Redefining Instrumental guitar shred! #guitarplayer #guitarplaying #musicians

According to Nita Strauss, the musicians who are pushing the boundaries of instrumental shred and taking it to new places are Angel Vivaldi, Yvette Young, Tim Henson and Scott LePage from Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, and Jason Richardson. These artists are truly advancing the music to a level that was unimaginable just a decade ago.

Let's talk about Angel Vivaldi for a moment. His technical precision and melodic compositions are absolutely mind-blowing. Yvette Young is another player who is redefining the genre with her unique blend of fingerstyle and tapping techniques. And then we have Tim Henson and Scott LePage from Polyphia, whose innovative use of rhythm and harmony will leave you speechless.

Finally, Tosin Abasi and Jason Richardson are both masters of their craft, constantly pushing the boundaries with their virtuosic playing and innovative approaches to the instrument. The world of instrumental guitar is in an incredibly exciting place right now, and these musicians are at the forefront of it all. Keep an eye on them, because they are taking instrumental shred to new and exciting heights.

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[damienkoy]

Tosin abasi is by far th most advanced innovative musician, tim Henson always credits him as many of his techniques were either inspired or taught to him by abasi.

[johnson]

John Petrucci is like the godfather of progressive rock/metal. He learned from the greats and now this new generation of artists gets to learn from him❤

[DanielDChannel]

misha mansoor this guy took dreamtheater and Meshuggah and took it to another level.

[xStabizorz]

Scott Lepage definitely nose whats going on

[samwerrell]

Plini and Jakob Zytecki are worthy mentions amongst these guys!

[thepushfitzyify]

Every generation of guitarists have the benefit of learning from the generations before them. Is guitar growing. Yes and it’s not surprising because it always has.

[Korloko]

I love guitar, but we’re due for songwriting to return in metal. Djent’s influence really hurt the popularity of heavy music with non-musicians.

[spencerjones]

Gotta throw in Ichika and MGF, truly unique and beautiful styles with the technical proficiency to match

[justachankin]

Really expected to hear about Bernth in the list, awesome player

[dimejoe]

Javier Reyes not included?😳 This is a crime. And without Chon there would be no Polyphia.. ✌🏻

[brodyforet]

I love this generation of guitarists. I don’t get how so many people can hate on it. These people are keeping the guitar alive in a generation where it could’ve died off so easily

[laniakea]

Pushing the boundaries means tapping? Cuz for all the other elements mentioned there are better players. It just happens that she likes that style which is fine but she is also making a bold statement here.

[Asp]

Mansur Brown is another one to keep an eye out for. His melodies are so beautiful and unique

[DarkAfter_____]

We gotta give credit to Jesse Cash from ERRA as well

[deductivereasoning]

I don't know if it can be called harmony if a singer can't sing over it. It all one long lead guitar solo...

[protoolsfanatic]

Curious to see where the hensen type playing goes because 1st song and last song sounds like same song.

[havok_ns]

Clayton king and chris wiseman. guys dont forget them \m/

[Arycke]

No shade with anything I am about to say, and I do not mean anything negative, but all the tech and compositions, with exception of Tosin's and some of Polyphia's stuff, nobody else is really pushing the boundaries. It has mostly all been done already; that is not a bad thing, I like all the player's work that were mentioned, truly skilled and amazing stuff. I rock with all their stuff and enjoy it all.


The level it is at right now is not "unimaginable" if you have been listening to Govan, Lane, Gambale, any of fusion players of the past 30 ywars before 2010. She really should check out all the amazing guitarists that have been doing all this stuff for decades already.

I like all of the guitarists mentioned, and none are better than others (that x is better than y is useless and all comparisons are not worth anything. Just appreciate the art), but it should be noted that the instrumental shred genre was already POPPIN back in the early 2000s and early 90s, late 80s, . Rusty Cooley (not just a fast shredder, and unfortunate he is less known, his early stuff and instructional videos are crazy, really), MAB, Shawn Lane, Frank Gambale, Guthrie Govan *an idol of most of these people on this list*
I hope she is aware of him. They have many so much to listen to, please check them out if you haven't. Marshall Harrison's playinf and Swybrid tech is the top tier. He has been teaching swybrid for over a decade on YouTube.

T-Cophony was doing the stuff Yvette (Sarah Longfield also), does 20 years ago (acoustic, but still instrumental shred); TJ Helmrich is ridiculous on the tapping front (over 30+ years ago) the genre is not being redefined. I love her stuff a lot. Angel's compositions are great, just like the others. Tim is great, so is Scott. Richardson is fast and talented absolutely. Instrumental shred has been great since its inception. Just glad the genre is still alive and well.


An observation also:

So much "legato" nowadays is still really staccato. Throwing the pick away and using only hammer ons and pull offs while playing fast is not legato; it is a cheap way to get less staccato. So much of what I hear is very staccato still. I like the sound of it, don't get me wrong, some of my favorite players use it, and I love it.

Think piano, Chopin, the early examples of it being notated and used. Holdsworth is the only popular player that stands out for this technique (Harrison is a great teacher of this).

[sercastamere]

"Pushing the limits" implies that 1) this level of playing hasn't already been around and achieved for centuries on string instruments and 2) that a large enough group of people actually give a fuck about uncomfortable, non-danceable time signature guitar instrumental music to make it last longer than Krunk did.

I don't like Taylor Swift any more than most of y'all probably do but there's a reason her shitty music is the #1 in the world right now. It's simple, it's basic, it's straightforward and danceable. Throw some emotions in there too. Tool is about the upper limits of what the majority of people will decide to venture out into as far as weird time signatures are concerned

[antoinebguitar]

U should check out alexandr misko from Russia, he has a pretty unique style