Guitarsnake Interview (0)

12/05/11 •

Big thanks to Roo for orchestrating and sending over the final version of this interview. Guitarsnake has kindly offered to answer questions from a variety of different fans, including us!

Musical Discipline for the Guitarist (0)

10/30/11 •

One of my favorite topics that I am most passionate about is the universal connection between music. At first, most can’t distinguish it, but if you go in search of musical knowing – you will soon be able to hear all the similarities.

It truly cracks me up just how limited in thinking some musicians can be. Though I tend to play a lot of heavy metal guitar, my favorite style of music is actually Bossa Nova, which at first doesn’t sound anything like heavy metal. Yet they both have two things in common. One, they are both very rhythmic, and two, they are both very melodic in structure.

Going for the Music: From Guitar Student to Guitar Player (0)

10/10/11 •

There are 3 Levels of Practice that guitar players must know how to use in order to achieve their full potential on guitar. They are Microscopic Practice, Assimilating, and Shaping. I have covered in detail these 3 levels, or aspects of practice in Chapter 5 of “The Principles Of Correct Practice For Guitar”. The first [...]

How To Find The Best Guitar Exercises For Improving Your Guitar Playing (0)

9/22/11 •

Are you feeling overwhelmed by countless guitar learning resources, lessons and videos that all seem to suggest a different way of learning guitar?  Do you want to find out how to sort through the never ending guitar exercises so that you can only focus on the most effective guitar practice materials?  Would your guitar playing [...]

How to Shred Guitar (1)

9/13/11 •

How to shred guitar is a wisdom that many eager players want to obtain, but unfortunately many don’t get very far when going down this path. The reason for this is quite understandable. Anything can be extremely challenging, and when you take guitar playing at its fullest, you know that the journey to reach that level of performance is very unforeseen. The reason most fail to learn how to shred guitar is because of what i believe to be one reason, and one reason only

Cyril Lepizzera Video – Dream Theater Lesson (0)

8/31/11 •

Here are both parts of a brand new video by Cy, showing ‘A Rite of Passage’:

New World Record for Flight of the Bumblebee! (0)

8/07/11 •

We’ve recently been contacted by John Taylor, who earlier this year set the new world record for the fastest performance of Flight of the Bumblebee, at an insane 600bpm. You can look forward to seeing more of John in the near future on Shredaholic, and for now, sit back and watch in amazement at the [...]

How To Play Guitar Solos Fast (1)

7/10/11 •

You’ve probably been playing guitar for some time now and have a few favorite “shredders” like Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert and the late, great Shawn Lane. Have you ever wondered how those guys are able to rip through a series of 30 notes or more in a split second? Well, if you have – then I’m going to give you some secret tips to improving your speed now so that you can play guitar solos fast!

The Ways of Melodic Minor (0)

7/10/11 •

Hi all and welcome to this exploration of the misunderstood (by metal players anyway) Melodic Minor scale. This scale is indispensible in Jazz and believe it or not is very useful in Rock and Metal too. So what is a Melodic Minor scale anyway? I’m so glad you asked! To put it simply a Melodic [...]