Arpeggios are a staple of any would-be shredder’s arsenal, and of course the most popular and common of those are played using the sweep-picking technique. Fuck all that. Let’s look again at the ...

A Locrian mode (arpeggios) The dense, dark sound of Locrian makes it a great choice for heavier sounds and it’s a great chord and riff-building tool for heavy metal and Latin rock – though the ...