Mauro Giuliani was one of the giant guitar heroes of 18-19th Century from Italy. He was a contemporary with Beethoven. It is said that Giuliani played the cello in the orchestra when Beethoven premiered his 7th Symphony in Vienna.
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.
Let's discuss major triads. Playing with interval triads will allow you to build melodic improvisations easily.Make sure you memorize the different positions exposed in the licks and go from there.
Jerry Cantrell is the guitarist and main composer of Alice in Chains. His style is a combination of obscure rock riffs, rocker licks and amazing guitar and vocal harmonisations in thirds and fifths.
In this Vai inspired lesson Pavel guides you through bending, slides, chord shapes, triads. In here you will find trick &licks for all levels - hop inside!
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.
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 extended angles of this lesson you will never miss a note!
This lesson has been inspired the cleanest stuff of the dark/gothic/death/doom/atmospheric bands like Opeth, The gathering, Katatonia, etc. The main influence of this tune is the Opeth's album called Damnation.
This lesson combines electronic music and guitar soling. You will probably find the 4\4 beat easy to follow. The scale is C pentatonic. Have fun with it - and get jamming!
Let's continue from the previous C Extensions family, but this time we are playing the same chords up the neck using barre chords. They are played here using what's known as a 'ripple' technique.