![]() ![]() He founded Deep Purple in 1968 and combined elements of blues, jazz and classical into his high speed, virtuostic rock guitar playing. Ritchie Blackmore, best known as the guitarist of Deep Purple and Rainbow, was an early shredder. Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore in Norway, 1977 Les Paul's song, " How High the Moon" contained sweep picking, one of the earliest recordings of the technique. Many jazz guitarists in the 1950s such as Les Paul, Barney Kessel and Tal Farlow improvised various guitar techniques comparing to contemporaries blues guitarists like Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. The term "shred" is also used outside the metal idiom, particularly in bluegrass musicians and jazz-rock fusion electric guitarists. ![]() The term is sometimes used with reference to virtuoso playing by instrumentalists other than guitarists, as well. Shred guitar includes "fast alternate picking, sweep-picked arpeggios, diminished and harmonic scales, finger- tapping and whammy-bar use", It is commonly used in heavy metal guitar playing, where guitarists use the electric guitar with a guitar amplifier and a range of electronic effects such as distortion, which create a more sustained guitar tone and facilitate guitar feedback effects. ![]() Shred guitar or shredding is a virtuoso lead guitar solo playing style for the guitar, based on various advanced and complex playing techniques, particularly rapid passages and advanced performance effects. Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & John Petrucci at the G3 (tour) in December 2006
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