Some heavy riffing using alternate tuning.

I wrote these few riffs in the style of modern prog metal bands like Symphony X which I love. So, we are focusing mainly on a rhythm guitar with a little solo lick so that it won't be boring.

Drop-d riffing + pinky challenge.

...this lesson is primarily for developing speed and stamina. Style-wise, it's definitely for metalheads, however stamina of course applies to any style. Before you delve into the lesson, make sure you know what 16th note triplets are - basically 6 notes per beat. So they can be pretty fast, and that is the main rhythmic note that we will be using in this lesson.

In this opportunity we will study the creation of powerful riffs using dropped D tuning.

Usages of the always cool Dropped D tuning, working on downstroke stability, alternate- and downstroke-picking switching and practicing a bit more speedy rhythm-playing.

Some cool "heavy" funk riffs & solo with Drop D tuning.

A riff heavy metal track in 12/8 with a short lead section.

Uptempo acoustic delta blues!