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Double Thumb Slapping Technique
Double Thumb Slapping consists in alternating downstrokes (actually, down-slaps) and upstrokes (actually, up-plucks) with the thumb. The movement is executed at the last fret by lightly strumming ...
Heavy Metal Basslines
This assortment of heavy metal basslines is performed in the style of the irreplaceable Iron Maiden, Symphony X, Stratovarius, Manowar, Angra, and many more. To achieve these simple but highly ...
Playing with Off-Beat Rhythms
In off-beat rhythms notes are attacked on weak beats, so-called off-beats, (the second and fourth beats in 4/4 meter) or on the weak subdivisions of the beats (second eighth note or second and ...
Slapping & Dead Notes
Dead notes can be combined remarkably well with slapping: they reinforce the percussive and energizing effect of this technique. They can be achieved either by releasing finger pressure on the ...
Sliding Technique
This articulation technique consists in moving your left hand finger along the string from one note to another. The first note is played normally, but the second is obtained exclusively through ...
Playing with the Rhythmic Figure "16th-16th-8th"
The rhythmic figure called “2 sixteenth notes/1 eighth note” lasts for one beat. If you number each of the four sixteenth notes in the beat, you will have to play numbers 1, 2 and 3. As a ...