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Lessons / Genres / Metal

Metal

Speed, power, and architecture

Endurance, double bass technique, and rhythmic architecture pushed to their limits. The genre that rewards relentless practice.

Level 1

5 lessons
  1. 01 Double Bass Basics 25 min
  2. 02 Power Grooves 20 min
  3. 03 Headbanger Grooves 20 min
  4. 04 Quarter-Note Double Bass 20 min
  5. 05 Eighth-Note Double Bass 20 min

Level 2

5 lessons
  1. 01 Blast Beats 25 min
  2. 02 Prog Metal Time Feels 30 min
  3. 03 D-Beat 20 min
  4. 04 Thrash Patterns 30 min
  5. 05 Groove Metal (Pantera-style) 25 min

Level 3

5 lessons
  1. 01 Extreme Metal Vocabulary 30 min
  2. 02 Gravity Rolls 25 min
  3. 03 Bomb Blasts 25 min
  4. 04 Hyper-Blast Beats 30 min
  5. 05 Djent & Polyrhythmic Grooves 30 min

Level 4

5 lessons
  1. 01 Tech-Death Concepts 30–35 min
  2. 02 Complex Polymeters 35 min
  3. 03 Metric Modulation in Metal 30 min
  4. 04 Mathcore Concepts 35 min
  5. 05 Gospel Chops in Metal 30–35 min

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