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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]By: John McCarthy, Creator of The Rock House Method
Michael
Paget better known as just “Padge” plays a combination of catchy
melodies and crafty lead riffs that helped propel his band from Wales
“Bullet for My Valentine” up the charts and onto major worldwide concert
tours. With the resurgence of lead guitar into many of today’s new
Metal bands, it’s interesting to see where their influences come from
and I would bet Padge has a few Metallica and Iron Maiden songs on his
iPod.
Padge, as a rhythm
player, can lay down some real cool chugging patterns and intricate
single note riff rhythms that support the vocal melodies perfectly. One
thing I was very impressed with is Padge’s use of harmonized melody
guitar lines that give great dynamic explosion to his main lead
sections.
Let’s take a look
at a section inspired by the lead from the Bullet for my Valentine song
“Eye of the Storm.” The chord progression in Ex. 1 is a classic Iron
Maiden influenced gallop rhythm that is composed of an eighth note
followed by two sixteenth notes. This syncopated pattern has a bouncy
feel like you’re riding a black steed into battle!
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The
lead in Ex. 2 is a great sample of creating an arpeggio to follow each
chord of a progression. Padge uses a sweep pattern over the first three
strings playing them in triplets over the gallop rhythm. An important
part of playing these arpeggios smoothly is the picking pattern, be sure
to follow the up – up –down – down – hammer – pull off sweep sequence.
The arpeggios Padge uses are Em – D – C - B. Once you have the notes
under your fingers, you can download and play with the bass and drum
track for this lead section at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Happy shredding!John McCarthy
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