Riff school: Learn to play metal on a seven-string violin

Resolution15 crafts its metal with violin, not guitar. Watch seven-string violinist Earl Maneein teach how to get riffs out of those classes your mom made you take when you were a kid.

Resolution15: Svaha (1/15/13)

Resolution15 plays metal — thrashing, chugging metal. The band’s riffs aren’t performed on guitar, however, but rather on Earl Maneein’s seven-string violin.

Now, in partnership with Guitar World, Maneein is giving a lesson on how to bring out the power of a relatively untapped instrument. Through the band’s track “Mr. Dark,” he discusses speed, string crossings, muscle memory, and more. Watch it below.