The worst guitar fails, a secret pentatonic position, top 10 Metallica riffs of all time

Plus Van Halen's massive 7 figure donation

Photo by Emily Rudolph on Unsplash

It has been an insane week at Chasing Sound HQ. Unfortuantely I haven’t been feeling 100%, but I couldn’t miss a week of the newsletter. While I’m not commenting on this week’s links, these are all the videos and articles that I’ve been checking out over the past couple of days.

If you’re reading this on Substack, make sure to comment what cool guitar story or video you’ve been checking out. And if this is popping up in your inbox, feel free to reply and let me know! I’ll be back next week, with a regular issue. Talk to ya then!

• Epic Guitar Fails!

• The Harped Harmonics Lesson I Wish Someone Had Taught Me

• Funk Guitar 101

• The Magic of Guitar Looping

• Why New Bands Don’t Play Gibson Guitars

• Animals As Leaders Interview (Live in the Studio)

• 🎸 Andy McKee Syncopated Partial Chords Guitar Lesson

• Bebop Without Scales And Why You Need This Skill

• The SECRET Pentatonic Position

• Red Moon Rise - Self Titled Review

• GUIDED Arpeggio Sequence Practice Routine - Level Up Your Guitar Practice!

• Do you REALLY Know the Pentatonic Scale? [here’s a cool sounding exercise]

• Do You REALLY Know Arpeggios? John Coltrane Giant Steps Guitar Lesson

• 5 Levels Of Fuzz | Tame To Insane

• Steve Vai breaks down the hardest thing he’s ever played

• Lukather’s Big Bends - 5 Minute Licks

• Chord Inversions 101

• TOP 10 METALLICA RIFFS OF ALL TIME

• 5 Licks That Will Help You Understand Jazz Guitar

• Joe Satriani addresses Van Halen tribute tour reports: “If it ever does happen, it would be a great honor and a terrifying challenge” | Guitar World

• Eddie Van Halen left a massive seven-figure donation to music education in the US | Guitar.com | All Things Guitar

That’s it for this week. Thanks for reading Six String Sunday!

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