
An introduction to the course and a brief overview of what you can expect from this course. Also included is a brief introduction to tab (tablature) a simple way of reading guitar music notation for those that can't read music notation. Make sure you read this document as it is crucial in understanding the exercises and theory this course will teach.
The E Bash is the foundation of the metal sound. In this chapter you'll learn to get some basic control of your picking hand and create that metal sound! You'll also start to get some control of your fret hand and play some different notes on the E string!
The Power Chord (along with the previously mentioned E Bash) is another foundation part of being a Heavy metal guitar player. Here you will learn what a power chord is and how to play one and why it is useful. The power chord brings the beef you need!
Ok here we go with combining what we learned in the previous two lessons to make our own basic riffs! This is where it starts getting exciting after this you'll be riffing on your own!
Warm-ups are a key part of playing faster styles of heavy metal. Warm-ups will improve your note accuracy, speed and get all four of your fingers going so none are left behind. This will also ensure you progress at a much faster rate!
I know its a little nerdy but we do need to learn a little theory in our How to Metal course! The C Major Scale is all the real notes on the guitar and you need to know this and how it relates to your fret board and how you pay with others!
Reggae shows you a couple of variations on the simple power chord. These can be used to add different flavours to your riffs!
Reggae shows you how to use palm-muting to create a heavier but more defined tone to your riffage
Reggae shows you how to get started with Alternate Picking! Dive on in!
After we've got alternate picking going its time to build on the fundamentals a little. This time we explore different tempos within your alternate picking technique
Want to play Heavy Metal guitar? This is the course for you! Go from complete beginner to being able to Jam with a band, write your own songs, and jam with your friends and bust out some mean guitar solos in no time!. This course is light on the theory but heavy on the practicality with lots of PDFs with easy to understand tablature notation so that you can refer to. This course is designed so that you can get good as fast as possible! This course covers getting started on guitar, practice regimes and disciplines, chords and basic theory associated with them, and how to use them in Heavy Metal. How to Metal also covers getting started on lead guitar, how to write songs, how to jam along with your friends, and basic music theory. You will learn essential scales to be able to play Heavy metal and how these scales will benefit your playing. With 30 years of guitar playing experience, instructor Reggae will give you the basics to get you from beginner to intermediate and functioning guitar player within the one, neat course with a focus on speed, endurance and giving you the knowledge to reach your guitar playing goals!