Intro to Metal Guitar

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Course Description

In this course, Greg Harrison, GIT instructor and professional musician, introduces you the guitar techniques you need to know if you want to play Metal. Palm Muting, Thrash Picking, Inverted Power Chords, are only some of the things he will teach you, with his easy to follow lessons.

He shows you exercises that are fun to play, and sequences that will build your melodic ideas. Also, learn the proper way to do bends and create harmonic interest in your solos.

If you like guitar players like Van Halen and Slash, or bands like Metallica, Iron Maiden and Pantera, this course is defiantly for you!

What is taught in this series?

Warm up Exercises
Palm Muting Power Chords
Trash Rhythm Patterns
Uncommon Picking Patterns
Riffs
Building Melodic and Rhythmic Motifs from Pentatonic Scales
Bending Techniques
Partial Picking
Sweep Picking
Inverted Arpeggios
4 and 5 String Arpeggios

Lessons

Warm Up Exercises
Warming up is a key element to get the most out of your practice and playing. Greg shows you some great warm up exercises to get you ready for some Metal Shredding

Palm Muting Power Chords
Greg shows you a rhythm technique that utilizes muting along with power chords.

Thrash Rhythm Patterns
Learn some Thrash Metal rhythm patterns that make great exercises no matter which genre of Metal guitar you prefer.

Uncommon Picking Pattern
Greg shows you a non-typical metal picking pattern, using eighths and sixteenth notes.

Quick Riff 1
Learn a heavy, evil riff in E, using octaves, slides, and power chords.

Quick Riff 2

Quick Riff 3
In this lesson Greg shows you how to play a cool riff with some dissonance, using 3rds and 2nds.

Building Melodic and Rhythmic Motifs from Pentatonic Scales
Greg shows you ideas on building melodic and rhythmic motifs from the minor pentatonic scale patterns.

Bending Techniques
Greg explains guitar bending and shows you some great bending techniques, using an A minor pentatonic scale.

Legato Technique Using Hammerons and Pulloffs
Greg introduces a legato technique which uses "hammer-ons" and "pull-offs". Great for smoother sounding phrases and licks.

Partial Picking
Greg shows you Partial Picking, a technique that uses a mix of picking, pull-offs, and hammer-ons, He shows you this utilizing the modified blues scales previously used in this series.

Same Note Different String
Sure there are several of the same notes on the fret board, but Greg shows how to use the same notes on different strings... and why.

Sweep Picking
Sweep Picking is a great technique to learn for solos, and Greg gets you started on how to do it.

Inverted Arpeggios
Greg continues with sweep picking technique and covers inverted arpeggio patterns. In other words rearranging the order of the notes.

4-String Arepeggio Shapes
Continuing with Sweep Picking, Greg shows you a 4-string sweep, A Minor triad you can use in different positions on the neck.

5 String Arpeggio Patterns
In this lesson you will be adding yet another string to create a 5 string arpeggio pattern, combining it with the 3 string arpeggio.

Quick Licks
Greg shows you some variations on a single string minor key Metal " Quick" Licks utilizing the pinky and first finger slide. These licks are movable so you can play them over any key