Kristofer Dahl5th October 2015This is THE lesson for those of you who need a crash course in rhythm ideas! There is no time to loose - do it NOW!
Gabriel Leopardi5th October 2015EPIC lesson!!! It's a metal rhythm masterclass!! Great composition Ben! Thanks for this lesson!
MisterM5th October 2015amazing lesson !
liveOASISforever5th October 2015Amazing Ben
Avaloa5th October 2015I have no words... nevertheless: GEIL!!!
Drag0nz&meTaL5th October 2015this is MIND BLOWING!!!!!
Hajduk6th October 2015
Such a awesome Lesson Ben, Thank you- Clothingstorm46th October 2015
I had a massive fanboy moment when i saw this!
You are awesome Ben! 
Guido Bungenstock6th October 2015Could be named as the history of Master Ben also! :-D
Ben Higgins6th October 2015Glad you're enjoying it, people!
Bogdan Radovic6th October 2015Love the glam part!
thefireball8th October 2015This is why metal is the best genre in the world.
- Clothingstorm48th October 2015
Hey, Ben , what was your favorite style to do?
Where any new to you?
I wanna know 'cause you nailed every style! - Ben Higgins8th October 2015Hey, Ben , what was your favorite style to do?
Where any new to you?
I wanna know 'cause you nailed every style!
It was enjoyable to do most of them Stuff like Metalcore and Djent is not stuff I play so that was new to me - Clothingstorm49th October 2015
Well, your never too old to try new things!
- sieg66617th October 2015
This is one of those standouts in GMC. Great concept. Ben is the doyen of metal and rock.
- Charles10th November 2015
Love it! Really Great lesson to learn and improve!
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20 Punk Bands In One...
Punk Rock, Rhythm guitar, Strumming, classic punk, pentatonic licks, power chord, Ramones, New York Dolls, The Stooges, Nofx, Bad Religion, Rancid, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Television, Nirvana, The Offspring, Dropkick Murphys, Blink182, Dead Kennedys, Rise Against, Social Distortion, Minor Threat, Green Day, Die Toten Hosen, Los Violadoresby Gabriel Leopardi - Difficulty2
Determining The Key...
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Triads In a Song...
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Open Triads In A...
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modes, Melodic minor, scale licks, rock fusion, fusion, rock, phrasing, scott hendersen, tom quayle, martin miller, joe passby Guido Bungenstock - Difficulty3
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Hi and welcome to my new lesson. It's another giant feature this time and the focus is on the history of metal. From it's very beginnings in blues rock, taking in all the most prominent sub genres, to the present day and the rise of modern progressive metal.
I will let the music do the talking. Each section will focus on one particular sub genre and there will be spoken videos placed every few videos, summing up the genres to that point.
This lesson is riff heavy and focusing on rhythm playing. The things you can improve in this lesson include:
-Palm muting
-Alternate picking
-Shifting chord positions
-Stamina
-Timing
-Ability to play over complex drum patterns
-Making your friends jealous
-Making your friends really jealous
-Making your friends hate you
-Losing your friends
-Having no friends but becoming a guitar god, which is even better
The spectrum of metal has touched the lives of us all in some way, whether you're more of a fan of 70's heavy rock or thrash so let us pay tribute to the ultimate of musical genres and make some noise!
Tuning:
B E A D G B E - Standard Tuning (7 string)
Tempo:
Various, starting at 145bpm
Gear:
Ibanez RG7421, Marshall JVM, OD2 & Crunch Channels, varying EQs. Reverb added in Cubase.
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