Today I&#8217;m going to take you up to the Shred Club HQ for 6 absolutely killer, finger ripping shred exercises that are going to get you shredding out of your mind!
We&#8217;re going to start off by getting your left hand on fire, then concentrate on the picking hand, before finally pulling out all the stops with some insane tapping exercises to really get your blood pumping.

Thomas McRocklin

Exercises

Shred

Tapping

6 Mega Shred Exercises

Introduction

Left hand

Right hand

Both hands

In this lesson I&#8217;m going to show you two very different approaches to using Legato. We&#8217;re gonna cover that real fast old-school 90s style before moving right to the present with my current approach to Legato. It&#8217;s much more subtle, and allows for some killer note combinations.
I&#8217;ve also included a mighty exercise that&#8217;s guaranteed to give you melon crushing abilities 🍉 🥋

Legato

Technique

Legato &#8211; Old School vs New School

Old school style

Old school with a twist

Back to the future

Being able to switch fluently between different techniques is really important, so I&#8217;ve put together a shred lick which features a combination of alternate and sweep picking to help you nail this transition seamlessly.
If you&#8217;re new to shredding this is a great lick to get started with and I include a lot of tips and insights that will set you up on the right track to become a shred monster in no time!

Text/PDF

Guitar Pro

Alternate Picking

Lick Breakdown

Sweep Picking

Switching Shred Lick

Part 1

Part 2

Today I&#8217;m going to show you one of my favourite go-to shred licks. This lick features a variety of techniques &#8211; sweep picking, hammer ons, pull offs &#8211; and a lot of muting to go along with those to improve your note separation and clarity.
Before we get into the lick itself I&#8217;m also going to demonstrate my approach to playing major arpeggios &#8211; so that you can apply these skills to your own playing and licks!

Tim Hutchinson

Arpeggios

Black Line Shred Lick

Major Arpeggio Breakdown

Shred Lick Breakdown

Time to Shred!

Today I&#8217;m going to teach you a really cool melodic rock lick that you can use to improve your improvisation and overall lead game.
I&#8217;ll break down the full lick for you and explain how it is constructed as well as some of the theory behind it, followed by some awesome exercises which will help you improve the legato techniques required to play these types of licks.

Backing Track

Stel Andre

Improvisation

Melodic Rock Lick Breakdown

Lick breakdown

In this lesson I&#8217;m going to teach you a cool, creative string skipping tapping lick as well some tips to carry out to help you with this style of playing.
Sometimes with licks based on modulations, modal interchanges, complex harmony etc, we can find ourselves a bit lost. I bet you have had that feeling, haven&#8217;t you? Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;m also going to explain the harmony behind this lick and how it is constructed!

Borja Mintegiaga

String Skipping

Intervallic Lick

Theory and Tips

This solo breakdown from You and Me by McRocklin &amp; Hutch is quite simple to learn but tricky to master. It&#8217;s all about phrasing and delivery, packed full of details that will allow you to take simple lines and make them sound much more complex than they really are.
This lesson is also packed full of solo tips that will change your playing forever &#8211; including how to think ahead with fingering so you never feel rushed and make less mistakes.

Tips and Tricks

You and Me Solo Breakdown

The Breakdown

In this lesson I&#8217;m going to teach you a lick that uses blazing 3 note per string patterns and combines pentatonic and minor sounds as you switch between the strings.
When most people try combining pentatonic and minor sounds they tend to play a blues lick followed by a minor lick or vice versa, but I prefer to jump back and forth between the two scales seamlessly to create unique sounding phrases.
I do this a lot in my playing and I hope that it will inspire you to create some unique sounding licks of your own!

Pentatonics

Pentatonic/Minor Combo Lick

3 note per string exercise

Lick breakdowns

Do you find yourself stuck playing the same scales and patterns all the time?
In this lesson we&#8217;re going to pick a few different keys to improvise in but we&#8217;re going to completely ban the obvious and comfortable scale positions you&#8217;re used to! Instead I&#8217;ll show you some cool new shapes and patterns to use which will force you into using new note choices and phrasing options to help you break out of your habits and breath new life into your playing!

Scales

Theory

Alternative Scale Positions

A minor

C minor

D minor

This lesson is all about getting you really comfortable playing everywhere on the neck &#8211; without learning any scale positions at all!
This is one of the first things I learned on guitar and is actually how I was able to shred from a very young age. It&#8217;s based on a very simple method that is really easy to learn and will make a huge difference to you when it comes to visualising the fretboard.

Thinking in tones

Getting started

TSTTSTT

Linking it together

One of the questions I get asked a lot is &#8211; what tuning are you in? I always play in standard tuning, but the way you approach chords and phrasing in different keys can completely transform the way they sound.
This lesson gives you all the insights into my approach to playing in my favourite keys. I&#8217;ll show you how to re-train your fingers to come up with some amazing sounds based on familiar shapes and how to layer harmonics onto chords to create epic soundscapes.

Chords

My Favourite Keys

F Sharp Minor

E Minor

B Minor

In this lesson I&#8217;m going to break down the chord progression from one of my tracks &#8211; Square Dreamz.
But we&#8217;re going to go deeper than that&#8230; much deeper! I&#8217;m going to show you exactly how I wrote this track by using melody to lead the chords without thinking too much about theory! I&#8217;ll teach you this method so you can use it to write awesome sounding chord progressions yourself.

Songwriting

Square Dreamz Chords

Breakdown Part 1

Breakdown Part 2

Solo Section

How To Build Chord Progressions

Finger Stretching Exercise

Music theory

Are you one of those guitarists who struggle to play in sync with a drum groove?
This lesson is really going to help you improve your sense of timing and rhythm. I&#8217;m going to show you how to tightly lock your guitar playing into any drum beat.
We&#8217;ll start off with a really simple phrase and get it locked in tightly before we spice it up with some cool rhythmic patterns and techniques. As an added bonus I&#8217;ll also teach you my favourite hack which lets you fit licks into any passage super easily.

Jam beat

Rhythm

Improving your timing and rhythm

Locking into a beat

Triplets and upbeats

Using outside notes

Making your licks fit a

In this lesson you&#8217;re going to learn some killer riffs and techniques that will push your prog playing to the limit. Starting with some simple progressions we&#8217;ll jam together and exchange solos then transform those chords into super tight, advanced prog riffs.
If you&#8217;re still thirsty for more then come join me on a deep dive into sweeping arpeggios and how to lock your sweeping in time with a drum beat.

Drum beat

Riffs

The Ultimate Prog Workout

Riff 1 (jam)

Riff 1 (advanced)

Riff 2 (jam)

Riff 2 (advanced)

Sweep practice

Sweep practice (advanced)

This lesson is all about percussive strumming and everything that goes with it! We start right with the basics of how you need to control each of your hands and build things up from there until you&#8217;re able to play these awesome, unique sounding licks.
I even show you some cool ways to break up chords, introduce tap extensions and more &#8211; in fact the final part of this lesson contains possibly the most mind-blowing technique that I&#8217;ve ever heard!

Funk

Percussive Strumming

Hand technique

Single note practice

Breaking up chords

Tap extensions

The mysterious sound

Tips & tricks

I love to combine sweeping and tapping together, it&#8217;s a technique I use all the time and in this lesson I&#8217;m going to show you three ways to implement this in your own playing.
Using these techniques together allows you to come up with fresh and interesting note combinations, and spice up boring licks. You can also use them to also unlock something very special which will completely transform your playing and take you to a whole new level!

Combining Sweeping With Tapping

The extension

Sweep, tap and bend

The position shift

In this lesson I&#8217;m going to show you a pretty crazy lick of mine, using the Mixolydian mode. Don&#8217;t worry if you aren&#8217;t confident with modes, there&#8217;s actually only one note difference between Mixolydian and Major, but it gives this lick a totally different flavour!
Although it&#8217;s fairly short, this lick packs in a ton of different techniques including alternate picking, legato picking, sweep picking and a really cool sounding string skip octave section right at the end.

Connor Kaminski

Modes

Mixolydian Lick Breakdown

Lick Fast

Lick Slow

Full Explanation

Sweep picking

Hey guys, Micky Crystal here and today I&#8217;ve got a very cool hybrid picking legato lick for you.
I&#8217;m going to show you a couple of cool exercise to go along with this, and once you&#8217;ve learned the lick and the ideas behind it&#8217;ll enable you to create your own awesome hybrid picking legato licks.

Melodic Rock Lick Breakdown

Scale Finder

Production Tips

Search Lessons

Time to Shred!

6 Mega Shred Exercises

Legato – Old School vs New School

Switching Shred Lick

Black Line Shred Lick

Lick breakdowns

Melodic Rock Lick Breakdown

Intervallic Lick

You and Me Solo Breakdown

Pentatonic/Minor Combo Lick

Music theory

Alternative Scale Positions

Thinking in tones

My Favourite Keys

Square Dreamz Chords

Improvisation

Melodic Rock Lick Breakdown

Improving your timing and rhythm

Alternative Scale Positions

The Ultimate Prog Workout

Tips & tricks

You and Me Solo Breakdown

Improving your timing and rhythm

Pentatonic/Minor Combo Lick

Percussive Strumming

Sweep picking

The Ultimate Prog Workout

Combining Sweeping With Tapping

Switching Shred Lick

Mixolydian Lick Breakdown

Guest Lessons

Melodic Rock Lick Breakdown

Intervallic Lick

Hybrid Picking Legato Lick

Black Line Shred Lick

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