The Beginning Hard Rock & Metal DVD is a complete course for players who are just getting started in the world of heavy music. You'll learn everything you need to know about gear, tone and techniques from buying the right guitar, amp and effects to riffing like Pantera, power chording like Metallica and shredding like Disturbed. With more than 120 minutes of lessons, Beginning Hard Rock & Metal DVD will take you from "wannabe" to "metal god" in practically no time at all.
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The Beginning Hard Rock & Metal DVD will teach you:
- How to Get a Hard Rock/Metal Sound
- Picking Techniques for Lead and Rhythm
- Down Picking with Palm Muting
- Alternate Picking with Palm Muting
- Tremolo Picking
- Heavy Single-Note Riffs
- First-Position Power Chords
- First-Position Power Chords Combined with Single Notes
- "Barred" Power Chords
- Sixth-String Root Power Chords
- Fifth-String Root Power Chords
- Combining Sixth- and Fifth-String Root Power Chords
- Pedal Tones
- Combined with Two-Note Power Chords
- The "Galloping" Rhythm
- Scales for Heavy Riffs
- E Minor Pentatonic
- A Minor Pentatonic
- E Blues Scale
- A Blues Scale
- More Scales for Heavy Riffs
- Drop D Tuning
- Soloing, Open Position
- E Minor Pentatonic
- Soloing Over a Chord Progression
- E Blues Scale
- Soloing, Closed Position
- A Minor Pentatonic
- A Blues Scale
- Building-Block Licks
- Trills
- A Aeolian
- Fretboard Tapping
- The Basics
- Tapping Over a Chord Progression
- Bonus! How to Read Tab
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A longtime contributor to Guitar World magazine, and the author and producer of literally hundreds of artist transcriptions, books, and instructional DVDs, Andy Aledort has influenced and inspired guitarists around the world for many years. During his long tenure at Guitar World, Aledort has written lesson features on such metal artists as Dimebag Darrell, Zakk Wylde, Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Alexi Laiho, Yngwie Malmsteen, Trivium, Killswitch Engage, Nevermore and many others. He has also created many of Guitar World's best-selling instructional DVDs, including How to Play Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and Guitar World's best-selling DVD, How to Play the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Axis: Bold as Love. A brilliant guitarist in his own right, he has worked with Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell and the Band of Gypsys rhythm section of bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles.
