprecciate an answer very much
Pavel
post 4th December 2007


Instructor


That's why there is a GP5 tab to see the exact notation and duration of each note. That's also why we do slow videos, so you can see the rhythm and stuff slowly.
MadGig
post 5th December 2007


Member


very nice, been looking for something like this for ages smile.gif Thanks Pavel, Im learning all your lessons smile.gif
Pavel
post 5th December 2007


Instructor


Thanks man! If you like this one, you will sure like the rest of this series! smile.gif
PassionPlay
post 17th December 2007


Member


Oh, i see smile.gif
GP5 is not a free program though, i only have PowerTab, but i will do fine without i guess smile.gif
And i think that i have copied your rythm well, i just wondered if it would be nice to know how it looks in music notation
Pavel
post 17th December 2007


Instructor


I'm sorry you don't have GP5 sad.gif With it you would be able to see the notation and rest important stuff.
slash hammet
post 18th February 2008


Member


what does the L mean in tab
Pavel
post 18th February 2008


Instructor


L means "Tied Note". If you're not sure what it is - check "Andrew's Theory Board" - there is a topic dedicated to notes.
wakefield10
post 3rd March 2008


Member


Hey great lesson Pavel.

One of the things that I really like is that you've gone through the effort of explaining some of theory behind things like why things work and stuff.

I'm sure that that will make it much easier to apply the things in the lesson to my own playings.

Thanks so much.
Verm
post 10th March 2008


Member


man im done this lesson and I feel great. This kicks ass. However, if I wanted to add a solo to this lesson where would I even begin? Thanks.
Carlos Carrillo
post 9th May 2008


Instructor


great lesson Pavel!!!wink.gif


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