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Music Music Techniques Guitar

Ultimate Shred Machine: Learn shred guitar techniques

Learn the big 4 techniques of rock and heavy metal
Rating: 4.4 out of 54.4 (258 ratings)
1,876 students
Created by Chris Zoupa
Last updated 2/2021
English
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Have a better understanding and grasp of all the techniques needed for rock and heavy metal lead guitar playing
  • Understand how to play and compose with new techniques and also use them in learning the solos you want!
  • Better understanding of how to practice and hone technique to the desired level you want

  • Beginner to Intermediate playing
  • Able to read tablature
  • Basic dexterity to be able to cross strings and play licks and scales.

Description

This course is designed to help players get a better grasp of practicing and appropriately using the big 4 techniques of rock and heavy metal. We're talking about SHREDDING, LEGATO, TAPPING and SWEEPING.

Each section of the course is devoted to one of these techniques and has multiple examples beginning very simply and gradually increasing in difficulty and complexity. Each section will also be divided up into sub-sections of each technique and the common problems that can occur on the minor details within techniques. I will be providing tips, tricks and hacks to these common problems!

Who this course is for:

  • Any guitarists wanting to up their shred speed, legato, tap and sweeping technique
  • Someone who has already tried to learn these techniques and failed due to it being presented in a boring manner or the exercises were dull
  • Someone who wants to learn rock and metal techniques in a fun and easy to understand manner, without all of the technical jargon.

Course content

4 sections • 138 lectures • 2h 19m total length

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  • USM Figure 1.4 - 'E' Chromatic w/semiquaver pulse
    00:27
  • USM Figure 1.5 - 'A' Minor pentatonic w/triplet quaver pulse
    00:57
  • USM Section 1C - The Radius Of Your Picking Motion
    02:16
  • USM Figure 1.6 - 1 string 'E' minor exercise w/semiquaver pulse
    00:39
  • USM Figure 1.7 - 10 note 2 string 'A' minor lick w/quaver pulse
    00:32
  • USM Figure 1.8 - Extended 10 note 2 string 'A' minor lick w/semiquaver pulse
    00:37
  • USM Section 1D - Shredding Pentatonics & Chromatics
    02:57
  • USM Figure 1.9 - Alternate pick building 'A' minor pentatonic lick
    00:41
  • USM Figure 1.10 - Wylde 2 string grouping 'A' minor lick
    00:50
  • USM Figure 1.11 - 'E' minor pentatonic speedball lick w/ semiquaver pulse
    00:48
  • USM Figure 1.12 - 4NPS chromatic ascend & descend exercise w/semiquaver pulse
    00:28
  • USM Figure 1.13 - 4NPS chromatic ascend & descend 1423 exercise
    00:31
  • USM Figure 1.14 - 4 finger spider crawl descend into ascend w/ quaver pulse
    00:38
  • USM Figure 1.15 - 4 finger spider crawl ascend into descend w/ quaver pulse
    00:33
  • USM Figure 1.16 - Chromatic waves descending and ascending w/ semiquaver pulse
    00:32
  • USM Section 1E - Shredding Diatonics & 3 Note Per String Patterns
    01:54
  • USM Figure 1.17 - 3 common 3 note per string shapes
    00:34
  • USM Figure 1.18 - 3 note per string ‘A’ Aeolian diatonic scale w/ triplet quaver
    00:36
  • USM Figure 1.19 - 2 string Skwisgaar warm up shred w/ triplet quaver pulse
    00:58
  • USM Figure 1.20 - 2 string descend/ascend shred in ‘E’ minor w/ semiquaver pulse
    00:30
  • USM Figure 1.21 - Paul Gilbert style ‘F#’ Aeolian diatonic shred exercise
    00:40
  • USM Figure 1.22 - ‘E’ Phrygian Dominant crawling shred lick w/ semiquaver pulse
    00:35
  • USM Figure 1.23 - 3NPS ‘A’ pentatonic scale shape w/blue note w/ triplet quaver
    00:35
  • USM Figure 1.24 - 5/4 Alexi Laiho style neoclassical shred in ‘A’ harmonic minor
    00:40
  • USM Figure 1.25 - Under The Influence shred in ‘A’ minor w/ semiquaver pulse
    00:41
  • USM Figure 1.26 - 4 & 2 Pentatonic b5 shred in ‘A’ minor
    00:31
  • USM Figure 1.27 - Epic chromatic bumble bee shred sequence w/ semiquaver pulse
    00:32
  • USM Section 1F - When And How To Use Economy Picking
    02:28
  • USM Figure 1.28 - ‘G’ Ionian 3NPS diatonic scale w/economy picking
    00:39
  • USM Figure 1.29 - ‘A’ Aeolian 3NPS 1 2 3 5 crawl w/economy picking
    00:46
  • USM Figure 1.30 - ‘C’ Ionian 3NPS 1 2 3 5 crawl w/economy picking
    00:48
  • USM Figure 1.31 - ‘E’ minor pentatonic w/ blue note w/economy picking
    00:43
  • USM Section 1G - String Skip Shredding
    02:04
  • USM Figure 1.32 - Descending chromatic string skip warm up w/ semiquaver pulse
    00:41
  • USM Figure 1.33 - 4nps string skip chromatic ascend and descend 1423 exercise
    00:43
  • USM Figure 1.34 - String skipped 4 finger spider crawl descend into ascend
    00:41
  • USM Figure 1.35 - String skipped 4 finger spider crawl ascend into descend
    00:43
  • USM Figure 1.36 - String skipped diatonic arpeggio ascend w/ quaver pulse
    00:47
  • USM Figure 1.37 - ’B’ Phrygian dominant string skipped descending shred
    00:38
  • USM Section 1H - A Gentleman’s Conclusion To Shredding
    01:10

  • USM Section 2A - Legato Fundamentals & Common Issues
    03:59
  • USM Figure 2.1 - Chromatic finger independence hammer exercise w/ quaver pulse
    00:38
  • USM Figure 2.2 - Chromatic finger independence pull off exercise w/ quaver pulse
    00:37
  • USM Figure 2.3 - ‘A’ minor pentatonic ascend & descend legato exercise w/ quaver
    00:28
  • USM Figure 2.4 - ‘A’ dominant pentatonic ascend & descend legato exercise w/ qua
    00:30
  • USM Figure 2.5 - ‘A’ Lydian Hirajoshi pentatonic ascend & descend legato exercis
    00:33
  • USM Section 2B - Make That Damn Pinky Cooperate
    02:30
  • USM Figure 2.6 - Pointer pinky legato strengthening exercise w/ quaver pulse
    00:43
  • USM Figure 2.7 - 4 fingered pinky relationship legato strengthening exercise w/
    00:51
  • USM Figure 2.8 - Malmsteeny legato exercise in ‘E’ minor w/ triplet quaver pulse
    00:39
  • USM Section 2C - Good Time Rock Legato
    01:57
  • USM Figure 2.9 - 5/4 rockin’ pentatonic legato exercise in ‘A’ minor w/ triplet
    00:39
  • USM Figure 2.10 - 5/4 ‘D’ dominant pentatonic legato exercise w/ triplet quaver
    00:37
  • USM Figure 2.11 - 5/4 ‘C’ Lydian Hirajoshi pentatonic legato exercise w/ triplet
    00:39
  • USM Section 2D - Oddly Timed & Oddly Grouped Legato
    02:26
  • USM Figure 2.12 - ‘A’ minor pentatonic ascending 5s legato exercise w/ quaver pu
    00:40
  • USM Figure 2.13 - ‘A’ minor pentatonic descending 5s legato exercise w/ quaver p
    00:32
  • USM Figure 2.14 - ‘B’ dominant pentatonic ascending & descending 5s legato exerc
    00:24
  • USM Figure 2.15 - ‘C’ Lydian Hirajoshi pentatonic ascending & descending 5s lega
    00:27
  • USM Figure 2.16 - ‘A’ minor pentatonic ascending 5s & 6s legato exercise w/ quav
    00:44
  • USM Section 2E - Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’…Legato
    02:03
  • USM Figure 2.17 - ‘G’ major ascending 3NPS legato exercise w/ triplet quaver pul
    00:39
  • USM Figure 2.18 - ‘A’ Dorian descending 3NPS legato exercise w/ triplet quaver p
    00:43
  • USM Figure 2.19 - ‘A’ minor – ‘C’ major ascending & descending 3NPS legato exerc
    00:41
  • USM Figure 2.20 - ‘E’ 3nps minor pentatonic legato exercise w/ triplet semiquave
    00:33
  • USM Figure 2.21 - ‘D’ Phrygian position shift legato exercise w/ triplet quaver
    00:27
  • USM Figure 2.22 - ‘F#’ full tone ascending pattern legato exercise w/ triplet qu
    00:32
  • USM Figure 2.23 - ‘F#’ full tone rolling 7s legato exercise w/ septuplet quaver
    00:36
  • USM Figure 2.24 - ‘E’ diminished 7s legato exercise w/ septuplet quaver pulse
    00:31
  • USM Section 2F - String Skip Legato
    01:46
  • USM Figure 2.25 - ‘A’ minor pentatonic position 1 string skip legato w/ quaver p
    00:33
  • USM Figure 2.26 - ‘A’ minor pentatonic all 5 positions string skip legato exerci
    00:46
  • USM Figure 2.27 - ‘B’ minor pentatonic 3nps string skip legato exercise w/ 10s p
    00:33
  • USM Figure 2.28 - ‘G’ major 3nps string skip legato multiple position shift exer
    00:41
  • USM Section 2G - A Smooth Summation
    01:07

  • USM Section 3A - Tapping Fundamentals
    03:11
  • USM Figure 3.1 - ‘E’ minor diatonic 1 string tap exercise w/ triplet quaver puls
    00:28
  • USM Figure 3.2 - ‘E’ minor tap 1 string diatonic arpeggio sequence exercise w/ t
    00:32
  • USM Figure 3.3 - ‘E’ minor diatonic 1 string double tap exercise w/ triplet quav
    00:37
  • USM Figure 3.4 - ‘E’ minor 1 string diatonic 4 finger tap exercise w/ triplet qu
    00:27
  • USM Figure 3.5 - ‘E’ minor 1 string diatonic 4 finger double tap exercise w/ sem
    00:41
  • USM Section 3B - Multiple String Tapping
    02:55
  • USM Figure 3.6 - ‘A’ minor 1st position descend-ascend tap exercise w/ quaver pu
    00:29
  • USM Figure 3.7 - ‘A’ minor multiple position descend-ascend double tap exercise
    00:31
  • USM Figure 3.8 - ‘C#’ minor 1st position wave tap exercise w/ triplet quaver pul
    00:40
  • USM Figure 3.9 - ‘A’ Ionian 5th tap exercise w/ semiquaver
    00:36
  • USM Figure 3.10 - ‘F#’ Aeolian 5th tap exercise w/ semiquaver pulse
    00:29
  • USM Figure 3.11 - ‘E’ Locrian ascending diatonic 3nps+tap exercise w/ triplet se
    00:33
  • USM Figure 3.12 - ‘F#’ Aeolian descending diatonic 3nps+tap exercise w/ triplet
    00:27
  • USM Figure 3.13 - Whole tone Racer X style tap exercise w/ triplet semiquaver pu
    00:40
  • USM Figure 3.14 - ‘G’ diminished tap exercise w/ triplet semiquaver pulse
    00:34
  • USM Section 3C - Sliding Taps and Two Finger Tapping
    01:50
  • USM Figure 3.15 - ‘A’ minor pentatonic position 1 & 3 sliding tap exercise w/ se
    00:43
  • USM Figure 3.16 - ‘C’ Ionian 2 finger tap exercise w/ triplet quaver pulse
    00:47
  • USM Section 3D - Sweep Arpeggio Taps For The Discerning Gentleman
    02:45
  • USM Figure 3.17 - ’A’ minor 3 string arpeggios with 7th tap exercise w/ semiquav
    00:40
  • USM Figure 3.18 - ’D’ major 5 string arpeggios with octave tap exercise w/ tripl
    00:44
  • USM Figure 3.19 & 3.20 - ’A’ minor 2 5 string arpeggios with tap exercise w/ tri
    01:13
  • USM Figure 3.21 & 3.22 - ’G’ major 2 5 string arpeggios with tap exercise w/ tri
    01:00
  • USM Figure 3.23 - ’F’ diminished 7th 6 string arpeggio with mirrored tap exercis
    00:24
  • USM Section 3E - String Skipped Taps
    03:16
  • USM Figure 3.24 - ‘A’ minor pentatonic string skip 5th interval tap exercise w/
    00:33
  • USM Figure 3.25 - Diminished string skip arpeggio tap exercise w/ triplet quaver
    00:27
  • USM Figure 3.26 - 'C' major arpeggios diatonic tap string skip w/ triplet quaver
    00:39
  • USM Figure 3.27 - ‘G’ major diatonic string skip legato tap exercise w/ triplet
    00:38
  • USM Figure 3.28 - ‘E’ minor pentatonic string skip arpeggio tap exercise w/ trip
    00:37
  • USM Section 3F - To Tap Or Not To Tap?
    01:17

  • USM Section 4A - Sweep Gliding Motion
    03:47
  • USM Figure 4.1 - ‘E’ major diatonic 2 string arpeggio w/ triplet quaver pulse
    00:38
  • USM Figure 4.2 - ‘E’ major diatonic 3 string arpeggio w/ semiquaver pulse
    00:43
  • USM Figure 4.3 - ‘D’ harmonic minor 3 string arpeggio sequence w/ semiquaver pul
    00:55
  • USM Section 4B - The British Cup Of Tea Flick & Hand Synchronicity
    03:37
  • USM Figure 4.4 - ‘C’ major 5 string arpeggio w/ triplet quaver pulse
    00:37
  • USM Figure 4.5 - ‘D’ major 5 string slide arpeggios diatonic chord sequence trip
    00:41
  • USM Figure 4.6 - Sus2 4 string slide arpeggios chord sequence w/ triplet semiqua
    00:47
  • USM Figure 4.7 & 4.8 - 'A' minor 5 string arpeggio & ‘D’ harmonic minor 5 string
    01:27
  • USM Figure 4.9 & 4.10 - 'C' major 7th 5 string arpeggio & ‘C’ major 5 string dia
    01:27
  • USM Figure 4.11 - ‘G’ major 6 string diatonic 7th arpeggio progression w/ semiqu
    00:31
  • USM Figure 4.12 - ‘G#’ diminished 4 string multiple position arpeggio build w/ s
    00:25
  • USM Figure 4.13 - ‘C’ major 4 string multiple position arpeggio building progres
    00:30
  • USM Figure 4.14 - ‘B’ major 4 string multiple position bassy arpeggio diatonic p
    00:30
  • USM Section 4C - The Dreaded Flat Finger Roll
    02:46
  • USM Figure 4.15 & 4.16 - 'E' minor 6 string arpeggio & ‘G’ major 6 string ‘Closi
    00:59
  • USM Figure 4.17 - ‘A’ minor 3 string flat finger arpeggio sequence w/ triplet se
    00:43
  • USM Figure 4.18 - ‘G’ major 5 & 6 string Jason Becker style arpeggio sequence w/
    00:43
  • USM Section 4D - Combining Sweeps And Shred
    02:24
  • USM Figure 4.19 - 'A’ minor 3 string Zephyr 7th arpeggio sequence w/quaver pulse
    00:33
  • USM Figure 4.20 - ‘A’ minor 5 string COB arpeggio w/ shred sequence w/quaver pul
    00:32
  • USM Figure 4.21 - ‘E’ minor multiple 2 string 3 octave arpeggio w/ descending sh
    00:32
  • USM Figure 4.22 - 3 string diminished arpeggios w/ chromatic shred w/ triplet qu
    00:28
  • USM Figure 4.23 - 5 string sweep arpeggios w/ descending diatonic shred w/ tripl
    00:31
  • USM Section 4E - Secrets Of A Janitor
    01:14

Instructor

Chris Zoupa
Guitar Teacher
Chris Zoupa
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 447 Reviews
  • 2,548 Students
  • 5 Courses

I have been playing guitar since 1993 when I received a guitar shortly after my 5th birthday. From day 1 I was obsessed. I was excelling through all school music and was constantly in bands.

By age 15 I was teaching out of a room in my house and my passion for music blossomed further. My love for teaching and nurturing players has been an amazing 15 year journey.

A few short years ago I started a YouTube channel called Chris Zoupa/Learn That Solo dedicated to learning rock and metal lead guitar as a way to put my knowledge to use, to keep my playing and ear training fresh and to pay homage to the guitar heroes that inspired me to be the player I am today.

I now have 100,000+ YouTube subscribers and teach over 80 guitar lessons (in person and Skype) a week with students from all over the world ranging from Australian (my home country) to America, Canada, Chile, Turkey, Mozambique, Ireland, Scotland, England and India to name a few.

I'm hoping that I can use Udemy to reach more inspiring students and aspiring players!

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