Rock music as we know it today would not be the same without the eighties. Many bands back then have influenced musicians today in many ways. The most important thing in the following examples is to stay as melodic as possible.

Metal riff in the style of 80's metal bands.

This is a great opportunity to explore how much feeling we have in our playing. Suitable for intermediate guitar players, this lesson shows that we can combine slow and fast melodies to express different emotions and cover different aspects of the playing.

In this lesson you will not only find a solo filled with techniques to learn - but you will find a complete instrumental guitar song. The way we constructed this song allows you to practice it as if it where a lesson series - starting from beginner level and ending with advanced techniques.

Oh my god - is this the first collaboration lesson at gmc or what? We believe it is! Let's go through the clean and distorted rhythm guitars, covering verse and chorus. From there you will see how things develop into a "duel" kind of solo.

Take a trip through the origins and family tree of heavy metal with this riff laden lesson.

Today we´ll have a tutorial on how to make a riff with the great heavy metal and hard rock resource, the pedal note.

Get ready to rock like it's the 1980's all over again with this lesson in the style of Steel Panther.

90s metal inspired workshop for downpicking, palm muting and overall rhythm tightness.