Category Archives: Lessons

Toccata #4 – Lesson on sweep picking and tapping

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Dave

This cool little intro from a J. S. Bach piano piece called “Toccata #4″ transposes wonderfully to electric guitar. Here the arrangement is slightly different from the original which appears in my Speed Metal book/cd (containing many other popular classical … Continue reading →

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ALTERNATE PICKING and STRING SKIPPING ARPEGGIOS

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Dave

This cool sounding classical piece (called ‘Solfeggietto’ and written by J. S. Bach’s youngest sibling Karl) adapts to electric guitar magnificently.  Transcribed for guitar here, it proves to be a great work out with alternate picking, quick position shifts, and … Continue reading →

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Etude #5 Example 1

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dave
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Etude #5 Example 2a,b,c,d,e

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dave
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