DIMEBAG DARRELL's 29 Greatest Guitar Techniques!

Flat 5 Lead Runs :33
Pick to Hammer On Combos 1:37
Circular Motifs 2:53
Two String Six Picking 4:08
Major 3rd Option 5:18
2 String Pull Off Slides 6:49
6th Dyads 7:44
Muted Syncopated Rhythms 8:59
Dimebombs 10:32
Mirroring Octaves 12:58
Natural Harmonics in Riffs 13:36
Descending 3’s 14:37
Lick Doubling 15:36
Pinch Harmonics 16:24
Staccato Pick Digs 17:20
Legato Licks 18:07
Spider Exercise 21:06
Extreme Stretch Pull Offs 22:02
Phrygian Dominant Licks 22:51
Unison Bends 23:32
Double String Bends 25:09
Extreme Vibrato 26:36
Legato 6’s 27:27
Double Hand Slides 29:04
Minor 3rd Climbs 29:58
Pentatonic and Flat 5’s in Riffs 31:01
Inside Picking 32:27
One String Six Picking 34:06
Tremolo Stretches 34:47

[AirGuitar]

*Here's to anyone who wants to learn how to play like Dime:*
Get his techniques down, but it doesn't have to be perfect, then just have fun and play from your gut. Just do what feels right. Have fucking fun! Honestly, THIS is how Dime wanted other guitarists to be. Don't worry about messing up or just hitting one note wrong, just keep going and have fun. It really does NOT get much more simple than that.
RIP to the legend...

[TheCreedGames]

If you play guitar and love Pantera, it's hard to not "go crazy" with the divebombs.

[elvisjsax]

Cowboys From Hell (solo) 0:33
Cowboys From Hell (solo) 1:37
CFH (solo) 2:53
CFH (solo) 4:08
Walk (solo) 5:18
CFH (bridge after solo) 6:49
CFH (solo ending) 7:44
CFH (verse riff)/Psycho Holiday (first riff)/A New Level (verse riff) 8:59
(no song in particular) 10:32
Psycho Holiday (solo beginning) 12:58
Heresy (intro) 13:36
Domination (solo beginning) (not the same scale, but the rhythm pattern is the same) 14:37
I'm Broken (solo) 15:36
Cemetery Gates (signature riff)/CFH (bridge after solo) 16:24
Cemetery Gates (solo) 17:20
Cemetery Gates (solo) 18:07
Cemetery Gates (solo) 21:06
Cemetery Gates (solo) 22:02
Domination (solo, first lick) 22:51
Fucking Hostile (last part of the solo)/a few other songs 23:32
5 Minutes Alone (solo) 25:09
(no song in particular) 26:36
Walk (solo) 27:27
Walk (solo) 29:04
Walk (solo ending) 29:58
I'm Broken (intro/chorus riff)/CFH (verse riff)/Cemetery Gates (signature riff) 31:01
CFH (second riff) 32:27
(no song in particular) 34:06
CFH (solo) 34:47

[MrJonnyroboto]

All of dime’s riffs were legendary because he wrote most on the shitter, which all of you know is in close proximity to the shower, which is where all the greatest ideas come from. If he could have wrote tunes in the shower, he would have made tunes only audible to the gods themselves... RIP DIME & VINCE!

[valuedhumanoid]

Dimebag is truly one of the greats. But not just for his chops, but the heart that drove it all. That guy lived life like no other. I have never heard of anyone say that he treated them bad, said anything bad or anything negative. It was always "what's your name? Well let's do a shot William Smith and raise some hell!" That was his MO. Total stranger? Not in 2 minutes. No, in two minutes we're going to be best buddies.

[AirGuitar]

I feel like Dime has always sort of been a slightly underrated guitarist. Like people like him, but he's always like second or third behind other "shredders". More people need to see/hear this dude's insane talent! He needs to be recognized more...

[mrpunchyface]

43 year old here. Really appreciate the video I consider myself a potential student. I started playing a few years ago, just a self taught/utube videos guy. I was always a jock but as I get older it’s really great to learn something I can approach with the same intensity that I approached athletics with. It’s something you can do when you’re 80 and it wouldn’t be possible without people like you.

[MrMadtv]

Most people struggle playing this sober and Dime played this off his ass lol, love the video man, subbed!

[tonefingerz]

some reason i almost get to tears when i do dime stuff. i know how much he loved guitar and i luv it soo much too and i just think what a soul he was and what music he cudda put out. uggh man. RIP dime

[nicholasnunes]

For android/iOS users
Flat 5 Lead Runs 0:33
Pick to Hammer On Combos 1:37
Circular Motifs 2:53
Two String Six Picking 4:08
Major 3rd Option 5:18
2 String Pull Off Slides 6:49
6th Dyads 7:44
Muted Syncopated Rhythms 8:59
Dimebombs 10:32
Mirroring Octaves 12:58
Natural Harmonics in Riffs 13:36
Descending 3’s 14:37
Lick Doubling 15:36
Pinch Harmonics 16:24
Staccato Pick Digs 17:20
Legato Licks 18:07
Spider Exercise 21:06
Extreme Stretch Pull Offs 22:02
Phrygian Dominant Licks 22:51
Unison Bends 23:32
Double String Bends 25:09
Extreme Vibrato 26:36
Legato 6’s 27:27
Double Hand Slides 29:04
Minor 3rd Climbs 29:58
Pentatonic and Flat 5’s in Riffs 31:01
Inside Picking 32:27
One String Six Picking 34:06
Tremolo Stretches 34:47

[gfx]

All I keep thinking is how funny it would be to have Dime there with you to comment in his own Texas slang on what you're doing, since he never really thought about the theory or musical notation involved in his styling. Well done!

[youngcarter]

Dime has a video where he explains how he does his harmonic dives without picking. He flicks the string as he dives the bar and then hits the harmonic on the way back up.

[metallaholic]

For dime squeals you do a random pull off so you have an open G string with your left hand, dip the bar, catch the harmonic on the way up, continue pulling up on the bar for the squeals. It's a fast motion. There's a video of dime explaining it. Just doing a natural harmonic isn't correct.

[johnw.ryoniv]

I just saw I video where Dime explains how he usually does the squeal. Mute all but the G string with your left hand, flick the G string with a finger on the left hand, divebomb the whammy, grab a harmonic, and then lift it up. He did it so fast you don't even hear the divebomb. However, it's important to make it sound exactly like Dime. Don't mean to be rude, just repeating what Dime said himself.

[lizzietheheretic]

Thanks!! Dimebag truly one of the greatest

[taxin]

First one I've seen who got the upstrokes right. Everything about this video is great. Thanks man, you rule

[Sharppz]

I've only watched the first 5 minutes and this has already helped me. I'd consider myself a beginner guitarist that's stuck in a rut. This video has so many great exercises that I will continue to come back for. I only stopped after 5 minutes because I tried the "pick to hammer on combos" technique/exercise and my pinky is killing me.

[oskarsalvador]

I remember Dime walking down the row of fans waiting to get in to see Pantera as the opening act for Skid Row in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was saying hi to everyone and asked, “Are you guys gonna rock us tonight?!”

They definitely blew away Skid Row!

Thanks for the lesson, Mike…

[Dylanm]

I'm practicing Dimebag licks and riffs and I just learned that it's pretty hard to do those super fast legato stuff he did. I always thought legato was somewhat cheating but it's so much harder than I thought to do at that speed.

[maxbeale]

Dimebag was such a unique player, his technique was beyond crazy!! Perhaps you should also do a video on the techniques of Glenn Tipton and KK Downing of Judas Priest