CLICK HERE for Tabs In this lesson, I show you how to play 3 string skipping blues scale licks on guitar. I have to say that I went a bit out there and made them especially confusing and difficult – that way you’ll get a lot of technique out of them. They sound pretty cool … Continue reading “3 String Skipping Blues Scale Licks”

CLICK HERE for Tabs Ahhhh ARPEGGIOS! Love ’em or hate ’em, sweep arpeggios are an attention-getter and a sure-fire way to add flash to your solos. Sometimes, there are multiple notes on the same fret – but lined up one string after the next. So, you should NOT bar these. Barring will create a bunch … Continue reading “Drill of the Week #38 – Finger Roll A Shape Sweep Arpeggios”

Click HERE for Tabs – Link opens a new blog window. Click again to view. OK here is a harmonic minor lick that is a bit more advanced – but YOU GOT THIS! Learning to play fast is NOT just for shredders! Have you ever heard the song Don’t Stop Believing? Is that a shred song? Nope. … Continue reading “Drill of the Week #35 – Harmonic Minor Scale Speed Sequence”

Nate from Richards Guitar Studio shows you how to increase your guitar scale speed in this guitar scale fragment speed lesson by Richards Guitar Studio. The lesson includes how to use a metronome to develop guitar speed, speed bursts, scale fragments in E minor, alternate picking, triplets, and establishing a control speed. Great for metal, … Continue reading “Drill of the Week #29 – Scale Fragment Speed Ex.”

Nate from Richards Guitar Studio shows you how to play the theme from Paganini Caprice No.5 in A minor. Learn to cover this lick on guitar using speed licks, alternate picking, and guitar scales. This guitar lesson is a great intro to the neoclassical shred style of Yngwie Malmsteen. CLICK HERE for Tabs – Link will open … Continue reading “Drill of the Week #28 – Paganini Caprice No.5”