Megadeth – Youthanasia Guitar Lesson

Nate shows you how to play Youthanasia by Megadeth.  Tabs linked below.

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Drill of the Week #8 – Speed Lick in E minor

Nate shows you a great shred guitar lick – similar to licks used by Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Joe Satriani, and Kirk Hammett. Tabs linked below.

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Guitar Finger Exercise Procedure

Nate shows you how to develop your guitar technique over one year with this weekly finger exercise procedure – 156 total finger exercises.  Don’t skip anything!  Stay with it, keep trying, and you will definitely see results.  Tabs linked below for the exercise procedure and a spreadsheet is included for you to print and keep track of your progress.

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Drill of the Week #7 Follow-up

Nate builds on a previous exercise and shows you how to synchronize your pick and fingers in this follow-up to Drill of the Week #7 – Speed Picking Ex.  Tabs below.

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Drill of the Week #7 – Speed Picking Ex.

Nate demonstrates a great guitar speed picking exercise.  Use a metronome!  Alternate picking is key to quality guitar playing.  Tabs linked below.

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Enter Sandman Guitar Lesson

Nate shows you how to play Enter Sandman by Metallica.  Tabs linked below.  Have fun!

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Spanish Romance – Classical Guitar

Nate demonstrates the famous classical guitar piece Spanish Romance.  This piece is great for practicing and developing arpeggio technique, as well as bar technique.  View the sheet music / tabs below.  Questions – richards@richardsguitarstudio.com.

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RGS Student ROCKS Symphony of Destruction Solo

Richards Guitar Studio student Pete Napper tears up the Marty Friedman solo from Megadeth song “Symphony of Destruction.” Good job!

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Slayer – “Dead Skin Mask” Guitar Lesson

Nate demonstrates each part from the Slayer song “Dead Skin Mask.”  Tabs linked below.  This an AWESOME metal song and is a great way to practice your metal techniques.

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Featured Riff #4 – Come As You Are

Nate demonstrated the main riff to Come As You Are by Nirvana.  Tabs linked below.

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Drill of the Week #6 – Bar Chords

Nate shows you a great exercise for practicing bar chords.  Tabs linked below.

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RGS Teacher Emmett Rogers Classical Guitar

Here are some video highlights from Emmett Rogers’ senior recital at Dusquesne University.  Great tone and musicianship on display here!

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Featured Riff #3 – Fell On Black Days

Nate demonstrates the main riff to “fell on Black Days” by Soundgarden.  Tabs linked below.  Questions?  Email richards@richardsguitarstudio.com.

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Symphony of Destruction Guitar Lesson

Nate shows you how to play Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth.  Tabs linked below.  Questions?  Email richards@richardsguitarstudio.com.

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Drill of the Week #5 – Legato Exercise

Practicing hammer-ons and pull-offs is a must to become a good guitarist.  Here are reverse slurs (hammer-on to pull-off or pull-off to hammer-on).  Nate demonstrates a great exercise for legato playing.  Tabs linked below.

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