Decided to enter Heavyocity's rescoring competition their new Gravity 2 library. Figured it would be a great opportunity to explore the plethora hybrid/modern sounds I've been hording.

#HeavyocityGRAVITY2Rescore

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0:00 Hello There
0:15 100k Subs
0:53 Why Lack of Content
2:00 Media Composition
4:45 Private Lessons
5:40 Coming Soon

In this week's video, we discover that Drop D is more than just one finger bar chords.

#powerchords #dropd #axeofcreation

0:00 Intro
0:50 Example of chords
2:35 Simple Expansions
4:30 Walking Up Chord and Scale
5:30 Triad and Sus Chords
6:37 The Good Stuff
10:45 Downward Resolution

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In this week's lesson, we check out how chromatic mediants can spice up our chord progressions

#chromatic #mediant #musictheory

0:00 Intro
0:47 Moving by Thirds
4:20 Chord Progression Examples
6:27 Dark Vibes
7:05 Lead Guitar Techniques

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In this week's lesson, we check out how to learn the fretboard with the shapes and patterns we already know, the Pentatonic Minor scale

#pentatonicscale #fretboard #guitar

0:00 Intro
0:40 Pentatonic Minor Scale Patterns
2:45 Find all the B's
3:59 Natural Minor Scale Patterns
7:30 Connecting Patterns
9:47 Triads and Arpeggios
12:20 Other Tips for Learning the Fretboard

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In this week's lesson, we check out how Dave Grohl layers multiple guitar parts.

#davegrohl #foofighters #timeslikethese

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In this week's lesson, we dig into Adam Jones' Hammer-On techniques. Big thank you as we hit 100k subscribers!!!

#adamjones #guitar #hammerons

0:00 Intro and 100k!
0:44 Basic Hammer Technique
1:32 Embellishing Power Chords
3:43 Triplet Variation
5:10 Dm Scale and Implying Harmony
8:37 4th String Pull-Off
9:18 Riff Example using Right in Two Progression
11:19 Outro, Tabs, Like, Subscribe

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In this week's lesson, we check out a popular chord progression and look at a few ways we can play it on guitar.

#guitar #chordprogressions #songwriting

0:00 Introduction
1:11 Open Position Chords
2:17 Power Chord Pop
3:20 Expensive Chords
6:15 Outro, Like and Subscribe

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In this week's lesson, we check out some diminished triads and my favorite diminished arpeggio pattern!

#guitar #diminished #triads

0:00 Introduction
0:39 Basic Triad Shapes
2:28 Am Triad Positions
2:58 Diminished Triad Positions
4:12 i-V7 Vamp
5:10 Simple Improv Melody
5:45 Diminished Symmetry
6:48 Larger Arpeggio Patterns
8:06 My Favorite Diminished Pattern
10:53 Outro

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In this week's video, we look at the Alice in Chains track Last of my Kind.

#aliceinchains #jerrycantrell #guitar

0:00 Intro
1:10 Riff A
2:40 Riff B
3:40 Riff C
5:10 Riff D
7:05 Outro Wah Riff
8:45 Guitar Solo
10:35 Outro

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In this week's video, we look at Metallica's new single and why Metallica always has been a gateway to metal guitar playing.

#metallica #luxaeterna #guitar

0:00 Intro & Unnecessary Talking
1:24 Main Riff & Am Blues Scale
2:45 Am Scale & Power Chords
4:32 Verse Riff Structue
5:45 16th Note Alternate Picking
6:55 Pre-Chorus & Blues Turnaround
8:11 Intro Slides
8:40 Guitar Solo Concepts
9:45 Outro

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In this week's lesson, we check out some simple and effective muting techniques that will help us control our sound and add musicality into our playing.

#Guitar #Control #Tone

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In this week's video, we check out 5 awesome drop D riffs from Alice in Chains!

#AliceInChains #top5 #jerrycantrell

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In this week's video, we discuss Rick Beato's claim that Tool's "secret weapon" is the Phrygian Dominant scale.

#Tool #AdamJones #rickbeato

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In this week's lesson, we check out the simple opening riff to Smells Like Teen Spirit and use it to improve our rhythm and strumming.

#Nirvana #smellsliketeenspirit #rhythm

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In this week's lesson, if you're tired of failing at Master of Puppets we check out a fantastic song of Metallica's self titled "Black Album"; The God That Failed.

#Metallica #MasterOfPuppets #TheGodThatFailed

Introduction 0:00
Quick Tuning Note 1:28
Intro Octaves 1:42
Intro Riff 2:00
Verse Riffs 4:27
Chorus Riff 6:27
Outro Riffs 8:08
Guitar Solo 10:50
Tabs, Like, & Sub 21:50

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In this week's video, we try to make sense of ridiculous time signatures.

#timesignature #musictheory #rhythm

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In this week's lesson, we dig into Alice In Chains classic track Put You Down.

#aliceinchains #putyoudown #knowyourclassics

0:00 Introduction
0:55 Tuning
1:09 Music Theory Tidbits
1:40 Intro/Chorus Riff
4:26 Preverse/Outro Riff
5:58 Verse Riff
6:40 Pre-Chorus Chords
9:34 Breakdown
9:58 Outro Section
10:45 And there you go

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In this week's lesson, we break down Tool's new arrangement of their classic track Opiate.

#Tool #Opiate #axeofcreation

0:00 Introduction
1:00 Opening Riff
3:09 Riff 1B
3:52 Verse Riff
4:45 Chorus Section
5:38 D5 Stabs
7:09 D5 Bendy Riff
8:15 Segue to Breakdown
9:05 The Breakdown
13:02 Melodic Wah Riff
14:25 3 over 4 Chug
15:54 Buildup to Chorus Refrain
16:20 Repeated Material
16:57 32nd note Picking/Chromatic Descent
17:44 Unison Bend Mini Solo
19:00 Triplet Bendy Riff
20:00 Outro Section
21:18 Wrapping it up

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In this week's lesson, we check out a variety of techniques that you can practice and incorporate the chord scale.

#chordscale #guitar #axeofcreation

0:00 Introduction
0:49 Why?
1:31 The Major Scale
2:15 Power Chords
3:22 Thirds (Maj & Min)
3:59 Chord Scale Formula
5:45 Bar Chords
7:35 10ths - The Beatles
8:58 Triads
10:31 Vertical Triads
11:02 Horizontal 7th Arpeggios
12:38 Kirk Hammett Pull Licks
13:41 Sweep Picking
14:14 Paul Gilbert String Skipping
15:07 Modal Scale Fragments
16:08 Octave Displaced Arpeggios
17:14 Outro

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In this week's lesson, we check out a fantastic John Petrucci Picking Exercise that will help with your alternate and crossing stringing picking.

#johnpetrucci #alternatepicking #axeofcreation

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Hey everybody, just a brief update on the channel, my move, and what's coming up.

#AxeOfCreation #Opiate #June

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In this week's lesson, we let Ghost teach us basic major and minor bar chords!

#Ghost #Kaisarion #AOC

0:00 Truefire
0:27 Intro
1:40 Kaisarion Riff and Chord Shapes
5:25 The riff itself
8:09 Tabs, Like, and Subscribe

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In this week's video, we deep dive into the classic Tool track Hooker with a Penis.

#Tool #AdamJones #AOC

0:00 Introduction
0:53 Opening Riff A
2:24 Opening Riff B
3:01 Octave Melody
4:31 Verse
7:04 Chorus
8:18 Post Chorus Chug
9:08 Verse 2
9:30 Chorus Staccato Variation
9:45 11/8 Riff
10:55 Breakdown
12:10 Solo
14:27 Post Solo Build up
15:34 Awesome Odd Time Riffage
17:19 Outro Riff
17:40 Tabs Below, Like, and Subscribe

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In this week's video, we look at how Arch Echo can teach us about Syncopation through their song Color Wheel.

#Syncopation #ArchEcho #ColorWheel

0:00 Intro/What is Syncopation
1:07 Off-Beat Exercise
1:40 7 String Tuning
2:06 Example Full Speed
2:34 Example 75% Tempo
3:12 Riff Motif & Riff Breakdown
5:43 Standard Tuning/6 String Version
7:03 Outro

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