Difficulty rating: Difficult

Lewis Turner takes us through the techniques of Yngwie Malmsteen.

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Difficulty rating: Difficult

Lewis Turner takes us through the techniques of the technically gifted guitarist, Allan Holdsworth.

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Difficulty rating: Beginner-Intermediate

Slurs, commonly referred to as hammer ons or pull offs (depending on the direction of the slur) are a very popular technique used throughout a whole range of styles from classical through to speed metal.  I’m going to show you exactly what you need to do in order to learn this incredibly useful technique.

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Difficulty rating: Medium – Difficult

As a teacher, it is apparent that most player’s primary concern’ when improvising or writing a solo’ is note choice, what scales work over what chord etc. It is very rare that any consideration is placed on how they should play something rhythmically. If I ask a student to play a very simple four-note pentatonic phrase and then alter it, 99.9 % of the time they will change the order of the notes, not the rhythm. This becomes more apparent when it comes to ‘shredding’, the word that is used in the guitar world for playing anything quickly.

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