Using the diminished 5th can add some interesting tension to your leads. This should give you a few ideas on how to use that special note.

George Lynch is one of the most instantly recognizable guitar players when you hear him. His tone and phrasing are very unique. Mr. Scary as he is often referred to has a propensity for using the diminished 5th (or flat 5th) in almost every song he has written.

All of the powerchords from A to G.

Bluesy fusion emphasizing the raking technique

A look at the popular and demonic sounding tritone - the diabolus in musica!

Learn drop 2 & 3 voicings for half diminished chords - so called minor seventh flat five chords.

Learn basic and most common patterns that will allow you to instantly jam along your favorite songs or backing tracks.

Let's work a little more on downstrokes, power chords and rhythm discplacement. Also - we will explore a cool interval: flat 5, which has a powerful sound to it.

Opeth incorporates many styles of music from folk to jazz in their metal. As well as clean and acoustic passages. We will look at Octaves, trickier riffs, the tritone powerchord, which is basically a powerchord but with an added flat 5 interval.