METAL

Basic Warm-Up 1

One minute Vivace studies employing sequences Scalar, Triadic, Arpeggio, Whole Tone, Pentatonic, Chromatic, Trills, Staccato and Diads.

Basic Warm-Up 2

One minute Vivace studies employing Minor Pentatonic b5, 1/2 Whole Diminished, Triadic Combos, 4-Note Arps with and without String Skipping used by Yngwie, Frank Gambale, John Petrucci, Vinnie Moore, Greg Howe, and Jason Becker.

7 Metal Aerobix

Gaining Finger Independence using 8 different finger permutations with Alternate Picking, Legato and Stretching.

4 Intense Heavy Metal Scale’s Comparison

Whole Fretboard analysis of comparing Hungarian Minor, Persian, Neapolitan Minor and Melodic Minor with written phrase ideas to embellish, chords and their inversions, chord scales with suggested listening: Rainbow, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and solo artists such as Marty Friedman, Jason Becker and Al Di Meola. 

3 Diminished Scales Study 15 Things to Know 

Introducing the 8 tone scale, Sonic Curbs of 3 modes, Usage, Artist’s phrases I’ve transcribed by Robben Ford, Randy Rhoads, Paul Gilbert, Eddie Van Halen, Vinnie Moore, Greg Howe and Steve Morse, Hexatonic synthetics, dim scale juxtaposed, hybrid or matrix sounds, Wolf Intervals, Dom chordal extensions and alterations with scales to go with.