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.
How to Build Heavy Riffs and Unusual Chords From the Modes By Dave Davidson 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 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 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 Enjoy one of the late Oli Herbert's terrific Guitar World lesson videos.
“Mirroring” Fretboard Shapes 12 Frets Higher with Taps By Joel Hoekstra 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 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 Get a more complete understanding of the seven fundamental modes.
Applying Four-Note Shapes and Patterns to Arpeggios By Oli Herbert 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 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 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 Dress up your riff ideas with murky, monstrous-sounding, aggressively attacked chord figures and patterns.
'Doug Aldrich Master Class: 10 Steps to Monster Chops, Part 1 By Doug Aldrich and Andy Aledort Guitarist extraordinaire Doug Aldrich offers a slew of exciting and inspiring licks and technical exercises to help you become the player you aspire to be.
Building Metal Riffs with the Phrygian Dominant Scale By Simon Revill Learn how to use the Phrygian Dominant scale to create musically intriguing riffs.
Horizontal and Vertical Natural-Minor Runs By Oli Herbert Examine horizontal and vertical natural-minor runs in this lesson.
Combining Pentatonic Scales to Create Unexpected Phrases By Oli Herbert Combine the minor pentatonic and Hirajoshi scales to create melodic lines that offer more harmonic-melodic variety.
Gallop Rhythms for Heavy Metal Guitar, Part 2 By Simon Revill Learn how the gallop rhythm is used in six different ways.
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.
