Teach yourself Metal Guitar as played by the world's best Metal guitarists. Starting with basic power chords and rhythm variations, it covers all aspects of playing Metal rhythm parts, using great sounding examples, as well as combining Metal lead techniques such as slurring, vibrato, pick tremolo, harmonics, raking, tapping and using the whammy bar.

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Metal Guitar Method guides the beginning student on a journey through the art and technique of metal guitar. This comprehensive method starts with the basics like proper playing position and reading tab and then progresses to power chords, playing scales, sweep picking, drop tuning, and finger tapping. Through the course of learning to play 24 original songs along with a real band, Matthias will teach you the concepts and techniques that every metal guitar god uses. This 96 page book includes a DVD with 2.5 hours of video instruction. $19.95

For beginner metal guitarists. Explore power chords and rhythm variations. Learn Metal lead techniques such as slurring, vibrato, pick tremolo, harmonics, raking, tapping and using the whammy bar.

Contains a wealth of information to assist with the tuning of the Guitar. Covers both simple and advanced tuning methods along with valuable information on choosing and fitting strings for all types of Guitars as well as useful setup and maintenance tips.

An easy-to-follow Guitar method for the complete beginner. Covers both melody and chord playing using standard notation and tablature. Introduces all the essential techniques and music fundamentals. Includes chords and melodies of many well known songs in a variety of musical styles.

As the cornerstone for the innovative band Dream Theater, John Petrucci has rapidly become one of the most respected and talked about guitarists of the '90's. He has been featured in virtually every major guitar publication worldwide and was voted "Best Guitarist for 1994" in "Guitar" magazine and "Break Through Guitarist of the Year (1993)" in "Guitar For the Practicing Musician" magazine. This powerful and all encompassing book starts with a valuable segment on warm-ups followed by up-to-date practice concepts that address dealing with today's information explosion. John has provided detailed lessons concerning speed and accuracy using rhythmic subdivisions, chromatic exercises, dynamics and scale fragments. Other topics include picking through arpeggios, string skipping, sweep picking, legato technique and how to expand the color and texture of basic "power chords." Also included are detailed transcriptions and demonstrations of dozens of exercises, examples and special etudes ranging from easy-to-master to very challenging. All music examples are contained on the included recording and written in both standard notation and tablature. Book jacket.