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Shred Your Enthusiasm: Blues-Rock Obstacle Course
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Shred Your Enthusiasm: Blues-Rock Obstacle Course

Chops: Intermediate Theory: Intermediate Lesson Overview: • Add some blues firepower to your lick arsenal. • Become a string-skipping ninja. • Develop the skills to become a harmonic ninja

Shred Your Enthusiasm: Aristocratic Arpeggios
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Shred Your Enthusiasm: Aristocratic Arpeggios

Balance hammer-ons and pulloffs with picked notes to create a smooth sound.

Shred Your Enthusiasm: One, Two, Three, Four
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Shred Your Enthusiasm: One, Two, Three, Four

If one had to choose the best “one, two, three, four” in all of recorded music, who would get the prize?

Shred Your Enthusiasm: Stumbling Block Rock
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Shred Your Enthusiasm: Stumbling Block Rock

Chops: Intermediate Theory: Beginner Lesson Overview: • Overcome the “major third” tuning barrier. • Create lines that use a threeover- four pattern. • Combine the Dorian mode and blues

Shred Your Enthusiasm: Music Appreciation
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Shred Your Enthusiasm: Music Appreciation

What does Shostakovich have to do with Metallica? Why, the blues scale of course.

Shred Your Enthusiasm: Johnny Cash vs. the Ostrich
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Shred Your Enthusiasm: Johnny Cash vs. the Ostrich

Understand the “three over four” principle.

Shred Your Enthusiasm: A Snow Shovel or a Hair Dryer?
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Shred Your Enthusiasm: A Snow Shovel or a Hair Dryer?

Which is better, alternate picking or economy picking? The choice is easy if you understand how to pick the right tool for the job.

Shred Your Enthusiasm: 250 Years of "Scarified"
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Shred Your Enthusiasm: 250 Years of "Scarified"

Chops: Intermediate Theory: Intermediate Lesson Overview: • Learn the correct way to steal from the classical masters. • Understand the “real” way to play “Scarified.” • Create long, flowing