Incorporating Jazz Chords Into Metal By Dave Davidson published 5 February 19 Try introducing some jazz-type chord voicings and harmonies into your metal riffs.
A Clean Sweep: Running the Arpeggio Gauntlet By Baron Taurean Helleshaar published 28 January 19 This lesson can provide you with a few patterns and ideas you can incorporate into your own solos and riffs.
How Guitarists Can Build Super-Human Legato Chops By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 23 January 19 Get your fret-hand chops in shape and develop excellent fretboard “traction” with this lesson.
How to Play Fast Arpeggio-Based Licks Without Sweep Picking By Marty Friedman published 17 January 19 Marty Friedman demonstrates some cool ways you can achieve the effect of fast arpeggio-based sounds while avoiding the predictability of standard sweep-picking licks.
How to Use Your Whammy Bar Within a Riff By Dave Davidson published 16 January 19 Use your whammy bar to “color” chord patterns and give single-note lines different and unusual textures.
Zakk Wylde Lesson: How to Link Minor Pentatonic Scale Patterns By Zakk Wylde published 14 January 19 Link a few scale patterns together so you can start making full use of your guitar’s neck when you’re playing a lead.
Bridging the Chasm Between Scales and Arpeggios By Baron Taurean Helleshaar published 9 January 19 This arpeggio concept can help separate you from the well-worn path many shredders tend to follow.
Soloing in Odd Meters By Dave Davidson published 4 January 19 How to incorporate shifting meters into your solos.
A Fresh Batch of Technically Challenging Exercises to Keep Your Chops Fired Up By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 13 December 18 Some fresh guitar playing exercises/calisthenics that you can use to quickly and efficiently get your pick- and fret-hand chops back in shape.
How to Build Heavy Riffs and Unusual Chords From the Modes By Dave Davidson published 30 November 18 Use the fundamental modes to discover new chord shapes and melodic ideas.
Double Strummed Octaves, and My Solo in “The Price Is Wrong” By Mark Holcomb published 31 October 18 Learn more about double strummed octaves in this lesson from Periphery's Mark Holcomb.
Building Crushing Riffs from Complex Single-Note Patterns By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 26 October 18 Learn how to construct interesting, heavy and deceptively complex single-note riffs in this lesson.
Leveling Up Your Licks: Exploring Four-Note Patterns and Permutations By Oli Herbert published 17 October 18 Enjoy one of the late Oli Herbert's terrific Guitar World lesson videos.
“Mirroring” Fretboard Shapes 12 Frets Higher with Taps By Joel Hoekstra published 16 October 18 Learn how to take a fretboard shape for a given note sequence and “octave mirror” it by “previewing” each note an octave higher.
How to Play Thrash Metal By Martin Goulding published 4 October 18 Learn five riffs that demonstrate thrash metal's signature elements, presented in the styles of five key bands.
Mastering the Fundamental Modes Across the Entire Fretboard By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 26 September 18 Get a more complete understanding of the seven fundamental modes.
Applying Four-Note Shapes and Patterns to Arpeggios By Oli Herbert published 23 August 18 This lesson can really strengthen one’s awareness of intervallic construction, scale recognition across the fretboard and virtually every aspect of one’s playing.
Dimebag Darrell Lesson: A Vulgar Display of Power Chords By Dimebag Darrell published 20 August 18 Dimebag Darrell dishes on some tricky-sounding diads in this classic GW lesson.
10 Commandments of Playing Guitar in the Style of Pantera's Dimebag Darrell, Part 1 By Scott Marano published 16 August 18 The 10 pillars of Dimebag Darrell's guitar style.
How to Inject Unusual, Jarring Chord Voicings into Metal Rhythm Guitar Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 15 August 18 Dress up your riff ideas with murky, monstrous-sounding, aggressively attacked chord figures and patterns.