James Malone Artist Series

Artist Series Guitar Course from James Malone

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James Malone teaches intermediate to advanced lessons on various topics in his style of death metal guitar.

20 Lessons

Complete course with step-by-step lessons and practice examples.

Multi-Camera

Course filmed with 6 cameras for the perfect angles.

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Full Course Breakdown

James Malone teaches intermediate to advanced lessons on various topics in his style of death metal guitar.

Begin the Course
1

Sit Down with James Malone

Enjoy an exclusive interview with James Malone from the death metal band Arsis.

23:11 Runtime

0.5 Difficulty

2

Series Primer Lesson

James covers some basic materials in this lesson that will prepare you for the more advanced lessons that follow.

9:10 Runtime

1.0 Difficulty

3

Right Hand Technique

James explains some rhythmic techniques that are common in metal guitar playing.

16:45 Runtime

1.5 Difficulty

4

Sweep Picking Basics

James takes you through the basics of sweep picking arpeggios.

9:28 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

5

The Patterns of the Modes

James takes you through seven patterns of the major scale and explains how each one corresponds to a mode.

13:24 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

6

Basics of Tapping

James explains how he uses two-handed tapping.

12:38 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

7

The Importance of Proper Fingering

James talks about the importance of consistent fingering and shows his method of fingering scales.

8:11 Runtime

1.5 Difficulty

8

Practice Routine

James shows you the practice routine he used in his formative years.

33:25 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

9

Right and Left Hand Muting Techniques

James covers some techniques that will clean up your technique.

6:29 Runtime

1.0 Difficulty

10

Writing in the Style of Arsis

James explains the compositional techniques employed in three Arsis songs.

16:03 Runtime

1.5 Difficulty

11

Seventh Chords And Arpeggios

James explains how to play seventh chords as arpeggios.

9:23 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

12

Tapping Arpeggios

James explains how to tap arpeggios for extended musical reach.

8:15 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

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13

Combining Tapping and Sliding

James shows how to add slides to tapped arpeggios.

4:25 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

14

Sweeping and Tapping

James shows how the combination of sweep picking and tapping can create some fresh new sounds.

8:16 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

15

Placing Limitations

James teaches ways to be more creative by placing limitations on yourself. He uses four examples that demonstrate just how far the pentatonic scale, chromaticism, and tapping can take you.

12:19 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

16

Tapping Fully Diminished Arpeggios

James explains how to play fully diminished seventh arpeggios with the tapping technique.

4:42 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

17

Scale Fragments

James shows how to move around the fretboard by playing small repeating scale patterns.

3:51 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

18

Bending

James shares some tips that will help you keep your bends in tune.

7:14 Runtime

1.5 Difficulty

19

Interesting Harmony

James shares some harmonic concepts that can be applied to riffs in a metal style. He covers diatonic as well as non-diatonic harmony.

25:09 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

20

Singing And Playing

James Malone shares some tips that will help you sing while playing guitar.

10:11 Runtime

4.0 Difficulty

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James Malone

54

Arsis

  • Yorktown, VA
  • Playing since 1995
  • 24 lessons at JamPlay
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James Malone is in a band called Arsis. Arsis is an American death metal band from Virginia Beach, Virginia, formed in 2000. The band is currently signed to Nuclear Blast. He has a pretty loyal following of guitar players and has decided to share is knowledge with JamPlay.com.

He has put together one hell of a series for all you metal heads out there. You'll learn everything from basic techniques to how to sing (growl?) and play at the same time.

Furthermore, he's taken the time to record some kickass licks for our lick & riff library. He has also taught a handful of Arsis songs for you to learn.

James is a great addition to the JamPlay metal instructor army!
Reviews & Feedback 100/100 with 54 ratings
majmurray

and easy to understand

Andrei Botezat

Fun to practice, easy to understand, but having to shift up two whole steps because of the different tuning gets annoying when practicing in standard tuning.

paul7228

More James Malone!

number1gator

only bad thing i can say is, i hate the split video screen, that upside down view makes me crazy. but excellent teacher. super cool lesson!!

Smeditz

Something about sweeping just mesmerizes me

ihatethis

This guy is great!