Black Metal Lesson #14 - Tremolo Picking 

Tremolo Riffs. Very Important

this black metal series is one of the best things i’ve come across when researching black metal, cheers

You are a national treasure my friend.

I wish I had been looking for this a year ago - your advice is legitimate & sincere & on RU-vid! And your engagement in the comments is just as helpful as the video; humble, but clear & assertive & authoritative in your answers w resp. to the topic at hand (& on RU-vid! ...This area is normally reserved for vitriol...?!) Great stuff!

Brilliant stuff fella. Delighted to have found this channel. Look forward to catching up here.

I love playing black metal but as a person who suffers from arthritis tremolo picking is just a big no no Thanks for your videos 😊

This video is awesome - thank you so much. I really appreciate you breaking up the learning with "tiers", i.e. progressing up to more challenging examples. I just started getting into metal/death metal, so I'm in the process of beginning at easier groups (Death), and hoping to work my way up to more challenging things after I get the fundamentals.

Thanks for teaching this I may need to start over because when I Tremelo pick I can get really fast and clean but, I have shoulder pain after!! I was beginning to think that I can't do it!!

This is the best video yet in the series! The progression of riffs to practice is spot on, and your tips about picking from the wrist and keeping the hand loose have helped me tremendously

Very good lesson. Thanks for this. I agree, start simple and build up. Learn the fundamentals then advance. The slower you practice the faster you learn.

love the video! i’ve been playing with my arm this entire time and got NOWHERE but with this technique i’ve already got a smoother tremolo and can avoid tendinitis XD

Great advice! What I struggle with is transitioning between strings, especially when I do an upstroke on one string and then try to go to the next string without doing one more downstroke (if that makes any sense). I guess I just need more practice. Thanks man, your videos are really helpful!

I haven't played in years but I enjoy watching these videos!

today I added the right hand techniques of 2nd video and also this songs to my morning practice, this is going to make a big difference. Thanks a bunch.

Great video, very down to earth. Thanks!

You are a good teacher.

love your channel

I really like your lessons! Could you possibly do something on tritone scales, chords and progressions?

I struggled with tremolo picking for ages. Still not amazing at it, but significantly better than I was not long ago. 2 things helped me tremendously. 1. Find tension in your body and kill it. Start picking fast, doesn't matter if it's sloppy. Now look for any tension. Clenching teeth, curling toes. Anything. Now stop playing, relax that part of your body and start again. If you do this enough eventually you'll find yourself completely relaxed while playing and the picking will come effortlessly. 2. USE A METRONOME. Seriously. It's like magic. Start at 60bpm. Once you've played the part perfectly 5 times in a row, increase the bpm by 10.

Do you downpick the first note of every string when playing melodies like the one at 8:42?

Hey Dev. Great lesson, thank you! Is it a bad practice to keep my palm on the bridge while tremolo picking? I mean keeping it in the same position like when I am playing palm muted riffs. I really struggle with string skipping when tremolo picking, and I think this might be the reason why. Although keeping the hand away from guitar is so unnatural to me.

Great video!

Good tips!

I wish we could see how you hold your pick and how you position your hand on the guitar, but nonetheless a great informative video.

I always felt weird hooking the little finger. 😊 Thanks 👏

Do you also press the a-string on the slayer riff, I mean directly on the gallop, and are you sure that all 3 strings are played in the original? Thanks for your videos, they are very good!

I've been struggling with this technique for over a year. Is it normal? You mentioned in this video that you've been playing tremolo for years and that's how you became good

Thank you

What is your top back and roll album

Your advice in this video is lifesaving! One problem that I keep having though is that my pick slips from my fingers when trying to play the accented rythm part at faster tempos. Is that normal?

That explains why I can't raise my arm- Well guess I need to start relearning tremolo picking WITHOUT using my elbow

Nice video I have a problem: my tremolo picking is quite solid, good speed and decently accurate on single string riffs but only sitting. When I try to play standing my tremolo picking is so bad, i get way slower and I struggle tremolo picking on 2 or more sttings Do you have any advice?

i wanted to do the riffs of i am the black wizards from emperor

So your on the bridge pick up but picking over the neck rite?

Although, I do use my wrist properly, when I try to step up the speed I tense up my elbow. What should I do about it, any tips?

Nice one, do you use thin or thick picks ?

Is it the same technic in death metal? Like in Obituary and Death?

Would you add accents in the Emperor riff? or is it better to play each note with the same intensity?

yoo someone who also anchors their pinkie or their ring finger to the E.. I personally do it most with my ring finger cuz ma hands be large.

Lol, i remember how i leanred to play tremolo, i heard Ea, Lord of the Depths once and tried to play that fuckin apreggiated chord for almost a year, i just pushed through it over and over again and one day it just clicked. Really I think it was the worst way possible to learn the technique but hey

My pick often gets stuck on one string when playing tremolo, any advice?

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Idk what I was expecting him to sound like but it wasn't this

Dude, yer tone is so thick and solid, how? What gear

What tuning? E standard?

small steps every day

Get a new camera bro :) it's 2020, we got some really good ones available. Good guitar and shithot though :)

Hey Dev, I have a question… my axe is an ESP LTD EC 1000 deluxe, 24.75 fret scale…. I am trying to set it up for black metal, and I wanna know what you recommend as far as string? gauge and action height? I know in this video you recommend the 10- 46, but with my model’s scale length… would that still apply to my guitar as well, or would I be better off with a higher gauge.. this(metal picking) is new to me and I want to optimize my gear so I can make progress… plan on playing in E standard or D… would really appreciate your input… thanx man