Riffing in the style of Mr. Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme

We are focusing on some Metal's sub-genres. This time we'll spend some time on Power Metal!

A New Metal riff and a melodious solo with some influences of Evanescence and Toby Mac. Alternate picking, Vibrato, Slides and Palm muting.

By using just one finger on a single string, we can concentrate on what's really important.

As in the previous lesson from this series called Riff Master, we will focus on metal riffs from Metal sub-genres.

A must know Metallica classic,

How to create some fusion type of riffs using simple tools.

This lesson begins with a "rocker riff" in the style of Audioslave or Rage against the Machine and then we have a nice and not too difficult solo in E pentatonic minor scale that includes many interesting rock licks. We will explore different techniques as vibrato, bending, legato, artificial harmonics and double string licks.

In this series we´ll work on riffs, groove and rhythm. All we need to improve our skills.