Alfred Publishing

Author: Jared Meeker
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Guitar

Nothing is heavier or more formidable than death metal guitar. Tap into the depth and power of this extreme style with master shredder Jared Meeker as he explores all the insane techniques and concepts essential to this unique style that include picking and legato, palm muting, bending, tapping, pick harmonics, string crossing, and odd time signatures. Shredding Death Metal Guitar covers a variety of death metal genres (including classic, melodic, and progressive death metal), and features extensive riff and soloing sections with examples in the styles of bands like Death, Opeth, Meshuggah, Children of Bodom, In Flames, and more! A must-have for any serious shredder, Shredding Death Metal Guitar unleashes the mysterious power of death metal and will take your playing to new levels! The online audio features all the examples from the book.

About the Author

Jared "Spiderfingers" Meeker is a multifaceted guitarist with experience in a variety of musical styles. An endorser of Line 6, Propellerhead Software, Pigtronix, Mesa Engineering, and Spalt Instruments, Jared is an accomplished and innovative composer, producer, and musician who has performed with legendary artists like Carlos Santana and John Petrucci of Dream Theater. Jared's original music has appeared in television shows on MTV, VH1, Showtime, CBS, NBC, and TNT, and in the movies Sunken City and Sundance award-winning Fuel.
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Contents:

• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1: Death Metal Toolbox
• Timing and Rhythmic Notation
• Time Signatures
• Simple Meter
• Compound Meter
• Odd Meter
• Picking Technique
• Alternate Picking
• Tremolo Picking
• Sweep Picking
• Economy Picking
• Cross Picking
• Legato Technique
• Palm Muting
• Left-Hand Damping
• Chucking
• Tapping
• Basic Tapping Technique
• Tap Slides
• Multiple-Finger Tapping
• Tapping with String Leaps
• Tapping and Bending
• Pick Harmonics and Bending
• Single-String Picking Rhythms
• String-Crossing Rhythms
• Diatonic Arpeggios
• Arpeggios in Major Keys
• Arpeggios in Natural Minor Keys
• Arpeggios in Harmonic Minor Keys
• More with Arpeggios
• Tritones
• Outside Chords
• Inversions and Suspensions
• Part 2: Death Metal Riffs
• Classic Death Metal
• Riffs at 100bpm
• Riffs at 140bpm
• Riffs at 180bpm
• Melodic Death Metal
• Riffs at 95bpm
• Riffs at 130bpm in Drop D Tuning
• Riffs at 160bpm
• Progressive Death Metal
• Riffs at 90bpm
• Riffs at 130bpm
• Riffs at 155bpm
• Part 3: Death Metal Soloing
• Natural Minor Modal Fingerings
• Harmonic Minor Modal Fingerings
• Diminished Scale Fingerings
• Conclusion