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Welcome to RockGuitarWorld.com
By Gerber | September 11, 2009
This first article will show you what you can expect from us in the following months.
Rock and Metal Guitar
There are a lot of sites on the internet about guitar playing. This site focuses specifically on playing rock and metal guitar. The rock and metal genre can be divided into a lot of sub genres. Some of the genres you will find here are:
- Heavy Metal
- Thrash Metal
- Prog Metal
- Symphonic Metal
- Power Metal
- Death Metal
- Speed Metal
- Neoclassical Metal
- Prog Rock
- Classic Rock
Guitar Players
The genres mentioned above feature many great guitar players. There will be articles on some of the legends in these genres. What kind of equipment do they use and how can you play like that particular player?
Here are some of the guitar players that will be featured in the upcoming articles:
- John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
- Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
- Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
- Steve Rothery (Marillion)
- Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
- Criss Oliva (Savatage)
- Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore’s Night)
- Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society)
- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Steve Vai
- Joe Satriani
- Slash (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver)
- David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
- Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
Lessons and Exercises
Guitar players in the rock and metal scene use a variety of playing styles. We will post articles about many of those playing styles. Some of these include:
- Lessons on how to shred
- Lessons on how to play lead and solo guitar
- Lessons on how to play rhythm guitar
- Sweep picking exercises
- Two hand tapping exercises
- Warming up exercises
Product Reviews
This site will also feature product reviews. There are a lot of products available that teach you how to play guitar. The review section of this site will take one product or course at a time and show you the good and not so good points of each product.
What more can you expect from us in the product review section?
- Fact sheets that give a description of the product and actual user comments for every product we review (guitars, guitar equipment, guitar courses, tab books).
So, that’s it for now. If you would like to stay up to date with new articles, subscribe to our RSS feed.
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