Axe of Creation

26 Apr 2012

Dream Theater Style Polymeter: 7/8 in 4/4
A 7/8 polymeter can be one of the simplest to understand and apply to your compositions. Shortening a measure of 4/4 by one eighth note creates a...
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30 Mar 2012

Tool “Lateralus” Guitar Lesson
This special edition of the Axe of Creation is in response to many subscribers, whom after watching my Adam Jones lesson; wanted to know what I k...
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09 Mar 2012

Creating Riffs with Multiple Time Signatures (Polymeter)
The title sound much more involved than this idea actually is. Polymeter can be complex (two different meters simultaneously) or the simple conce...
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24 Feb 2012

Groove Metal Syncopation
Syncopation is an essential writing solid musical ideas. In this lesson we will be focusing on applying a syncopated 7/8 groove as well as how to...
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