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#52: Why You Make NO Guitar Progress | Change That Today!

Good morning to the community, hope you have a great start into the week today! As promised I put together a bonus episode for this week - in this one we don't focus on one particular exercise, we check out a great mindset for making progress on the instrument in general.

I show you my personal mindset and practice routine and some scientific effects (compound effect) and mistakes that a lot of players make (in my humble opinion)!

As a bonus I also attached a list of my practice s...

#51: Amazing Triads Trick | Suddenly Play Chords All Over The Fretboard!

Happy to share the next lesson with the inner circle today - this time we take a short break from all the shredding and focus on the most important and powerful chord theory trick. Some of you might have heard about triads already but very few players can locate them instantly on the fretboard - this is a huge problem and progress blocker!

By becoming fast and fluent in playing triads you will be able to add the sevenths, chord extensions and scale fragments to them in the future. You c...

#50: Ultimate Alternate Picking Workout | Kickstart Your Speed in 2020!

Hello to all Shred Guitar Community members, hope you had a great start into 2020 this week! I'm happy to share this picking lesson with you today :)

Since I only had a nylon acoustic guitar in Colombia I had to spend some time to get my alternate picking back into shape this week. I came up with 2 exercises that really pushed me hard and I'm back on track and even better than before.

The secret here is combining different hand motions/tempos in just one exercise - that way we sav...

#49: Play Better Licks In 5 Minutes - My Favorite Trick!

Hello to all my SGC members - it's finally time for another lesson! This time we will improve your licks in 5 minutes. I know this is a bold claim but this system has worked wonders for my students and you can apply it to every single lick you learned so far!

By placing your licks more interestingly (not always exactly on the downbeat) your usual accents will shift and you will discover an entirely new way of playing!

Don't forget to download you files for this week below.

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Big THANK YOU to the community!

On the last day of this year I'd like to thank you all for the incredible support and trust - you are my much valued inner circle and I'm happy to guide you towards your 2020 guitar goals.

A lot of exciting content is already planned and we're just getting started on here - so thank you once again for being part of the Shred Guitar Community and let's all become the players we wish to be in 2020!

What are your biggest goals for the new year?

#48: Biggest Secret To Playing Better Solos!

Hello to all my Patrons, hope you're having a great time over the holidays! Of course there is no content break on here - I'm currently on vacation in Colombia but I pre-recorded and scheduled all lessons :) Hope the auto-posting works out.

In this video I show you my personal biggest secret of playing better, interesting and melodic shred guitar solos. I recorded a 'negative' example and an improved take and explain my approach in detail in the video.

Of course I transcribed ever...

#47: Shred Guitarist Reacts To Impossible Funk Song

Hello to all my SGC members, hope you are doing great! This week we will do something a bit different - let's check out one of the hardest and fastest Funk songs ever!

I learned a lot from the phrasing of the licks here and always check out different styles of music when I feel creatively stuck with my own playing. I hope this will do the same for you guys since I often get messages like 'I don't know what to play' or 'everything I play sounds the same' - when you check out amazing play...

#46: Ultimate Beginner's Guide To Intervals!

Happy to share another early access lesson with the inner circle on here - this time we dissect all intervals closely and I show you some shortcuts to memorize them. As always the tabs, guitar pro files and practice backing track are attached below!

Since I got some messages asking for a more simple interval/chord theory lesson after the 'Jazz Chords In Metal' episode I chose to dedicate a long episode to the basic intervals. I also made sure to include a little basic example, you can f...

#45: The Diminished Scale - Why Modern Metal Players Need It!

Welcome back my friends, it's finally time for another lesson! This week we focus on the amazingly dissonant diminished scale. This lesson is really important for me personally, I often see players in rock and metal music relying on the same old licks and chords concerning the diminished color, just moving them up and down symmetrically.

If you feel guilty of that too (as do I personally) this scale will infuse you with some new cool ideas and licks!

I also recorded a special back...

Shred Guitar Lick Of The Day (Tabs & Guitar Pro File)

Hey guys, hope you are all doing well :) I had some time backstage today to record an idea for a cool shred lick - turned out pretty nice so I transcribed the part for you in case you want to learn parts of it. This always helps a lot of my students that are searching for new licks and ideas, you don't have to reproduce it completely - maybe you find a nice new phrase in there that you can adapt. Of course it's also a cool technique exercise for alternate picking and sweep picking.

As f...

#44: The Dorian Pentatonic Scale - Combining Modes With Pentatonics Part 2!

Hope you guys are ready for part 2 of the modal pentatonic feature! As promised last week we check out what happens when we combine the minor pentatonic shape with the modes. This time I chose dorian, the reason is further explained in the video lesson!

I hope that these 2 connected episodes shed some light on the theory of the modes, let me know if there are still any open questions.

As always don't forget to download the sheets for this lesson, you can find everything below!

#43: Pentatonic + Modes = Magic! How To Combine Lydian & The Pentatonic Scale

Hello to my Shred Guitar Community, I'm happy to share another early access lesson with you all today :) We already talked a bit about modal pentatonics, as requested by our Shredaholic member Macedonio - I covered the scales in a video and in a live session but since the modes are still a big cause for confusion for some students I decided to record 2 more episodes on that.

The modal pentatonic shapes serve as a great introduction to the modes and understanding the system - next week w...

#42: 'Jazz Chords' In Metal? How To Spice Up Boring Riffs!

The weekend is around the corner once again, happy to share another early access lesson with you right in time :)

For this one we take a short break from all the shredding, scales and arpeggios and focus on creative riff writing. I show you some of my secrets concerning interesting chord voicings and we reharmonize a basic metal riff.

As always I also added the PDF tab and Guitar Pro files below for you exclusively, with this one it will be much easier to see and understand each v...

#41: Best Guitar Slapping Tricks | Slapping Technique EXPLAINED!

Hey guys, hope you are all doing well :) I can finally share another early access lesson with you, very proud of this one - this week we check out how slapping on the guitar works!

This is a really cool technique and I love using it, as you can see in the video it allows for some pretty crazy riffs and patterns not usually associated with our chosen instrument.

You can find the tabs & guitar pro file for the riff below, let me know if you have any questions!

#40: Halloween Special | Best Metal Improvisation Tips, Tricks & Halloween Theme Sweep Picking

Happy Halloween my friends! I'd like to celebrate by releasing a special lesson today, I show you a super cool sweeping arrangement for the original John Carpenter theme from the movie and we talk in detail about dark and sinister metal improvisation and sounds :)

Hope you like this one, I really love this time of the year so I wanted to do something different and special. As always you can find all Patreon exclusive files below!

#39: Biggest Shred Guitar Mistake - How To Fix It! | Hand Synchronization

It's finally time for another lesson - happy to share this one earlier with the inner circle again :) This time we focus on hand synchronization, easily the most important topic concerning fast shred playing ever! If the notes of your left hand are not perfectly lined up with your picking strokes it gets really messy.

I prepared a killer lick/exercise that worked wonders for me personally and hope you have a lof of fun trying it out! As always I attached the PDF tab, Guitar Pro files an...

#38: Finger Exercises You Should Do Every Day! [YouTube Early Access]

Hello to all my SGC members, I'm happy to share another early access lesson with you :) This one will go online tomorrow, as always I transcribed everything for you and attached the Guitar Pro files, PDF sheets and practice backing tracks.

This time we check out 2 of the most important exercises concerning a clean and efficient left hand technique, hope you have fun practicing! Make sure to include them in your practice routine from now on, the basic workout seems pretty easy but it doe...

#37: Best Tapping Tricks | Spice Up Your Tapping Technique! [Early Access]

Hello to all my SGC members, hope you are doing great today :) It's finally time for another lesson, this week our topic is tapping! Sorry for the late early access, I accidentally recorded all takes in 4K, resulting in over 30GB of files - had to convert some of it back and it took quite long but I'm very happy with how this video finally turned out!

In the video I'm showing you my 5 favorite tapping tricks and the challenge was implementing them all in one single lick. As always you c...

#36: Sweep Picking & Arpeggio Composition | How To Get Creative! [Early Access]

Hello to all my SGC members - the weekend is almost upon us again :) Friday is usually blocked as my video day to shoot the lessons for every week, since I'm getting a huge belly tattoo today (sounded like a great idea, I'm sure it won't hurt at all) I had to record everything yesterday - that means I can already share the latest video with you here!

This week we discuss sweep picking and arpeggio composition, I composed an advanced section for this video to show what you can do with th...

#35: Circle Of Fifths | Why Guitarists Need It In Their Life [Early Access]

Hello to all my SGC members, hope you are having a great weekend :) It's finally time for another lesson, this time we focus on music theory again since we talked so much about technique in the last couple of weeks. I want to show you an approach and exercise concerning the circle of fifths that will help you greatly with your understanding of scales and visualizing them all across the fretboard!

As always I made some special files for all of you, below you can download a tab version an...

#34: Pentatonic Scale Shredding | How To Come Up With Cool Licks! [Early Access]

Hello to all my SGC members, hope you have a great start into the weekend today - and some time to practice :) It's time for another early access lesson with a lot of bonus material for you to download.

This time we dissect my approach of coming up with creative pentatonic licks. This scale is often dismissed as a 'beginner's scale' and not too often used or thought about in the shred guitar context. We check out how to extend this 2 note per string scale and I show you a cool practical...

#33: 2 String Shredding Trick | Economy Picking VS Alternate Picking [Early Access]

Hello to all my SGC members, hope you are having a great start into the weekend today! Also welcome to all the new members, I'm very grateful for each and every one of you, of course also for every veteran on here - you make it possible for me to spend more and more time on the lessons and actively help a lot of players with that by now :)

In this week's lesson I want to show you an economy picking approach or trick I came across in one of the practice sessions this week. This trick all...

Note Location Exercise Backing Tracks

Hey guys, since Neil just asked about a backing track for the latest video I exported 2 versions for all of you - one with my guitar lower in the mix, one with just the backing arrangement :) I think that was a great idea, thanks for the input on that! Hope you guys have time to practice with it!

#32: Easy Note Location Tricks | Guitar Fretboard Memorization Exercises [Early Access]

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend my friends - it's time for another early access video if you have some time to practice right now :) This time we check out note location & fretboard memorization tricks! This is a topic I'm asked about frequently and I show you some shortcuts in the video. In the end we also go deeper into how you can use this system for creative licks. You really need a good overview of the fretboard for any theory topic you would like to tackle.

As a bonus I ...

#31: How To Play Much Faster | Alternate Picking Exercise [Early Access]

Hey guys, it's finally time for another early access lesson - this time I want to show you one of my favorite exercises to increase picking speed. The trick is quite simple and it worked wonders for me personally, hope it helps you just as much :)

As a bonus I transcribed it again and also exported a playalong specially for you (2 bars pre-count, 1 bar break inbetween the sections). It would be great to attempt this exercise (or just the first bar of it repeated constantly) if speed is ...

#30: Intermediate Rhythm Guitar Exercises [YouTube Early Access]

Hey guys, time for another early access lesson :) This time our topic is rhythm! I had to record and edit this one early, it will be released on the weekend so you are first to see it - I'm on tour again starting on Thursday!

I attached the tabs/Guitar Pro file below, this time I also exported the drum track so you can practice this exercise with my file (make sure to loop it, I added a pre-count)! Let me know if you have any questions :)

#29: Power Chord Hacks!

Hey guys, here's the extended lesson from yesterday's early access video - I'll attach the tabs and Guitar Pro files once again here so you don't have to go back :)

In this video I explain each voicing from yesterday's video in detail - please let me know if you have any questions, really hope you can use these for you songwriting!

Power Chord Hacks (Early Access)

This week we check out some cool power chord hacks! We extend the perfect fifth by adding more interesting intervals and get much cooler sounds that way. I will post the full in-depth tutorial tomorrow in case this one is moving a bit to fast :) 

I also wrote down every voicing for you, tabs & Guitar Pro file below!

Birthday Shred!

Huge thank you to everybody who congratulated me on my birthday today, it really means a lot to me that you take the time to do that :) Your support on here also means the world to me and I love recording lessons for you & giving constant feedback and practice plan advice! I took the whole day off to shred at home and came across this crazy lick, thought I should film and transcribe it :) Maybe you find something interesting in there, it's mainly just a flashy exercise - but tons of fun!<...

#28: Speed Picking Workouts [YouTube Early Access]

Hey guys, hope you are all doing well! I had some time to edit another lesson backstage on tour today - of course you are first to see it again and get the exclusive tabs for this exercise :)

This video demonstrates my approach of combining technique and theory in my practice routine quite well and I hope you can use it. By changing the characteristic scale degree of different scales with every repetition of the exercise I also work on music theory knowledge while warming up or practici...