How to Use the Whammy Bar

Let Alex Skolnick teach you how to use the whammy bar on a guitar in this free heavy metal guitar lesson from Howcast.

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Learn how to play heavy metal guitar with these free guitar lessons from Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick.

 
How to Play the Minor Pentatonic Scale | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play the Minor Pentatonic Scale
How to Play the Natural Minor Scale | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play the Natural Minor Scale
How to Play the Blues Scale | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play the Blues Scale
How to Play the Octave Position | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play the Octave Position
How to Use Octaves | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Use Octaves
How to Play the Diagonal Form | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play the Diagonal Form
How to Play the Dorian Mode | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play the Dorian Mode
How to Play Scale Tones | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Scale Tones
How to Play Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
How to Play Two Fret Bends on Strings 4 - 6 | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Two Fret Bends on Strings 4 - 6
How to Play Two Fret Bends on Strings 1 - 3 | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Two Fret Bends on Strings 1 - 3
How to Play One Fret Bends | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play One Fret Bends
How to Overbend Notes | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Overbend Notes
Notes on the 6th String | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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Notes on the 6th String
Notes on the 5th String | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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Notes on the 5th String
How to Use Distortion | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Use Distortion
How to Use Drop D Tuning | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Use Drop D Tuning
How to Play Metal Guitar Riffs in Drop D | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Metal Guitar Riffs in Drop D
How to Use Drop B Tuning | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Use Drop B Tuning
How to Play Heavy Metal Power Chords | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Heavy Metal Power Chords
How to Play Power Chord Riffs | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Power Chord Riffs
How to Play Rhythmic Patterns | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Rhythmic Patterns
How to Play Thrash Metal Rhythm Guitar | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Thrash Metal Rhythm Guitar
How to Use Rests in Rhythmic Patterns | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Use Rests in Rhythmic Patterns
How to Play Metal Guitar Riffs in A Major | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Metal Guitar Riffs in A Major
How to Play Metal Guitar Riffs in E Minor | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Metal Guitar Riffs in E Minor
How to Change Keys | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Change Keys
How to Play Natural Harmonics | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Natural Harmonics
How to Play Pinch Harmonics | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Pinch Harmonics
Improvisation and Phrasing Techniques | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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Improvisation and Phrasing Techniques
How to Play Guitar Solos | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Guitar Solos
How to Play Triplets | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Triplets
How to Play Sixteenth Note Triplets | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Sixteenth Note Triplets
How to Play Pedal Notes | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Pedal Notes
How to Use the Whammy Bar | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Use the Whammy Bar
How to Play Lead Guitar Melodic Licks | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Lead Guitar Melodic Licks
How to Shred | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Shred
How to Play a Major Arpeggio | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play a Major Arpeggio
How to Play String Skipping Arpeggios | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play String Skipping Arpeggios
How to Speed Pick | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Speed Pick
How to Improve Speed on Guitar | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Improve Speed on Guitar
How to Do Alternate Picking and Play 16th Notes | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Do Alternate Picking and Play 16th Notes
Cross String Picking Mechanics | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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Cross String Picking Mechanics
Finger Vibrato Techniques | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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Finger Vibrato Techniques
How to Play Legato | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Play Legato
Right Hand Fretting | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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Right Hand Fretting
How to Do 2 Hand Tapping, Part 1 | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Do 2 Hand Tapping, Part 1
How to Do 2 Hand Tapping, Part 2 | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Do 2 Hand Tapping, Part 2
How to Do One Octave Sweep Picking | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Do One Octave Sweep Picking
How to Do Two Octave Sweep Picking | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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How to Do Two Octave Sweep Picking
Rock Cliches | Heavy Metal Guitar Lessons
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Rock Cliches
How to Play Heavy Metal Guitar with Alex Skolnick
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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.