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Metal
Guitar Lessons
Learn the techniques that
make heavy metal
fast, brutal and even... melodic. No spikey guitar necessary.
If you're into thrash metal, death metal, or any
other form of heavy metal and want to learn
the essential guitar techniques used in all the metal sub-genres, this
is the
place.
Need a
head start? Not sure where to begin? For those who want
the complete learning package (without shelling out for expensive
private lessons), see my review of the Burning
Metal Course.
Heavy
Metal Guitar Basics
Power
Chords
Power chords are...not chords!
They are diads (two notes played
together) used religiously in
rock and heavy metal. They work well under high gain/distortion, so
turn your amp's settings up and learn how to improve your riff accuracy
and speed with these power chord exercises.
Metal
Strumming
Learn the basics
of strumming in heavy metal,
with drum tracks to try out your own riffs over. We start with basic
downstrumming patterns before moving on to more complex down-up
strumming in part 2. An essential primer in metal rhythm guitar.
Palm
Mute Guitar
Palm mute guitar is a
technique used in all forms of heavy metal, providing a more percussive
edge to distorted/high gain guitar. Use this
lesson series for the basics, moving onto some more advanced tips and
techniques in the 2nd and 3rd parts.
Part 1: Palm
Mute Guitar Basics
Part 2: More
Advanced Palm Muting
Part 3: Fast
Palm Muting
Fast
Guitar Picking
This lesson covers tremolo
picking - an alternate picking technique used most commonly in thrash
metal.
Machine gun picking methods. Great excercise... for your hand anyway.
Metal Lead Technique
Watch the video below for a great introduction to
metal lead
techniques, including hammer-ons, pull-offs, trills, bends, pinch
harmonics and more...

Metal
Guitar Scales
A bit of focus on lead guitar
and the scales
commonly used in heavy metal to support its harsh, aggressive style. We
look at the modes and more exotic scales used in metal, and there are
backing tracks for you to try them out over... don't say I never give
you anything.
How
to Play Death Metal Guitar
The basics of playing death
metal guitar.
Part
1 introduces the "death scale" and some
alternate picking, palm muting techniques to use with the slower,
lumbering side of death metal.
Part
2
looks at complementing blast beats using tremolo picking and riffing at
speed. Plus, we finish by fusing together
the elements we've learned to create progressive riffs.
Thrash
Metal Guitar Lesson
Know what the secret is to
that satisfying rhythmic chaos in thrash
metal? Pick groupings - This lesson gives you some more technical
picking exercises to make your thrash playing more dynamic, working with
the percussion. Plus, we look at general tremolo picking and some other
essential thrash metal styles. Enjoy!
Metal
Rhythm Guitar
This
lesson focuses on working with the percussion, with drum tracks to try
your own
stuff over. We also get introduced to the groove element of heavy
metal, which
is covered in depth in the Burning
Metal Course.
Take your heavy metal
guitar playing to advanced
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