Metal with Dennis
Get ready to rock in this metal lesson series with Dennis Hodges. From 80's Metal to modern Dennis loves it all.
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Dennis will cover metal basics and get you playing advanced techniques in no time.
Lessons in this Series:
Lesson 1
Basics of Metal
Dennis covers important guitar basics such as note names and technical exercises.
Length: 33:00 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Power Chords and Rhythm
Dennis introduces power chords and basic rhythm concepts. Both subjects are very important to the metal genre.
Length: 22:00 Difficulty: 1.5 Member OnlyLesson 3
Essential Techniques 1
Learn a variety of essential techniques commonly used in the metal genre, including palm muting, string slides, and chord slides.
Length: 36:52 Difficulty: 2.0 Free Sample Lesson from this Series!
Essential Techniques 2
Metal lesson 4 brings you some info on hammer-ons, pull-offs, trills, bending, and the infamous pinch harmonics.
Length: 45:25 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Left Hand Overload
Dennis delivers left hand techniques and exercises, with topics including spider walking / riffing, octaves, stretching and 4 practice riffs.
Length: 62:36 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Rhythm and Timing
While using a metronome, Dennis covers essential techniques and exercises to obtain great rhythm and timing.
Length: 35:00 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
"Metal Poisoning"
Written just for JamPlay and his Metal series, this song will allow you to put all your techniques to use in a musical manner.
Length: 28:54 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Time Signatures Part 1
In this lesson Dennis teaches the following common time signatures: 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8. Dennis explains each signature and provides a short example for illustration.
Length: 33:12 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Time Signatures Part 2
This time around Dennis explains odd time signatures. Similar to Part 1, he uses a musical example to illustrate each new signature.
Length: 45:07 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Rhythm Pt. 2
Dennis continues his metal series with part two of his look at rhythm and timing.
Length: 56:24 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Right Hand Overload
This lesson is the long lost sibling to "Left Hand Overload."
Length: 52:11 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
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