How to Reinvent a Modal Melody by Changing Only One Note By Metal Mike Chlasciak Learn a simple, effective way to take any Aeolian line and change and mutate its character.
Combining Metal-Style Rhythm-Playing Techniques to Create Memorable Riffs By Metal Mike Chlasciak Learn a handful of riffs designed to sharpen up very specific and different aspects of your heavy-metal guitar technique.
Examining Five Essential Minor Mode Scale Patterns By Metal Mike Chlasciak Focus on two essential minor modes, Dorian and Aeolian, with these scale patterns.
Discovering New Ways to Use the Minor Pentatonic Scale By Metal Mike Chlasciak How to break away from the “bluesy” sound with which the scale is so often associated.
10 Tips to Boost Your Practice Session By Metal Mike Chlasciak Sure, there are days when we are all inspired to pick up our guitars and play. But what about the other days?
How to Incorporate Suspended Chords into Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak Learn a few different examples of rhythm-guitar ideas that jump around harmonically and also feature the incorporation of suspended chords.
A Guide to High-Pitched Natural Harmonics By Metal Mike Chlasciak Learn some licks that utilize natural harmonics.
How to Fortify Power-Chord Ideas with Single-Note Lines and Diads By Metal Mike Chlasciak Learn a variety of ways you can bring more melodic content to your power-chord-driven ideas through the use of single-note lines and small two-note chord voicings.
How Guitarists Can Build Super-Human Legato Chops By Metal Mike Chlasciak Get your fret-hand chops in shape and develop excellent fretboard “traction” with this lesson.
A Fresh Batch of Technically Challenging Exercises to Keep Your Chops Fired Up By Metal Mike Chlasciak Some fresh guitar playing exercises/calisthenics that you can use to quickly and efficiently get your pick- and fret-hand chops back in shape.
Build Up Your Chops with These Challenging, Molten-Hot Metal Riffs By Metal Mike Chlasciak Mastering these riffs will get your chops razor sharp and stronger than ever.
Exploring Drop-D Tuning’s Unique Melodic Possibilities By Metal Mike Chlasciak Some cool things you can do with drop-D (with an emphasis on unusual melodic intervals).
Killer Runs to Sharpen Your Pick-Hand and Fret-Hand Skills By Metal Mike Chlasciak Fortify your fret-hand/pick-hand coordination while strengthening your overall chops and ability to play fast and clean.
Building Crushing Riffs from Complex Single-Note Patterns By Metal Mike Chlasciak Learn how to construct interesting, heavy and deceptively complex single-note riffs in this lesson.
How to Use the Dark Sound of the Phrygian Mode’s “Flatted” Intervals By Metal Mike Chlasciak Examine how the Phrygian Mode can be utilized for heavy-metal riffs and solos.
Mastering the Fundamental Modes Across the Entire Fretboard By Metal Mike Chlasciak Get a more complete understanding of the seven fundamental modes.
How to Inject Unusual, Jarring Chord Voicings into Metal Rhythm Guitar Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak Dress up your riff ideas with murky, monstrous-sounding, aggressively attacked chord figures and patterns.
Challenging Phrases Designed to Lift Your Chops to the Next Level By Metal Mike Chlasciak Learn a couple of fast, challenging lead-type phrases that are designed to lift your chops up to the next level.
How to Devise Melodic Metal Licks for Rhythm Guitar Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak When writing riffs, one of the greatest challenges is to create parts that are not just melodically and rhythmically effective but also memorable and powerful.
