Lydian mode is almost the same thing as major scale/ionian mode. The only difference is sharp 4th in Lydian mode. This lesson is riffing only, using downstrokes only most of the time to get that powerful metal like sound.
Inspired by Petrucci's solo album called Suspended Animation. Licks in the style of Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen. You'll find this exercise very helpful to improve your alternate picking technique and to develop your stamina.
I´ll show you one of my favourite techniques: Legato combined with tapping. I saw this technique for first time in the guitarist Michael Romeo's video.
Welcome to the lesson of my speedy metal arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon in D. I'm not using much difficult techniques, I keep it relatively simple. The tricky part might be playing it up to tempo and getting the bends right.
First part of the song Dark Fuse. It is mostly based on a few dissonant ideas with the use of a chord segment including the root, 2nd and 5th. I tried to include several different tapping techniques to keep things visually entertaining.
I called this technique "Repetitive Sweep Picking" because you can do your arpeggios more attractive and less difficult by repeating a few notes in your sweeps.
Improve your timing and rhythm-playing precision! The lesson starts out with a simple variation of a few different chords. The same chords are used for the 2nd part of the song, but the trick here is to get rhythm and timing right as there is an odd time-signature feel going on, but it is 4/4.