Episode 6 - Fast riffage, classic thrash influence

Here's a few thrash-oriented riffs combined with a bit of tremolo picking that sound similar to early Metallica or Megadeth -- of course with a modern twist. These are all played to programmed drums, EZDrummer, so to be in context.

Intro

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Section 1

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Section 2

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New episodes coming, smaller file sizes

Along with a new episode on its way, I've also lowered the resolution for each of the previous episodes. They're now at 480x272 rather than 960x540. Easier to download, store, and watch on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Episode 5 - Repeating parts to play faster...

With soloing techniques, sometimes it's necessary to take a given scale or set of notes and pick out the desired feel from the scale, rather than playing each consecutive note in the scale, and then repeat those notes in a pattern that fit the music or what message a phrase should say. With this lick, the goal here is not supreme melody, but rather is an example of how a three-note-per-string pattern can be applied and then repeated in a certain way so the phrase can be played extremely fast without moving much around the fretboard:

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