Using Syncopation to Disguise the Meter By Dave Davidson Learn how unexpected rhythmic shifts and syncopations can obscure the meter.
Incorporating Jazz Chords Into Metal By Dave Davidson Try introducing some jazz-type chord voicings and harmonies into your metal riffs.
How to Use Your Whammy Bar Within a Riff By Dave Davidson Use your whammy bar to “color” chord patterns and give single-note lines different and unusual textures.
Using Fast Down-Picking to Execute Powerful Riffs and Signature Parts By Dave Davidson Once you have this technique down, your thrash-metal rhythm-guitar chops should be up for just about anything.
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.
How to Play Revocation's “Theater of Horror,” Part 2 By Dave Davidson Last month, I introduced the intro and primary riffs to the song “Theater of Horror,” featured the latest Revocation album, Great Is Our Sin.
Odd Couplings:More Approaches to Soloing in Odd Meters By Dave Davidson Last month, I talked about the concept of incorporating odd and shifting meters, or time signatures, in the music of Revocation.
Thrash Course with Dave Davidson: Exploiting Odd-Time Meters, and How I Play “Madness Opus” and “Witch Trials” By Dave Davidson
Thrash Course with Dave Davidson: Using Mixed Meters, and How to Play “Labyrinth of Eyes,” Part 2 — Video By Dave Davidson
Thrash Course with Dave Davidson: How I Employ Dissonance in "Labyrinth of Eyes" — Video By Dave Davidson This month, I’d like to demonstrate the primary riffs in the Revocation song “Labyrinth of Eyes,” from our 2014 album, Deathless.
Thrash Course with Dave Davidson: More Melodic Options for Combining Sweeping and Tapping Techniques — Video By Dave Davidson
Thrash Course with Dave Davidson: Applying the Diminished Scale to the Pre-Chorus and Chorus of “Deathless” By Dave Davidson
Thrash Course with Dave Davidson: Varying and Applying a Common Guitar Scale in Interesting, Unusual Ways —Video By Dave Davidson
Thrash Course with Revocation's Dave Davidson: The Advantages of Alternate Picking, and How I Play “The Hive,” Part 2 By Dave Davidson
Thrash Course with Revocation's Dave Davidson: Building Heavy Riffs and Unusual Chords from the Modes By Dave Davidson
Thrash Course with Dave Davidson: Utilizing Different Picking Techniques, and How to Play "Invidious" By Dave Davidson
