Lick Library: Andy James’ Metal Rhythm Guitar In 6 Weeks – Week 6 DVD –  

The sixth week of the guide to playing metal rhythm guitar from instructor Andy James. The techniques demonstrated by Andy in this volume are designed for use with Drop C tuning and include: ‘Alternate Picking’, ‘Palm Muting’, ‘Odd Rhythms’, ‘Phrygian Dominant Scale’ and ‘A Metal Guitar Jam Track’.

Welcome to the Metal Rhythm Guitar in 6 Weeks guitar course. This course is designed to focus your practice towards realistic goals achievable in six weeks. Each week provides you with techniques, concepts and licks to help you play and understand metal rhythm playing at a manageable pace.Different rhythm patterns are taught each week to help you towards playing in real musical situations and develop an ear for the differences between players. If you have been frustrated or intimidated by other educational material this course is for you. You will see the improvement as you work through each week.Practice can sometimes be difficult with ‘the player often being unsure which material to work on. With the Metal Rhythm Guitar in 6 Weeks course the material is presented to you in easy to absorb sections which progress in a sensible logical order. Each DVD also includes a killer metal guitar jam track.Week six includes Drop C Tuning: Complete song breakdown using alternate picking, palm muting, odd rhythms, phrygian dominant scale, plus a metal guitar jam track DVD 6, the final week in the program again uses a performance of a track Andy has written to use the techniques already covered. This track is the probably most difficult of the performances which makes sense as it is the final week. There are lots of position shifts, syncopated rhythms and fast picking all using Drop C# tuning.Andy James is one of the UK’s rising stars in the world of shred and metal guitar and has taught thousands of budding shredders world-wide through his DVDs and tutorials. He is also the lead guitarist for the band Sacred Mother Tongue. His blistering technique has been applauded by guitar legends such as Vinnie Moore, and featured on Sky TVs Musicians Channel.