James takes you through seven patterns of the major scale and explains how each one corresponds to a mode.
Taught by James Malone in James Malone Artist Series seriesLength: 13:24Difficulty: 3.0 of 5
James Malone teaches intermediate to advanced lessons on various topics in his style of death metal guitar.
Lesson 1
Enjoy an exclusive interview with James Malone from the death metal band Arsis.
Length: 23:11 Difficulty: 0.5 Members OnlyLesson 2
James covers some basic materials in this lesson that will prepare you for the more advanced lessons that follow.
Length: 9:10 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 3
James explains some rhythmic techniques that are common in metal guitar playing.
Length: 16:45 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 4
James takes you through the basics of sweep picking arpeggios.
Length: 9:28 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 5
James takes you through seven patterns of the major scale and explains how each one corresponds to a mode.
Length: 13:24 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 6
James explains how he uses two-handed tapping.
Length: 12:38 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 7
James talks about the importance of consistent fingering and shows his method of fingering scales.
Length: 8:11 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 8
James shows you the practice routine he used in his formative years.
Length: 33:25 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 9
James covers some techniques that will clean up your technique.
Length: 6:29 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 10
James explains the compositional techniques employed in three Arsis songs.
Length: 16:03 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 11
James explains how to play seventh chords as arpeggios.
Length: 9:23 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 12
James explains how to tap arpeggios for extended musical reach.
Length: 8:15 Difficulty: 2.0 FREELesson 13
James shows how to add slides to tapped arpeggios.
Length: 4:25 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 14
James shows how the combination of sweep picking and tapping can create some fresh new sounds.
Length: 8:16 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 15
James teaches ways to be more creative by placing limitations on yourself. He uses four examples that demonstrate just how far the pentatonic scale, chromaticism, and tapping can take you.
Length: 12:19 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 16
James explains how to play fully diminished seventh arpeggios with the tapping technique.
Length: 4:42 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 17
James shows how to move around the fretboard by playing small repeating scale patterns.
Length: 3:51 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 18
James shares some tips that will help you keep your bends in tune.
Length: 7:14 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 19
James shares some harmonic concepts that can be applied to riffs in a metal style. He covers diatonic as well as non-diatonic harmony.
Length: 25:09 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 20
James Malone shares some tips that will help you sing while playing guitar.
Length: 10:11 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
About James Malone
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James Malone is in a band called Arsis. Arsis is an American death metal band from Virginia Beach, Virginia, formed in 2000. The band is currently signed to Nuclear Blast. He has a pretty loyal following of guitar players and has decided to share is knowledge with JamPlay.com.
He has put together one hell of a series for all you metal heads out there. You'll learn everything from basic techniques to how to sing (growl?) and play at the same time.
Furthermore, he's taken the time to record some kickass licks for our lick & riff library. He has also taught a handful of Arsis songs for you to learn.
James is a great addition to the JamPlay metal instructor army!
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there's an error on page 3/3 of the supplemental content..."C Major Diatonic Arpeggios - Lower" D Major should be a D Minor (F Major)
sorry guys error on my part, the tab is correct, it is a D minor, but the heading is wrong should say D minor not D Major will fix and send off tonight, thanks for pointing it out to us.
Cool lesson ty.
Very nice way to explain the modes. Thank you!!
great lesson, thank you
2 questions, what tuning are you in? and what kind of guitar is that, very nice
He's in D standard. Whole step down so when he says hes playing an E the note youre really hearing is a D.