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So as a complete beginner I used to get intimidated by Syn and other musicians when they switched between strumming and string-skipping arpeggios over chord progressions. And after a decent amount of time, I could play these string skipping sections but they never felt natural to me. As Syn mentions in lesson 44 (string skipping): The only way to get….If you don’t use it, you lose it!”. So at first, I had to sorta force this style into my playing but later it’s funny that it actually became my go-to. For the alternate picking, Syn mentions in lesson 40, “Apply this to your pentatonics, ...and repeat.” and that has helped me with the fluidity even outside of the metal scene. Lastly, I can’t stress enough how important metronome practice for alternate picking has been for me when it came to increasing speed and fluidity gradually. Syn always mentions this (like in lesson 40) along with emphasizing the use of jam tracks! (couldn't quote him because of the word limit :3)

Confession time... this is my first riff. This contest prompted me to write one, and I actually think it turned out really well. The Syn's Tips that I used the most were lessons 48, on chord building, 71, on the chromatic scale, 73, on alternate picking, and 47 on pinch harmonics. I used chord building (48) throughout the clean part of the riff, extending and augmenting the chords. I used the chromatic scale (71) in the dirty part using those half steps. The pinch harmonics lesson (47) helped me figure out how to hit those with consistency in the dirty part, and the alternate picking lesson (73) helped me simply become a better player. Thanks to everyone who set up the contest and for taking the time to listen to my first riff. Bye!

Hello everyone, Papa Gat s lessons of scale mods helped me a lot, with the help of them I wrote a solo for our song !! and even shot a video))) thanks for the school !!!

I was in a rush for recording because I was at the quarantine center and God I had prayed too hard to get back home before 6th Dec. Luckily I recorded today which is 6th Dec and upload it. For this riff, Syn is my idol. I admire all his solos and all his riffs. I know this contest is supposed to be only using Syn's tip. But for me, this is not about winning or anything even though I tried so hard to impress Syn. I'm already happy enough by knowing Syn will check my video out :). I based this riff on Avenged Sevenfold's Shepherd of Fire and Syn's pentatonic tips. Syn and this school has made me a better guitarist than before. Thank you always for this Syn and Pa Pa Gates. Much love from Myanmar 🇲🇲

My cover of Avenged Sevenfold's Doing Time

I used Lesson 47 (Pinch Harmonics), was one of those things I could never control until a couple weeks ago, and kinda came out of nowhere! As Syn said it takes a lot of experiment and as PG explained where you pick the string makes a huge difference! This is improvised over a backing track I found on Youtube, so theres some hesitation here and there, but whatever. Anyway I feel theres more here from the lessons than just the pinch harmonics, but was something I had fun with so decided to use this one!

Hey Synners! Came up with this cool little piece, inspired by lesson 101 & 102 - Harmonic Minor & Phrygian Dominant scale, featuring "Shepherd of Fire"! Recycled drums from Shepherd of Fire, because I don't have the resources to create my own track(budget). The main/intro melody utilizes the 5th degree of the G Harmonic minor scale, which is a D Phrygian with a #3, also called the D Phrygian dominant scale , backed up with a couple of cool chords, which I may do an explanation video upon request :) Apologies for the bad mix. I was rushing this one out x) Credits to Alpom ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxbaXbdJNgM ) for the isolated drum track! Gear used: Schecter Synyster Gates Custom-S Blackstar ID:Core Beam All the best & enjoy, Synners!

Been so busy with work and final exams so only had time to record a minijam on my phone lol! Its a simple riff but I like how ominous it sounds. I'm also using my custom abomination of a pedal. I call it the "Doomsday Machine" and I made using an old broken ibanez ts7 and a broken ibanez fz5. The riff uses tritones and minor scales that were covered in I believe lesson 103 or 105 with the harmonic/melodic minor and part of it might have been pentatonic! I promise I won't mod a dam thing if I win this pedal!!!! 👾

Full guitar cover of Welcome to the Crazy Maze by Andy James. This is an awesome piece it was definitely very difficult to learn and more practice will be ne...

After cleaning, laundry, and taking off the dreaded trash lol I had some time for myself. On the video I posted yesterday, @[21204:@Sayonil Mitra] suggested I try to make my palm mutes a bit more powerful, so I gave that a shot. Also, I remembered a riff I learned awhile back is also in the same tuning (I played it on drop d before) so of course I had to play it too ! (Shine by collective soul) Just playing for a few minutes boosted my mood immensely. These Synner Saturday’s were a fabulous idea @[5:@Jak Angelescu] !

Created this riff based on syngates.com lesson 52 and 53. This riff is in E minor, so the positions shown in these lessons will fit well since E minor is the relative of G major. The little run done is a play between the two positions in these lessons with a hint of economy picking. Guitar and bass by me. Mr. CBG on drums ;)

After 50 recorded attempts, here's my entry for the contest! I wanted to give improv another go since I really enjoyed seeing what worked and what didn't in the video I did months ago, but this time I wanted to try something a bit different! I started off on Lesson 20's overview of the Pentatonic Scale, and figured since it's the best scale for solos, I'd see what I could do! From there, I used the backing track from Lesson 21's overview of the C chord family, and springboarded into Lesson 2's Melody and Motif tips! This is where I got my main focus from - I wanted to try experimenting with rhythm, phrasing and spacing, as Syn described! I tried to give some of the notes more room to breathe, and add in a few more exciting bits and see what it created! It's not the most complicated, but I'm proud of it! And of course, the most important tip I took from all of this was to have fun with it and see what I could do! That allowed me to just create something I enjoyed and learn from it too!

Took the time to learn a new riff today. Still struggeling to play the verse but the intro riff is so much fun. Song is played in Drop A#

Happy $ynner $aturday! Hope you're all practicing hard! Here's a few notes from the video: 1. In the Spider Exercise, I gotta work on descending down the strings, I keep missing notes as I do so. 2. In same exercise, constant alternate picking. 3. In my CMaj Scale, need to work on alternate picking. Also, tips of fingers. Next on my radar to work on: -Learning fretboard notes!!! -Working on the next position for CMaj Scale -Practicing more permutations! I have a small tutorial for the Spider exercise if anyone would like it! I can also tab it out for you if you wish, just hit me up! Cheers all!

Nightmare Guitar Cover, this time I used my line 6 Floor POD for distorsion, I think it sounds cool

This is my entry into the pedal contest! The tips that helped me the most were from the economy picking (77, D-down and u-up are huge parts of the fast riff) and legato lessons (89, applying it to my own music and using it uniquely for the middle (and taming that damn flying pinky!)) This is a really fast riff and I wrote it as a warm-up to practise the fundamentals that Syn gave me the motivation to learn. I recorded a little backing track as well. I hope everyone digs it!

Thought you guys would like to see part of my hard work from this week! I figured out a progression while working with @[5:@Jak Angelescu] to understand the Circle of 5ths and she sent me a nice YouTube video to practice playing with. Thank you for your help as always! I truly wouldn’t understand without you and Bill. Lesson 37 is amazing, but I just needed a little extra help and time. And thank you to @[477:@Ids Schiere] and the Synners for helping me with intervals and degrees a while ago too!

Lesson 103 alternate picking, Syn tp by apply a simple pentatonic run in the 7th fret Em pentatonic position, alternate picking and a little bit of string skipping at the end of the riffs, i practice it slowly in order to have it cleaned, and maintain alternate picking before gradual change of speed. Sorry for the audio quality i just recorded it on mobile phone because it is the only available. Thank you for this opportunity and cheers to all people in this community.

I attempted this many moons ago, got frustrated and just quit. However, @[15432:@RoaringRowanThunderBender] has inspired me with her hard work, growth, and dedication to this...so I figured I’d give it another go. This is as far as I’ve gotten.... so I gotta learn the rest still 😬 And yes...I almost fell in the beginning, but it made for a great thumbnail so I kept it 🤣 As always, any tips are greatly appreciated!

Hello everyone,Papa Gates lessons of scale mods helped me a lot, with the help of them I wrote a solo for our song !! and even shot a video))) thanks for the school !!!

Hello everyone, Papa Gat s lessons of scale mods helped me a lot, with the help of them I wrote a solo for our song !! and even shot a video))) thanks for the school !!!

- Instagram: simoneichingerx - Gear: - ESP Horizon NT-II (SD Invaders) - Mesa Boogie Mark V 25 - Suhr Reactive Load IR

Felt like some practice on the old Spanish guitar. I wanted to learn this song since I started learning guitar but always postponed because it's freaking fast for me. Paco de Lucía was a true virtuous, he could shred on Spanish guitar.

Here’s my entry! I’m super nervous as I don’t think I’ll compare to anyone here and I’m a beginner...but I wanted to show I’m learning and promised @[5:@Jak Angelescu] I would. So I’m just here trying! Please be a little nice. So, I’ve been having trouble with the Circle of 5ths, which is Lesson 37 here respectively. I just decided to come up with a cool little jam for the riff contest using my Trio Band Creator Pedal. Syn’s Tips said to try to memorize it. So I worked hard all week to memorize for the Key of C at least. I googled the pattern for a pop rockish riff after Jak helped me with the system for over an hour. It gave me 1st, 6th, 4th, and 5th so the chords I’m using are C, Am, F, and G and are the ones I input into my pedal (you can see me do this at the very beginning of the video). Then I used the C Major scale to just try to jam along because I was in the Key of C. Though the Am scale works too because it’s the relative minor (6th degree) of C! Thanks guys! ❤️