Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
Learn how to play heavy metal guitar with these free guitar lessons from Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick.
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How to Play the Minor Pentatonic Scale
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How to Play the Natural Minor Scale
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3
How to Play the Blues Scale
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4
How to Play the Octave Position
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5
How to Use Octaves
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How to Play the Diagonal Form
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How to Play the Dorian Mode
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How to Play Scale Tones
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How to Play Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
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How to Play Two Fret Bends on Strings 4 - 6
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How to Play Two Fret Bends on Strings 1 - 3
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How to Play One Fret Bends
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How to Overbend Notes
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Notes on the 6th String
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Notes on the 5th String
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How to Use Distortion
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How to Use Drop D Tuning
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How to Play Metal Guitar Riffs in Drop D
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How to Use Drop B Tuning
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How to Play Heavy Metal Power Chords
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How to Play Power Chord Riffs
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How to Play Rhythmic Patterns
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How to Play Thrash Metal Rhythm Guitar
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How to Use Rests in Rhythmic Patterns
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How to Play Metal Guitar Riffs in A Major
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How to Play Metal Guitar Riffs in E Minor
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How to Change Keys
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How to Play Natural Harmonics
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How to Play Pinch Harmonics
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30
Improvisation and Phrasing Techniques
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31
How to Play Guitar Solos
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How to Play Triplets
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How to Play Sixteenth Note Triplets
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34
How to Play Pedal Notes
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How to Use the Whammy Bar
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36
How to Play Lead Guitar Melodic Licks
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37
How to Shred
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How to Play a Major Arpeggio
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How to Play String Skipping Arpeggios
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40
How to Speed Pick
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How to Improve Speed on Guitar
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42
How to Do Alternate Picking and Play 16th Notes
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43
Cross String Picking Mechanics
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44
Finger Vibrato Techniques
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45
How to Play Legato
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46
Right Hand Fretting
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How to Do 2 Hand Tapping, Part 1
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How to Do 2 Hand Tapping, Part 2
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49
How to Do One Octave Sweep Picking
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How to Do Two Octave Sweep Picking
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51
Rock Cliches
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How to Play Heavy Metal Guitar with Alex Skolnick
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Alex Skolnick
Alex Skolnick is one of the most diverse guitarists of his generation. Best known for the thrash metal band Testament (which he joined at 16), he has performed with Ozzy Osbourne, ranked high in guitar magazine polls, achieved a BfA in music from New School University and gone one to make a mark in jazz (Alex Skolnick trio), acoustic world music (Rodrigo Y Gabriela), symphonic rock (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) and much more. As a writer, Alex pens a popular blog, Skolnotes found on his website, alexskolnick.com.
