Web  lorilinstruth.com
Read Lori's blog

Learning resources for electric rock and metal guitar



Learning to play guitar is an ongoing process. If you are a beginning to intermediate heavy rock or metal guitarist, the lessons, tutorials and articles here are for you. Phrasing and vibrato are highlighted when possible because they're are essential if you want to sound good, but are far too often overlooked in other tutorials. The lessons about phrasing and vibrato may be of interest even to guitarists who have reached an advanced technical level when it comes to playing fast, but who need further development in areas such as vibrato and "touch."

The Lessons Index

Guitar lessons, tutorials, and articles that my guitar-playing friends and acquaintances have been kind enough to donate.

Modes for Metalheads

Article and demonstration on modes for metal guitar. Modal theory can be baffling, but you don't need to understand the complex theory to be able to use modes to spice up your guitar playing. Here is one way to get started! You need flash player installed to use the demo.

Melodic Guitarists

This page features guitar solo highlights from melodic rock guitarists such as Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth and others who have influenced and inspired me throughout the years. Compared to the post-Yngwie shredders, they might not be the most masterful technicians out there, but for Euro-style melodic guitar playing they are second to none. The goal of the Melodic Guitarists Page is to introduce the new generation of young guitarists to the "EuroGods" and other melodic players who they might not have heard of otherwise.

Kahler Spyder Parts for Fender HM Strats

One aspect of learning guitar is knowing how to keep your instrument in tip-top shape. If you use discontinued guitar models, such as the Fender HM Strat, replacement parts can be tough to find. This page contains the latest info about where to find parts for the Kahler Spyder.