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Rhythm Work Set #25

4 across 3 polyrhythm is taught with ten different examples. 4 chords are evenly spaces across 3 beats, followed by four 16th notes.

The count for this is

1_ _ a _ _ n _ _ e_ _ 4ena

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Rhythm Work Set #24

This rhythm is pretty challenging for most players. For three straight bars you continue to switch from a 16th note to an 8th note. The fourth bar breaks away from the pattern.

The count here...

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Etudes for Speed Picking Course

As a thank you for supporting Mile High Shred through Patreon, I wanted to share the etudes for the upcoming speed course that just got finished. Currently, no one else can see these but you ;)

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Rhythm Work Set #23

This rhythm goes between a 16th note and an 8th note for three beats, then a full beat of 16th notes. For most people who start to learn this rhythmic pattern, it can be fairly challenging.

T...

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Death Metal Guitar Etude Reverse Gallop Rhythm

The reverse gallop rhythm is quite common in death metal guitar playing. This etude can help you work on your reverse gallop picking chops.

In the video demonstration the tuning is in B stand...

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Preview Video - What It Takes To Be A Shred Guitar Player

The video where I'm reading off the script that was shared not too long ago on what it takes to be a shred guitar player has been recorded, and edited. 

The next step is to add some clip...

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Rhythm Work Set #22 - Mixing Up Different Gallops

This guitar lesson mixes up different types of gallop rhythms.

The count here is 1_na2_na3en_4e_a

The strumming pattern is 

down _____ down, up
down _____ down, up
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Script for Upcoming Shred Guitar Video

This is a bit of a read, but I wanted to share the current script for an upcoming video that talks about what it takes to be a shred guitar player. 
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Next Lesson Preview - Mixing Up Gallops

Attached is the material for the next video lesson - Rhythm Work Set #22.

This rhythm mixes up the regular, reverse, and drunken gallops. The full lesson should be up by the end of the weeken...

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Rhythm Work Set #21

This particular rhythm tends to confuse most people when trying to learn it. 

A gallop is typically one 8th note and two 16th notes, and a reverse gallop is typically two 16th notes and ...

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Rhythm Work Set #20

Ten reverse gallop examples are demonstrated in this lesson.

The count is 1en_2en_3en_4en_

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Speed/Tremolo Picking Guitar Course Preview

The next instruction course I plan to make is all about speed picking. Just finished putting together what will most likely be the bulk of the material today.

There is a 16th note and an 8th ...

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Instinct Breakdown Riff by Decapitated

Lots of rhythmic fun in this B standard tuning breakdown riff by my favorite death metal band, Decapitated.

This lesson breaks down how to count these fast paced picking patterns to make them...

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Next Lesson Preview - Decapitated Riff

Sorry for the delay in getting out January's lesson. My being out of town at the end of December kind of messed up my usual schedule. I know... excuses, excuses.

I'll be making the lesson tom...

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Death Metal Cover of Raining Blood

Just for fun!

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Rhythm Work Set #19

The gallop rhythm is the focus of this work set.

The count is 1_na2_na3_na4_na

4 examples use chords, and 6 examples use single notes/strings.

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Alexander the Great Intro Lead

This lesson covers the intro lead to Iron Maiden's song Alexander the Great.

If you're looking for a fairly simple guitar lead to learn, this is good one.

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The Blasphemous Psalm to the Dummy God Creation by Decapitated

This lesson covers a pretty simple song by my favorite death metal band, Decapitated.

There are basically three parts for the rhythm guitars, so it's not too difficult of a song to learn as l...

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Decapitated Lesson Coming Up - Here are the Tabs

In the mood to do a lesson on a very simple, yet very energetic song by my favorite death metal band, Decapitated.

The song is The Blasphemous Psalm to the Dummy God Creation.

Here's a ...

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Rhythm Work Set #18

10 different examples using chords, single note picking, and some arpeggio shapes are used to demonstrate a guitar rhythm consisting of 16th and 8th notes.

The rhythm is 1ena2_n_3ena4_n_

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Connecting Scale/Mode Shapes to Solo Horizontally

This lessons covers my recommendations on how you can start connecting scale/mode shapes to improvise guitar solos horizontally, instead of just being confined to one area of the fretboard.

H...

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Guitar Solo Improv Connecting Scale Shapes Horizontally Preview

Here's a preview of the lesson that should be released on Friday, August 7th.

The lesson will be discussing how to get better at improvising guitar solos while connecting scale/mode shapes ho...

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Rhythm Work Set #17

16th notes are the focus of these 10 examples. Chords, single notes, and some legato (in a couple alternate example versions) get covered here.

The count for each bar is 1ena2ena3ena4___

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Iced Earth (live version)

This lesson covers the rhythm guitar and riffs in the live version of Iced Earth.

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I am, yes it's true, a son of a bitch...

That's because I'm gonna be late in the June lesson 🙄

The plan was to release the next lesson on how to play Iced Earth, the live version, by Iced Earth, today. Well, I need more time to g...

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All Lessons Categorized - New Web Page

 https://www.milehighshred.com/categorized-list-of-lessons.html 

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Iced Earth (live) by I Have No Clue

Just finished transcribing the rhythm guitars for the song Iced Earth when performed live. This will be the material for the June lesson coming out in a few weeks.

For those who are intereste...

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528 Videos... holy shit...

I did it. It's done. All 528 short video demos for the rhythm crash course have been finished today.

All that's left now is recording the 5 etudes. I'm slightly concerned about how difficult ...

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Rhythm Work Set #16

This rhythm work set has a continuous 2:3 (or 3:2) polyrhythm covering three bars, then a fourth bar of a different rhythm pattern. Two chords are evenly spaced across three beats over and over aga...

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Preview of Rhythm Work Set #16

This Friday will see the release of Rhythm Work Set #16 where a 3:2 (or 2:3) polyrhythm gets demonstrated nine different ways.

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