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Metal Method Complete Basic Course- Stage Two

Open Chords

  • How to change quickly from one chord to another

  • Developing muscle memory

  • Studying shapes of chords

  • How to make changing chords effortless and natural

  • Several exercises with open chords

Power Chords

  • Two and three string movable voicings

  • Using these shapes on all sets of strings

  • Riffs and backing tracks using power chords

  • Combining power chords and open chords in progressions

  • You'll know more than 100 chords to play along with any song

Bar chords

  • Building up to full six-string bar chords

  • Major, minor and minor seventh bar chords

  • Combining bar chords with open chords in progressions

  • Strengthening your bar technique

Strumming Patterns

  • Acoustic and clean electric “power ballad” and campfire style

  • Combining eighth and quarter notes

Notes on the Fretboard

  • The chromatic scale

  • Sharps and flats

  • Different names for the same notes

  • Assigning numbers to scale notes

  • Be prepared for your next jam session

Drop D Tuning

  • The heavy sound that Seattle made famous (Alice in Chains called it “chunge”)

  • Identify the names of the notes in this tuning

  • Play three-string power chords with just one finger

  • Jam with a rhythm track

Pentatonic Minor Scale

  • Choosing which pentatonic minor scale to use over a chord progression

  • How to make the scale sound like a lead and create melodies

  • Learn a simple solo and play it with a backing track

  • Moving the scale to other keys (transposing)

Demonstration of Electric Guitar Effects

  • Distortion

  • Reverb

  • Echo/Delay

  • Flanging

  • Phase Shifting

  • Chorus

  • Wah Pedal

And More...

  • Setting a practice schedule and keeping it fun

  • How to use the Scorch files as training and practice tools

  • More tips on fret-hand and palm muting

  • More finger dexterity and picking exercises

  • Study and practice tips for mastering the exercises

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