What is a Learning Path, and how will it help me?
Don’t know where to start? Our Learning Paths take the most common guitar goals, themes and playing styles and provide a handpicked path of lessons, from our library, to put you on track.
Song 1
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
Combining all the heavy metal rhythm guitar essentials, such as palm muting and power chords, this song, and preparatory lessons are the perfect first step on your heavy metal guitar journey!
6 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 25:55 MINS
Lessons include
The A Minor Scale
Power Chords
Palm Muting
Left Hand Muting
Song Tutorial
Song 2
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train Riff
With fundamental fingering concepts and basic scale shapes, this riff lesson, and supporting exercises, will give you some vital skills for tackling many famous metal guitar parts.
5 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 14:16 MINS
Lessons include:
F# Minor Scale
Mastering 1/8 Notes
Finger Discipline
Riff Tutorial
Song 3
Rammstein - Links 2 3 4
Fast rhythms and hammer ons are a cornerstone of metal guitar. Get to grips with these game changing techniques, plus learn a hard hitting metal classic!
6 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 32:59 MINS
Lessons include:
Power Chords & The Tritone
16th Notes
The E Minor Scale
Pull Offs
Song Tutorial
Song 4
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
No metal guitarist can get by without a repertoire of Metallica riffs! Rich Shaw breaks down all the elements, techniques and concepts you need to tackle this metal anthem, before handing your over top Andy James for full song tutorial.
7 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 35:21 MINS
Lessons include:
12/8 Time Signature
Power Chords
Alternate Picking
The Dorian Mode
Song Tutorial
Song 5
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
One of the most covered and notable metal guitar riffs ever written! Learn how to play both rhythm and lead parts for this Black Sabbath epic track, in addition to studying the techniques and scales used by Tony Iommi to write this legendary song.
7 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 39:49 MINS
Lessons include:
Hammer Ons & Pull Offs
String Bending
C# Minor Pentatonic Scale
E Minor Pentatonic Scale
Song Tutorial
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Classic Rock Rhythm Guitar: Level 1
Welcome to this Learning Path! Built with the beginner or returning rock guitarist in mind! On this path, you will learn the very basics of power chords, double stops and single note riffs with the best technique lessons to help you get your fingers round these new skills!
But its not all exercises! At every stage you will learn a set of riffs from bands such as:
ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Scorpions, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin …. and more! With a final song where you put all the skills you’ve learnt together.
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