Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning

In this lesson Allen Hinds talks about a number of elements regarding slide playing, in particular "Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning".

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Zakk Wylde's 'Voilent Styling' Power Riffing Lesson

Watch Zakk Wylde break down "Parade of the Dead," the single from Black Label Society's latest CD, 'Order of the Black' in video lesson. There is no doubt about it Zakk's intensity is always something to behold!

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Learn Vai's "Building The Church" intro

Learn how to play the intro to "Building The Church". You can watch the full lesson through Steve's Online Course at Berkleemusic.com/vai



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Perpetual Picking Motion = Groove

Something that Im constantly trying to help develop in my students playing is GROOVE, and the very top key to groove is keeping your picking hand moving. 'If your hand keeps moving you'll keep grooving!'

This video is an awesome example of exactly that. She not only keeps her hand moving for chords but also for her lead guitar licks. The result, rock solid groove.

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Lessons Of A Slide Blues Pro

Jack Pearson, quietly spoken but a devil of a slide player. You can hear the years of experience in every note, so intentional, so mature. This video is part 1 of five pieced together by Gibson.

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Jam To The Ninja Guitar Beat!

Mr Fast Finger is the magical meeting of shred guitar, animation and humour. What's more he's a very nice guy because he's now provided us with a blog of wicked shred licks to learn + and a very groovy ninja backing track loop.

Hear Fast Finger fan Ugur Dariveren ripping up over the loop with his slippery licks then try it yourself HERE!



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Picking Patterns - Rule Of Thumb

In this lesson I teach you a good rule of thumb when you are unsure what pickign pattern to use, especially when picking through chords.



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Drop D Metal Guitar Lick #2

Another Drop D tuning metal guitar lick (down a half step). This one makes a good alternate picking exercise as it involves a lot of string crossing. Tab is provided so this should be fairly straight forward for beginner and inetermediate players. Try altering the amount of palm muting and the tempo for a different sound. Cheers.
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80's ish Metal Guitar Riff

I'm a big fan of 80's metal. So when a youtube user requested a metal guitar riff that is naturally where my thoughts went. This guitar lick/riff also hints at some neo-classical elements but only slightly. If this is a bit too 80's - I'll ask the user to let me know and I'll do some more modern metal guitar licks. The video diverges from the tab at the end of the passage just to add some closure to the riff. As usual I'm tuned down a half step if you want to play along. Keep the requests coming!

Drop D down 1.5 Metal Guitar Triplet Lick

This is a triplet based metal guitar lick tuned in what I call "Slipknot tuning" because this band uses it a lot.Drop D Tuning down 1 and 1/2 steps. B,Gb,B,E,Ab,Dd.
I think this guitar lick sounds pretty cool but it doubles as a useful alternate picking exercise. You can also try economy picking exercises with this lick to take advantage of the direction of string changes. Have a rocking Friday!

Flat Picking Bluegrass Guitar Lick

Here's a little flat picking bluegrass guitar lick for you to try. The video has a slow breakdown and a right hand view to help follow along with the tab.