JTC Richard Henshall Precision Riffs Vol.1 [TUTORiAL]
P2P | 20 March 2026 | 1.41 GB
Hone your riffs into shape and explore the complexities of metal through five precision-built etudes. A sure-fire way to forge a vault of skills that will raise your rhythm game.
Enhance all aspects of your riffing approach with five etudes that dissect and demystify the intricacies of modern metal. Hard-hitting, driven and harmonically alive, each example is designed to help you cement essential rhythm skills. Understand the ideas with in-depth lessons, get to grips with the skills across various exercises, and finally put it all together as you tackle each etude. Fast, bold and designed to develop laser-guided accuracy, this is Precision Riffs Vol.1.
What’s it about?
Richard Henshall of prog-titans, Haken, is known for fusing hard-hitting riffs with technical soloing and a wide harmonic vocabulary to create edge-of-the-seat and interesting compositions. In Precision Riffs Vol.1, he shares five etudes that reveal the mechanics behind his unique approach.
Each etude targets a distinct set of skills and sonic textures. From fast black metal-inspired tremolo picking to ultra-modern natural harmonics, you’ll tighten your grip on vital techniques and create a foundation to build elevated rhythm ideas.
Richard breaks each etude down through in-depth lessons, showing you how to play them with insights on technical hurdles and how to overcome them. Focused exercises reinforce core techniques, ensuring you build a solid foundation for complex riffing.
Watch the lessons, perfect the exercises, analyse the notes and dive into Interactive Tab. Start slow, build up speed, and master the riffs that define modern metal pros. Want to play like them? This is where it starts.
How will this release help me?
Rhythmic Precision
Step up your speed and accuracy as you pick and palm-mute your way to a high-impact rhythm approach. Sharpen your down picking, master string-skipping with alternate picking, and go full throttle with dark, moody tremolo picking.
Scale and Chord Mastery
From Richard’s favourite half-whole scale to the familiar terrain of E minor Aeolian, you’ll explore and apply a range of scale and chordal ideas to break free from conventional riffing patterns. Blend major 7th and minor 6th extensions, experiment with augmented arpeggios for progressive phrasing, and inject a touch of tension with diminished ideas.
Infuse Rhythm with Lead Techniques
Combine essential rhythm concepts with soloing skills to give your riffs a fresh edge. Use hammer-ons from open strings for fluid legato phrasing, tapping for increased mobility, and natural harmonics for added texture. Picking provides the power; Richard shows you how to add the flourish.
From the expert
You can't play solos all the time, so what are you going to do for the other 95% of every song? Here's your chance to sharpen up your riff chops with one of the masters. Rich Henshall takes you through a huge range of sounds and techniques, helping you to get more from your chords and riffs while tightening your sense of rhythm and timing.
Etude Breakdowns
Etude 1
A Haken-style opening riff based on big opening chords that challenges your palm mutes. You’ll then play a variant of the opening chords and combine them with carefully accented tremolo picking. Once you’ve tackled one of Richard’s favourite chords and some stretchy alternate-picked arpeggios, you’ll finish the etude with a slidey phrase that fans of Polyphia will love!
Etude 2
Here comes the groove! Hammer-on heavy and oozing nu-metal vibes, this etude goes on a wild ride. After the pentatonic opening, you’ll navigate a tricky lead guitar-inspired lick and then go back into more groove. Think neo-classical into Lamb of God. It’s important to note how the half-time beat, often used in hardcore breakdowns, completely changes the feel. Hammer-ons bring the etude home, but not before some five-over-four prog flavours.
Etude 3
It starts with an evil flat 9 from the half-whole scale, with a quick bend and release. The mixed-up palm mutes and alternate picked 16th notes then transition into the next power chord heavy section, with a distinctly old-school thrash feel. The etude then opens up with Opeth-style chords, accentuated by a half-time feel. Your next challenge is to not headbang. Richard sets into a massive groove before the controlled chaos of the natural harmonics. It’s all finished with a Dream Theater-inspired descending lick.
Etude 4
The sinister etude with some tricky stretches! The sedate 6/8 of the introduction then gives way to an inside picking variation of the same chords. After a modulation, things go full-on black metal with a tremolo-picked section that screams of bands like Behemoth. The final genre switch-up comes with some prog and more inside-picking.
Etude 5
Starting with an ultra-modern, muted percussive riff, this etude asks you to focus on synchronisation and stretching. Some slidey fun and a big chunky power chord move the etude forward before the challenge of picking an arpeggio across multiple strings. The piece then finishes with tapping that speaks of modern-prog and djent while helping to amplify the groove.
What theory is covered?
What Techniques are covered?
Who’s it for?
Precision Riffs is for guitarists looking to push their technical skills and expand their musical versatility. Fuse rhythm and lead, refine essential techniques, and unlock new textures to craft powerful, memorable riffs.
VIDEOS
AUDIO
TAB / NOTATION
Interactive Tab / Notation
home page
Enhance all aspects of your riffing approach with five etudes that dissect and demystify the intricacies of modern metal. Hard-hitting, driven and harmonically alive, each example is designed to help you cement essential rhythm skills. Understand the ideas with in-depth lessons, get to grips with the skills across various exercises, and finally put it all together as you tackle each etude. Fast, bold and designed to develop laser-guided accuracy, this is Precision Riffs Vol.1.
What’s it about?
Richard Henshall of prog-titans, Haken, is known for fusing hard-hitting riffs with technical soloing and a wide harmonic vocabulary to create edge-of-the-seat and interesting compositions. In Precision Riffs Vol.1, he shares five etudes that reveal the mechanics behind his unique approach.
Each etude targets a distinct set of skills and sonic textures. From fast black metal-inspired tremolo picking to ultra-modern natural harmonics, you’ll tighten your grip on vital techniques and create a foundation to build elevated rhythm ideas.
Richard breaks each etude down through in-depth lessons, showing you how to play them with insights on technical hurdles and how to overcome them. Focused exercises reinforce core techniques, ensuring you build a solid foundation for complex riffing.
Watch the lessons, perfect the exercises, analyse the notes and dive into Interactive Tab. Start slow, build up speed, and master the riffs that define modern metal pros. Want to play like them? This is where it starts.
How will this release help me?
Rhythmic Precision
Step up your speed and accuracy as you pick and palm-mute your way to a high-impact rhythm approach. Sharpen your down picking, master string-skipping with alternate picking, and go full throttle with dark, moody tremolo picking.
Scale and Chord Mastery
From Richard’s favourite half-whole scale to the familiar terrain of E minor Aeolian, you’ll explore and apply a range of scale and chordal ideas to break free from conventional riffing patterns. Blend major 7th and minor 6th extensions, experiment with augmented arpeggios for progressive phrasing, and inject a touch of tension with diminished ideas.
Infuse Rhythm with Lead Techniques
Combine essential rhythm concepts with soloing skills to give your riffs a fresh edge. Use hammer-ons from open strings for fluid legato phrasing, tapping for increased mobility, and natural harmonics for added texture. Picking provides the power; Richard shows you how to add the flourish.
From the expert
You can't play solos all the time, so what are you going to do for the other 95% of every song? Here's your chance to sharpen up your riff chops with one of the masters. Rich Henshall takes you through a huge range of sounds and techniques, helping you to get more from your chords and riffs while tightening your sense of rhythm and timing.
Etude Breakdowns
Etude 1
A Haken-style opening riff based on big opening chords that challenges your palm mutes. You’ll then play a variant of the opening chords and combine them with carefully accented tremolo picking. Once you’ve tackled one of Richard’s favourite chords and some stretchy alternate-picked arpeggios, you’ll finish the etude with a slidey phrase that fans of Polyphia will love!
Etude 2
Here comes the groove! Hammer-on heavy and oozing nu-metal vibes, this etude goes on a wild ride. After the pentatonic opening, you’ll navigate a tricky lead guitar-inspired lick and then go back into more groove. Think neo-classical into Lamb of God. It’s important to note how the half-time beat, often used in hardcore breakdowns, completely changes the feel. Hammer-ons bring the etude home, but not before some five-over-four prog flavours.
Etude 3
It starts with an evil flat 9 from the half-whole scale, with a quick bend and release. The mixed-up palm mutes and alternate picked 16th notes then transition into the next power chord heavy section, with a distinctly old-school thrash feel. The etude then opens up with Opeth-style chords, accentuated by a half-time feel. Your next challenge is to not headbang. Richard sets into a massive groove before the controlled chaos of the natural harmonics. It’s all finished with a Dream Theater-inspired descending lick.
Etude 4
The sinister etude with some tricky stretches! The sedate 6/8 of the introduction then gives way to an inside picking variation of the same chords. After a modulation, things go full-on black metal with a tremolo-picked section that screams of bands like Behemoth. The final genre switch-up comes with some prog and more inside-picking.
Etude 5
Starting with an ultra-modern, muted percussive riff, this etude asks you to focus on synchronisation and stretching. Some slidey fun and a big chunky power chord move the etude forward before the challenge of picking an arpeggio across multiple strings. The piece then finishes with tapping that speaks of modern-prog and djent while helping to amplify the groove.
What theory is covered?
- Harmonic minor
- Minor pentatonic
- Half-whole scale
- Chordal harmony
What Techniques are covered?
- Down picking
- Hammer-ons
- Alternate picking
- Crosspicking
- Legato
- Tapping
Who’s it for?
Precision Riffs is for guitarists looking to push their technical skills and expand their musical versatility. Fuse rhythm and lead, refine essential techniques, and unlock new textures to craft powerful, memorable riffs.
VIDEOS
- 6 Lesson Videos
- 15 Exercise Videos
- 5 Etude Videos Fast / Slow
AUDIO
- 15 Exercises
- 5 Etudes
- 5 Etude Backings
TAB / NOTATION
Interactive Tab / Notation
home page
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