Latest about Marty Friedman
Full Shred with Marty Friedman: Taking Licks You’ve Learned from Others and Making Them Your Own
Marty Friedman dishes on how to carve out your own niche when you're creating improvised solos.
Full Shred with Marty Friedman: Using String-Bending and Vibrato to Personalize a Melody
Marty Friedman details a few of the string-bending and vibrato techniques he uses and their best musical applications.
How to Play Fast Arpeggio-Based Licks Without Sweep Picking
Marty Friedman demonstrates some cool ways you can achieve the effect of fast arpeggio-based sounds while avoiding the predictability of standard sweep-picking licks.
Marty Friedman Discusses His Intense New Album, 'One Bad M.F. Live!!'
“The type of thing I do is not simple music, but it should be simple to enjoy.” Marty Friedman breaks down his ferocious new live album.
Full Shred with Marty Friedman: Relocating Familiar Melodic Ideas and Patterns Up and Down the Fretboard
Take a lick, melodic shape or note sequence that you often use and move it to a different area of the fretboard.
Watch Marty Friedman Shred on a Hello Kitty Guitar
Friedman calls the mini acoustic "one bad m.f."
Full Shred with Marty Friedman: Finding Your Path to Musical Individuality
In this lesson, Marty Friedman helps you build your speed and musical individuality.
Full Shred with Marty Friedman: Using Various Articulation Techniques to Expressively Interpret a Melody
Learn how to interpret single-note melodies in a musical way, and develop a unique sound and musical “voice.”
