Showing Tag: "metal" (Show all posts)

Shred Lesson - Metal Guitar Techniques

Posted by The Wizard Of Shred on Thursday, December 1, 2011, In : Classical Ideas

Shred Lesson
Classical ideas

Scroll down to see the tabs

This is a great alternate picking exercise. Performing the frequent string shifts can be a challenge but if you persist and refuse to give up, you will get them down. Remember to practice slow and with precision. Keep working at a pace where it feels effortless and easy - and speed will follow naturally.

Shred Lesson

"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you c...

Classical Sequencing Lesson

Posted by The Wizard Of Shred on Thursday, November 17, 2011, In : Classical Ideas

Classical Sequencing Lesson

Scroll down to see the tabs

This piece is pretty straight forward. It's a combination of two well known sequences used in a lot of classical music. Notice that I use sweep picking to play the diminished arpeggios in the end. Practice slow and with precision. Keep working at a pace where it feels effortless and easy - and speed will follow naturally.

Classical Sequencing Lesson

"Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you ...

How to stop being nervous when you play in front of people

Posted by The Wizard Of Shred on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, In : Zen Shredding

How to stop being nervous when you play in front of people

Scroll to see the tabs

How to loose all your skills in a second

Being nervous when you play in front of other people will either make you more intensely present when you play or it will sabotage your playing to some degree. Some people loose a lot of their skills when they go on stage or even when a single person is listening to what they play. I used to drop down to 25 % of my skill capacity when ever I played in front of an audience. I...
Continue reading ...

How To Play Melodic Power Blues

Posted by The Wizzard on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, In : Power Blues 101

How to play melodic power blues

Scroll down to see tablature

Mixing the blues scale with the Dorian scale

Today’s idea requires a little more work than the two previous ones. I’ve written about this before but here it is again: Mixing the blues scale with the Dorian scale. The Dorian scale is, of course, your regular Major scale but with it’s second note as the root note.

Here’s your number one regular pentatonic / E-Blues shape again: