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Difficulty 2 of 10

Open Chords Strumming

By Jerry Arcidiacono


Let's talk about strumming. If you have a pattern of 16th notes, normally you play this pattern using downstrokes upstrokes lternately. You can remove some of these movements and you have a new pattern!

Difficulty 3 of 10

Bending Heaven Lesson

By Pavel Denisjuk


A challenge to all those who like slow, tasty bending solos! You may find some similarity with the style of Satriani, Timmons and players who play instrumental rock compositions mostly based on blues.

Difficulty 7 of 10

Lydian b7 Scale

By David Wallimann


The Lydian b7 scale is a great tool to sound exotic. As its name indicates, this mode is Lydian with a minor 7th. It will work on a 7th dominant chord (Root, Maj 3rd, 5th and minor 7th). The track we'll be working on has a small modulation going from E Lydian b7 to a minor pentatonic key still in E.

Difficulty 6 of 10

Dominant Pentatonic Scale

By Jerry Arcidiacono


How does the dominant pentatonic scale work? It sounds great over 7 chords and has five notes: root, major 2nd, major 3rd, perfect 5th and minor 7th. It has an "outside" sound and can be useful in a jazz/fusion context.

Difficulty 4 of 10

Metal Gallop Technique

By Pavel Denisjuk


This lesson will cover one of the very often used rhythm patterns in metal called "galloping"! We will also incorporate natural harmonics, artificial harmonics and other cool tricks for riffing.

Difficulty 3 of 10

Clean Two Handed Tapping

By Fabian Schulz


In this lesson we will show you how to create a clean rythm and play a little melody over it at the same time. Covered here are the basics of two handed tapping.

Difficulty 3 of 10

Sweep Picking Lesson

By Muris Varajic


A basic sweep picking lesson going from the simplest two-string shapes all the way to the five-string shapes. This is an excellent lesson if you are new to sweeping and want to work your way to the top!

Difficulty 2 of 10

Chord Extensions Lesson 1

By David OToole


A 2-part Chord Extensions lesson which builds on our previous basic chord groups. We will be adding on to the basic C group with 'extensions' to the basic chords.

Tags: chords, extensions,

Difficulty 5 of 10

Legato Exercise Lesson

By David Wallimann


This lesson is designed to help you develop a strong legato technique while reviewing the 7 modal shapes. In order to facilitate our legato workout, we'll concentrate on 3 notes per string shapes.

Difficulty 2 of 10

Melodic Tapping Lesson

By Jeff Curtis


Tapping can be used to create lots of speed and crazy licks, but in this lesson we are going to take a more emotional and melodic approach. Perfect for the beginner who wants to tackle tapping and fine tune their technique.

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