Mick Thomson's Arpeggio Routine Will Make You A Neoclassical Shredder

If you want to play music that sounds like something Bach would write if he'd had access to electric guitars in the Baroque period, I’ll show you a killer arpeggio routine that will turn you into a neoclassical shredder.

It may surprise you, but Mick Thomson, a guitarist in one of the biggest metal bands ever, has been spotted showing off some serious neoclassical skills.

I recently revisited an older video on the youngguitatmagazine YouTube channel where he covers a lot of really cool metal and shred guitar material. In that video, he played through arpeggios in a diatonic sequence.

This caught my attention not just because of what he played, but how he played it.

Let's jump in, and I'll share a different way to play arpeggios that will help turn both hands into adaptable, unstoppable shred-guitar weapons.