Riffs & Licks Lessons

Odd time signatures are used in various musical styles. Many guitarists meet these signatures for the first time listening progressive rock songs or progressive metal songs.
                                                         

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Bending is a technique that makes the guitar such an expressive instrument, and can transform the easiest leads into amazing guitar licks. The key to success here is to be as precise as possible.
                                                         

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Let's work on downstrokes and some new intervals to make our riffing sound more interesting. One trick is to add a perfect 5th on a lower string, below the root note. With the extended angles you won't miss a note!
                                                         

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Learn to create riffs with the distinct mixolydian sound! This mode is similar to our trusty major scale, the only difference is that it has a flat 7th degree.
                                                         

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Let's work a little more on downstrokes,power chords and rhythm discplacement. Also - we will explore a cool interval: flat 5 interval which has a powerful sound to it.
                                                         

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In this creative rhythm guitar lesson Jerry shows you how to combine your rhythmical ideas in the style of Eddie Van Halen, Paul Gilbert, Nuno Bettencourt.
                                                         

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Pavel will help us with further improvement of our riffing skills! The lesson includes 9th chord, chords transitions using simple licks, power chords and other cool stuff for riffing.
                                                         

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Besides being a mighty composition - this lesson also deals with some neat riffs that use triplets/6-tuplets, some sweeping and economy picking.

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Gabriel presents a modern metal rhythm lesson inspired by bands like A perfect Circle, Tool, 30 seconds to mars. Contains techniques like alternate picking, palm muting, legato and vibrato.

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Gabriel Leopardi presents a rhythm lesson in the style of Poison, Motley Crue, AC/DC, Buckcherry and many other hard/glam rock bands. This lesson is suited for beginner/intermediate players.
                                                         

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In this lesson, Pavel will help you to dive in the world of heavy metal riffing, and shows some of the most used rhythm patterns for metal rhythm guitar. The lesson is suitable for beginner to intermediate skill level and contains power chords, sliding with power chords and some simple tricks to spice up the riffs.
                                                         

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In this lesson Gabriel Leopardi is going to talk about metal rhythm guitar and guitar arrangement. You will find three parts in this lesson: The intro/verse, the bridge and the chorus of the song.
                                                         

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In this lesson Gabriel Leopardi continues to explore the most used licks in rock music and also you’ll find a new rocker riff based in E pentatonic minor scale.
                                                         

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" Juan gives his first lesson, an exercise in D Major played with tapping. This exercise could be played with sweep technique, but it sounds more clean with 2 hands tapping. "
                                                         

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" Here is Pavel's new lesson from the Rock Rhythm n Solo series! This one is especially groovy if you listen to the backing track. Get ready to rock and solo! "
                                                         

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"The Lesson includes 16th-note-lines with lots of breaks and stops, hammerings, pulls, powerchords with low fifths, and of course another cliché ending."
                                                         

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"This solo is played over a funky groove. I used the A blues scale extensively. Anyway, there are some notes outside of this scale. You will find various guitar techniques: bending, slide, legato, tapping..."
                                                         

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"This one is a clean rock solo that begins with a nice melody played in octaves and then some interesting rock licks. This solo reminds me of Jimi Hendrix, John Frusciante, and Steve Vai clean stuff."
                                                         

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