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Contrary to common belief, shred is not only about playing fast: It's about playing fast with your heart. This section will cover virtually every aspect of shredding - the techniques, the tricks, the pitfalls, the nuances and the exercises.

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Sweep Picking 7th Arpeggios
by Alex Feather
Learn how to play sweep picking arpeggios and harmonize the G major scale.
Tags: G major, 7th, Arpeggios, Sweep, Sweeping,...
Difficulty6
Running Around
by Ben Higgins
A lesson featuring runs, from low to high and high to low.
Tags: runs, picking, legato, shred
Difficulty7
Power Of Mini Sweeps
by Ben Higgins
A short solo using mini sweeps to play fiery rock licks.
Tags: sweep, economy, mini, solos, shred, yngwie
Difficulty8
Oriental Phrases
by Sinisa Cekic
Combination of Phrygian minor and Dominant major mode
Tags: phrygian mode, minor, major, dominant
Difficulty9
Insane Neo-Sweeping
by Zsolt Galambos
Neo-classical sweeping to an simple chord progression
Tags: neoclassical, neo-classical, sweeping,...
Difficulty7
Ben's Land Of Legato 5
by Ben Higgins
A short etude bringing together many aspects of legato in a challenging piece including string skipping, bending and vibrato
Tags: legato, shred, vai, satriani, chris...
Difficulty5
Ben's Land Of Legato 4
by Ben Higgins
Etude focusing on Joe Satriani style Legato
Tags: legato, control, hammer, pull off,...
Difficulty6
Ben's Land Of Legato 3
by Ben Higgins
Short etude focusing entirely on legato with 16th note triplets
Tags: legato, dexterity, fretting hand,...

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Shred Solo Lesson
by Gabriel Leopardi
Influences of the neo-classical guitar players like Vinnie Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, Michael Angelo Batio. We'll use different techniques like alternate picking, sweep picking, legato and vibrato.
Tags: neo-classical, Vinnie Moore, Yngwie...
Difficulty3
Ben's Land Of Legato
by Ben Higgins
Etude focusing entirely on legato
Tags: Legato, Fretting Hand, Dexterity,...
Difficulty10
Extreme Neo-Classic
by Muris Varajic
Lots of speed picking and sweeping
Tags: Neo-Classical, fast, speed picking, sweeping,...
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Sweeping Basics Lesson
by Pavel Denisjuk
By request sweepmaster Pavel breaks down his technique into tiny fragments - for you to easily digest! In this part you'll see the main excercise for your right hand in order to master sweep picking. The trick for the right hand is to move the pick across all of the strings in one direction.
Tags: Sweeping basics, right hand muting,...
Difficulty3
Sweeps: Major & Minor
by Lian Gerbino
Practical examples of minor and major sweep shapes.
Tags: sweep picking, major, minor, exercice,...
Difficulty8
Modal Madness pt 4 - 5 String Patterns
by Zsolt Galambos
This lesson contains 5 string patterns in Dmin. The picking style shown in this lesson is one of the harder picking excercises.
Tags: shred, excercize, alternate picking, staccato,
Difficulty8
Paul Gilbert Style Solo
by Jose Lassaga
I've composed this a long time ago, while I was playing for "Purasangre" - a local hard rock band.
Tags: Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, solo, shredding,
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Shredding Exercises - Developing Speed
by Jose Mena
The original idea was to show you some alternate picking exercises, but I ended coming up with this somewhat of a neo-classical solo.
Tags: shred, speed, neo-classical, shredding,...

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