Metal Mike Chlasciak

Learn three “classic” metal-style riffs packed with melodic movement.

Learn a simple, effective way to take any Aeolian line and change and mutate its character.

Learn a handful of riffs designed to sharpen up very specific and different aspects of your heavy-metal guitar technique.

Focus on two essential minor modes, Dorian and Aeolian, with these scale patterns.

How to break away from the “bluesy” sound with which the scale is so often associated.

Sure, there are days when we are all inspired to pick up our guitars and play. But what about the other days?

Learn a few different examples of rhythm-guitar ideas that jump around harmonically and also feature the incorporation of suspended chords.

Learn some licks that utilize natural harmonics.

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.

Get your fret-hand chops in shape and develop excellent fretboard “traction” with this lesson.

Some fresh guitar playing exercises/calisthenics that you can use to quickly and efficiently get your pick- and fret-hand chops back in shape.

Mastering these riffs will get your chops razor sharp and stronger than ever.

Some cool things you can do with drop-D (with an emphasis on unusual melodic intervals).

Fortify your fret-hand/pick-hand coordination while strengthening your overall chops and ability to play fast and clean.

Learn how to construct interesting, heavy and deceptively complex single-note riffs in this lesson.

Examine how the Phrygian Mode can be utilized for heavy-metal riffs and solos.

Get a more complete understanding of the seven fundamental modes.

Dress up your riff ideas with murky, monstrous-sounding, aggressively attacked chord figures and patterns.

Learn a couple of fast, challenging lead-type phrases that are designed to lift your chops up to the next level.