Balance Your Shred

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   Us guitarists are all guilty of sometimes putting technique first before melody. That's OK sometimes. Shred guitar is an awesome thing and many of you share the same opinion. However, playing fast and technical can get boring to the listener and frustrating to the non guitarist audience.

The secret to making the most of your chops is to balance them and use them in a smart way. To do that, we'll try to alternate between nice nelodic ideas with faster technical passages.

The key of today's lesson is in A Mixolydian. I tried to use a few different techniques in the shred passages such as legato, sweeping and tapping.

Practice well and use these ideas in your own music. Have fun!



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     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Kristofer Dahl
post 6th May 2008


GMC Founder & Rocker


Thanks for a great topic and explanations David - oh, and is that guitar as light as it seems from here? biggrin.gif
Zizi Top
post 6th May 2008


Member


that was awsome dude, i love it. that's the way i like to shred.
Hisham Al-Sanea
post 6th May 2008


Instructor


good job David...nice shred
Jon Lambo
post 6th May 2008


Member


Cool shred ideas David, I liked it.
Ivan Milenkovic
post 6th May 2008


Instructor


Nice one Walli! smile.gif
Vinod Saranga
post 6th May 2008


Acoustic Instructor


Great Lesson David smile.gif
Cool baseline too
mattacuk
post 6th May 2008


Lets go fishing!


very cool ideas David. To my ears this has a Vai feel to it smile.gif
botoxfox
post 6th May 2008


Member


Sounds nice. smile.gif
Nemanja Filipovic
post 6th May 2008


Singing Instructor


Beautiful lesson David.
Alex87
post 6th May 2008


Member


Great soloing David smile.gif
Pezi J. Baumgartner
post 6th May 2008


Member


great job! new guitar?
Bogdan Radovic
post 6th May 2008


Bass Instructor


Great topic and lesson David ! smile.gif
Marcus Lavendell
post 6th May 2008


Instructor


This is very important stuff! Great lesson David!
Capt.Z
post 6th May 2008


Member


Nice lesson! Is that a new guitar?
kaznie_NL
post 6th May 2008


Member


Finaly your new guitar in a lesson, congrats David!!
Danilo Capezzuto
post 6th May 2008


Instructor


Great lesson David
Joe Kataldo
post 6th May 2008


Instructor


Cool Lesson and nice new parker
Kizaze44
post 6th May 2008


Member


Just what I needed -thanks David!
Pi38
post 6th May 2008


Member


I really like this lesson, it reminds me a bit of Joe Satriani. Beautiful guitar, too.
ItsMe
post 6th May 2008


Member


cool
Muris Varajic
post 6th May 2008


Instructor


Great stuff David,as always smile.gif
OrganisedConfusion
post 6th May 2008


Member


I love the new guitar and a very well thought out and great lesson smile.gif
David Wallimann
post 6th May 2008


Instructor


Thanks guys!
Yeah Kris, the guitar is only 4 pounds!!!
Carlos Carrillo
post 6th May 2008


Instructor


hey David!!!very nice lesson good job!!!!
at lights end
post 6th May 2008


Member


cool lesson
nice guitar
jammer91
post 6th May 2008


Member


Like how this lesson really helps you develop into a better guitarist. What you said in the intro vid is totally true.

I have a question.

When I look at the A Mixolydian Scale diagram, I noticed some green notes called B7. Isint B7 a chord? What does it represent?
Lian Gerbino
post 6th May 2008


Instructor


cool!!! well played
DeepRoots
post 6th May 2008


Member


Thanks for the awesome lesson David! Some scary runs in there tho ohmy.gif
Nick325
post 6th May 2008


Member


important lesson and cool new guitar
rockztar
post 6th May 2008


Member


cool.. and nice new guitar=)
Pablo Vazquez
post 6th May 2008


Instructor


Cool David!! Really cool!
Gus
post 7th May 2008


Member


Yep. I also think that full speed should be used but not be overused.
That's something I am trying to incorporate into my style
Maximus
post 7th May 2008


Member


Very,Very Well done!
Gerardo Siere
post 7th May 2008


Instructor


Excelent lesson
Jerry Arcidiacono
post 7th May 2008


Instructor


Great lesson David! I love the backing as well smile.gif
Marcus Siepen
post 7th May 2008


Instructor (Blind Guardian)


awesome David, great lesson, great topic
Nick Kellie
post 7th May 2008


Instructor


great as ever
Alejandro Piņero
post 7th May 2008


Instructor


cool lesson David !
Welldone!
stratman33
post 7th May 2008


Member


nice lesson David, im likin the new guitar smile.gif
EGMONT 1963
post 8th May 2008


Member


hi david

nouvelle guitare ,,,,?
belle couleur smile.gif
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Dejan Farkas
post 9th May 2008


Instructor


It is so true that many musicians forget about music itself and concentrate on technique only.

Cool lesson Dave smile.gif
Zizi Top
post 12th May 2008


Member


wow the last video is so Stretching !! it hurts a lot!!
rockztar
post 13th May 2008


Member


love this lesson
David Wallimann
post 13th May 2008


Instructor


Thanks everyone!
The green dots represent the minor 7th of the Mixolydian mode. :-)


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