Heavy guitar riffs played at shred speed. Combines 16th note triplets and 16th notes at 144 bpm.

A few licks using the Dorian and minor pentatonic scale. The following licks are very usable in most musical situations.

Metal with some groove. A shuffle which allows to create interesting phrasing ideas. Combines alternate picking, legato, and sweep picking.

The Lydian mode is one of my favorites. It brings a mysterious kind of feel to a major 7th chord and is often used to "open up" a musical piece.

We'll talk about the Mixolydian mode. This mode is the 5th mode extracted from the Major scale.

In our quest for percussive freedom, we will explore melody making: how to stack rhythm, bass & harmony with a melodic movement on top

An arrangement of the previous chord melody lesson. We will explore the arrangement of the melody, how to make it more interesting.

This is an example of how to create a song using only chords and how to create a melody with those chord voicings.

Let's focus on phrasing by learning a "Sweet Melody"...