Troy Stetina Music Academy

Learn to rock like a pro in this comprehensive course led by legendary guitar educator/author Troy Stetina. It's partly about what you learn and play; but it's more about how you play it that really matters. Here, you'll learn the inns and outs that separate amateur from professional.

Heavy Rhythm Guitar Mastery is a self-paced, structured learning environment immersed in a supportive guitar community. Here, we take you by the hand through each step of the process with clearly demonstrated walkthrus of all material including:

• Relevant forms of chording (finger control)
• Loads of riffs and progressions to fully train your hands
• Understand rhythm notation, and learn how to execute flawless timing
• Learn to apply effective practice methodologies
• Begin the all-important ear training process to lay the groundwork for advanced musicianship
• Understand fundamental elements of music theory in the songs learned
• 24 musical song studies from Troy's books with video walkthrus
• 120 popular, well-known songs from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s. 2010s, and today, graded into 12 progressive levels, with transcriptions and video walkthrus.

Who is this course suited for?

Created for beginners on the instrument as well as those intermediate players who have plateaued at an unfulfilling level and aren't sure what they need to reach the next level. This is caused by failing to build all the essential fundamental skills and understandings, and this course will give you that foundation!

Highlights of Heavy Rhythm Guitar Parts I and II:

• Build the foundations of good timing and develop unstoppable groove. Without this piece, players plateau early and remain amateur. With it, the sky's the limit!
• Apply the best practice approaches so you can progress quickly.
• Engrain all the most common chord forms, progressions and rhythms, plus all the essential palm muting and string damping skills, as well as vibrato and string bending techniques for controlled and precise playing.
• 24 progressing song studies that build and integrate each aspect of technique with those of the following study.
• 120 supplemental songs from your favorite bands, arranged in order of difficulty.
• Understand rhythm notation and execute time evenly... the mark of a pro player.
• Learn the music theory essentials with added quizzes to test your knowledge!
• Bonus videos covering advanced musical concepts, secrets and tricks.

*Note: To take full advantage of this course, you'll need the book/audio methods Metal Rhythm Guitar Vol 1 and 2 as well as Total Rock Guitar handy, as these books contain all the tab and audio performance and backing tracks.