shred

n the context of an electric guitar, "shredding" refers to a virtuosic, highly technical style of playing the instrument, as exemplified by the virtuosos of the eighties such as Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen or Michael Angelo Batio Other guitarists include jason becker and marty friedman ____________________ The technique consists of complex fast speed picking and sweeping, performing lightning fast riffs and solos ____________________ It's popularity plummeted along with most other metal genres with the arrival of the very simple genre Grunge, which focused on talentless musicians who hadnt bothered to learn their instrument with the passion of shredders ____________________ It has been said that shredding is a very boring experience which focuses more on showing off than showing emotion, which is a description used only by people who do not understand guitar...It is a master class in how much energy and focus you should put into learning your instrument and should be admired not ridiculed... ______________________ Most recent shredders include dragonforce guitarist Herman Li and the very plain rusty cooley