Today we check out another topic from the lesson wishlist - we work on some more interesting and suspenseful minor chords! I thought it would be a great idea to take the basic E minor voicing we probably all know as a reference and then see what we can do with that :)
I made a sheet for today's lesson, there you can see...
2020-04-10 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I'd like to revisit 3 of the most important shred scales - we never looked into the important connection they share and only discussed them in separate lessons, so I think it's a good idea to dedicate some time to them again now :)
Don't forget to download the sheet for this lesson, here you get a comparison of th...
2020-04-09 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we already tackle the first topic from your lesson wishlist, thanks to all Gold & Platinum members for voting! We are combining scales and arpeggios and check out an amazing system of visualizing that in general.
Of course, we also want to add some technical challenges and work with sweeping and alternate pick...
2020-04-03 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
With this lesson I'd like to say thank you to everyone in the community - it will only be available here since it contains one of my favorite licks ever right now :) So this is an exclusive episode just for you!
I felt like I had to do something special since your support allows me to keep releasing lessons and onli...
Hello my friends, it's finally time for another lesson :) This time we work with the power of octaves again and check out an amazing trick concerning fretboard visualization.
A lot of players have a hard time visualizing scales all over the neck and it can be quite intimidating to look at a 24-fret scale diagram. With t...
2020-03-26 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening my friends, Patreon did some maintenance work and scheduled posts did not work correctly for a while - so this lesson was not released on time! Since it's very important I'd like to share it now :)
Remember the 5 note grouping from the pentatonic scale lesson? This system can also be adapted to 3 note per s...
2020-03-25 16:36:57 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, it's time to decide on what we should discuss next month - looking forward to work on the topics that you want to see most :)
I had to re-upload the voting because someone voted for all the topics at once - please just pick the one you want to see most so we get a fair and transparent result, thanks so much! 2020-03-24 08:10:43 +0000 UTC View Post
This time we check out a very important exercise that helped with solving my personal biggest picking frustrations! Don't forget to download the files for this lesson below :) You can also think of the backing tracks in double time in case you want to try and push it further.
I was always very focused on playing fast si...
2020-03-20 13:02:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is all about practicing in general once again - this is something I got a lot of questions about over the last couple of months. I hope the video 'Why You Make No Guitar Progress' cleared a lot of things up but I felt the need to record another one :) Here we discuss 6 little tricks that might improve your routine ...
2020-03-19 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Before we move to the next lessons (2 of them coming this week), I thought it would be fun to take a look at a '10 levels' video for alternate picking :) The sweep picking video did really well and these videos are extremely challenging to make - hope you enjoy that one too!
Of course I transcribed the entire section fo...
2020-03-18 06:35:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello to my Shred Guitar Community, I hope you are all healthy and well this weekend!
In case you missed it, I added this special community mug to the Gold Membership! Patreon will send one of these cool mugs out for free to all Gold Members after 3 months of being part of the community on here :) So if you've been assi...
2020-03-14 10:05:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we cover one more topic on the gold/platinum member wishlist - the use of custom arpeggios! For this tricky section in D harmonic minor, we construct a unique shape for every single chord of the cadence. This is the first time we work with difficult shapes like that so please make sure to take your time :) The theory mi...
2020-03-11 14:02:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's switch to riffing once again for this lesson - here I want to show you 2 great tricks you can use to come up with more creative riffs! We talk about odd meters once again (7/8 in this case) since it's been quite a while. This is especially important for all the songwriters on here that want to experiment with these craz...
2020-03-10 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's talk about technique again after yesterday's music theory lesson! This is the second topic the Gold and Platinum members voted for - string skipping. We did not talk about this technical approach yet and I'm happy that we finally invest some time into mastering it.
String skipping essentially allows you to break f...
2020-03-09 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Time for metal music theory - episode one! This is one of the topics the Gold and Platinum members voted for and I'm happy to hear about the interest in music theory :) That's something that is very often neglected in rock and metal music.
For the first episode we will check out how to work with cadences in metal riffs....
2020-03-08 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm very excited to announce Shred Bootcamp week, starting on Monday! We will check out 5 lessons in 5 days - and it's not all about quantity here. Each one is completely different and I already featured 3 topics that the Gold and Platinum members voted for (one more left for March). As always you get the PDF tabs, guitar pro...
2020-03-07 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back my friends - it's time for another lesson :) This one is quite special - we tackle the popular pentatonic scale again and apply everything we learned so far in just one lick! This is meant to demonstrate how all these concepts can affect your playing over the long run.
Most shred players immediately think '...
2020-03-06 07:13:43 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for some neoclassical shredding once again! In this lesson, I show you my 3 favorite tricks concerning that style. We work with pedal tone licks, harmonic minor scale runs, and arpeggios. I transcribed all the extra parts I talked about for you in the files below :)
You can also find different backing tracks f...
2020-02-28 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTime for our first lesson topic voting! I think this is the best way for all premium members on here to decide on what we will discuss next each month :)
I already recorded one lesson for the first week of March, this one will be really cool - it's called 'Best Pentatonic Tricks' and I challenged myself to create an int...
2020-02-26 05:56:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello to my Shred Guitar Community - hope you are all having a great day :) It's time for another shredding lesson, this time I would like to revisit the 3 licks that helped me the most in the beginning. You can see a clear pattern here as we increase the difficulty in 3 steps. First, we work on just one string (great synchro...
2020-02-21 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello my friends, this week we will do a double feature once again :) This short video serves as a demonstration of the 10 levels of sweep picking - as a bonus you can download the tabs and a guitar pro file in case you want to try out some of the licks for yourself.
Tomorrow's lesson will be much longer and more detail...
2020-02-20 07:07:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy to do a double feature this week - I had time to record another lesson for you guys, as always the tabs and guitar pro files are attached below! Once again I added backing tracks for the practical example demonstrated in the video.
This chord is a great addition to your dark and spooky voicings, I'd call it E5...
Since I got a lot of community requests for economy picking I thought it's about time to record a lesson on that :) This is a very devisive topic, some players swear it's the fastest technique ever while others dismiss it as a cheap trick or shortcut. So in this video we will find out for ourselves!
The lick in this les...
2020-02-14 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello my friends, I had some time to record a little demonstration of my picking technique over the weekend! Since it's always evolving I thought it's time to give you a closer look with multiple camera angles. You can also find the tabs and guitar pro files for the lick below, I also attached some practice backing tracks aga...
2020-02-10 12:31:50 +0000 UTC View Post
We're finally back to shredding and playing fast - this week we compare legato to alternate picking! Which technique should you focus on? Is one of these approaches better than the other?
In this lesson I do my best to compress all advantages and disadvantages into 10 minutes, I also provided the tabs and guitar pro fil...
2020-02-07 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, and good evening to the inner circle - it's finally time for another video lesson :) This time on Saturday due to extended editing and additional recording/mixing deadlines this week, I hope that's OK for you!
To celebrate the release of my new course 'Sweep Picking Masterclass' I thought it would be fitting to w...
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Hope you all had a great start into the week today :) I had some extra time to record a lesson that I always wanted to tackle today - this one is a bonus video again, there will also be a more detailed lesson on the weekend as always.
In this video, I want to show you the difference between programmed, 'fake' MIDI guita...
2020-01-27 15:40:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It's finally time for the next lesson - before we get to the shredding again it's time to also study the minor triads across the neck! Believe me, this skill is incredibly important when it comes to fretboard visualization and it will open your mind to tons of creative possibilities!
This time we combine the minor triad...
2020-01-24 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Very happy to finally reveal the next huge course program today - my next 10 week course 'Sweep Picking Masterclass' is finally done and fully uploaded! Before I go public next week I want to share it with you guys today in case that's interesting :) That way you can reserve a slot before the rest gets a chance.
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2020-01-23 13:48:49 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning to the community! Since I got a couple of requests about the Kemper profiles already I uploaded them here, for you guys only:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ky22231y7cmx9ho/AAC0EOG-GWY_FVi1j9HIF2CYa?dl=...
2020-01-22 05:59:29 +0000 UTC View Post
