Chords for 6 TIPS TO SHRED GUITAR

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Hey guys, welcome to today's vlog, and we are talking about Shred 101.
I need to preface this video by saying I am nowhere near as good as some other people
on YouTube and in the music world who play super fast and shred like it's nobody's business.
With that said, I've gotten a lot of messages on YouTube and Facebook [A] of people asking,
dude, how do you play so fast?
[Ab] My reaction is, uh. Uh.
[Gb] _
Since some of you seem to be interested in how to play fast on guitar, I thought I would
break down exactly what I think are the most important elements of shredding.
Number one, and this goes beyond shredding, but you need to practice with a metronome.
I know that's frigging annoying to hear.
Nobody likes sitting down and kind of grinding with a metronome, but it really, really will
help you measure your progress, because [G] if you can play a riff [A] at [Ab] 100 beats per minute,
and then [G] you come back a week later after practicing and you can play it at 110 per
minute, then that is awesome progress [E] and it's motivating for you and it lets you know
that you're improving.
The second intangible thing is consistency.
You have to practice every day.
That's pretty simple.
And the third thing is something that I found very useful for myself.
When I want to learn a really fast riff or a really difficult riff, I use a guitar with
heavier strings on it.
This has 11 gauge strings on it.
So my PRS right here [Bb] has 9 gauge strings on it.
So anything I learn on the PRS is kind of like I have training wheels almost, because
that thing is so easy to play.
If I want to know that I've mastered a given lick or riff, if I can play it on here, that
means I can play it on any guitar.
So in summary, use a [F] metronome, practice every day, use heavy gauge strings.
Okay, now that we got that boring stuff out of the way, let's talk about actual examples
that'll make you better.
This first exercise is totally about alternate picking.
It's just the first mode of [Ab] the G major scale.
All I am doing is playing three notes per string patterns.
If you're not familiar with three notes per string, the concept of that, then check out
Guitar Super System.
I go over it in depth.
So all I'm going to do is play the Ionian mode.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [N] Most important thing is that each note sounds out.
So you don't want to be_
You don't want any muffled noise.
The key is consistency in each note.
Now if you notice, my hand's pretty relaxed.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
You can [Bb] use that with any scale, [G] any pattern, all the way up the neck.
I told you I wasn't a shred god.
I'm just telling you what works for me.
So the next thing is_
I think I actually might have stolen this from Paul Gilbert.
It's still the G major scale, still three notes per string, but this time [Eb] it's going
to be some [Ab]
hammer-on, legato stuff all the way up the neck.
So this [Gb] one's going to start in root position _ and just do three notes per string [Abm] all the
way up the neck until we hit this E.
[G] So like I said, if you don't know the three note per string modes, I'm not going to go
over them in this lesson, but you can check out Guitar Super System if you want to learn about them.
All we do is hit the Ionian mode [Ab] first, _ [Eb] _ _ Dorian [Bb] mode, _
_ [F] _ _ _ Phrygian mode, [Ebm] _ _
_ [Eb] Lydian mode, _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ Dorian_
[B] And when we get here, we're going to finish off this entire mode.
[Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] Now you can vary this pattern how you like.
This is just how I like to do it.
This is really going to build your dexterity.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] If it works for Paul Gilbert, works for me, it'll work for you too.
Now the last point I'm going to hit [Ab] is bending.
You notice I ended that [Eb] last riff with a bend.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] It [B] is so important to be able to bend in tune.
That can make even the worst riff sound cool at the end.
And here's how I like to practice bending.
I'll take a note anywhere on [Am] the neck, and [Ab] then I'll go down a whole step and bend up
to that note that I was just playing.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You do this on any [Bb] string, any fret.
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [N] Depending on what kind of vibrato you have, _ _ you may choose to use some vibrato with this
exercise, [G] but it's important to first start by [Ab] just getting the pitch, [F] no vibrato.
[Db] _ _ _ [Fm] _
From there, [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] you can add your vibrato in.
But really this is an ear training exercise and a muscle memory exercise.
You want to be able to, in your sleep, bend up to any note without overbending or underbending.
So there you have it.
Those are my shred tips.
Like I mentioned, I can't overstate this enough.
I am not a shred guru.
I'm not the fastest sweep picker or the fastest player, but I know a little bit and now you
know what I know.
So I hope this helped you and leave a comment if you have any questions about what I went over today.
And also, leave me suggestions for future guitar lessons that you'd like to see in these vlogs.
Until then, take care guys.
Talk to you next time.
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