Arlen Roth: Learning Rock and Heavy Metal Guitar on AllMovie

This program presents Arlen Roth, one of the great names in contemporary guitar music, as he uses his skills to help others learn the basic and advanced techniques of rock and heavy metal guitar. The genres have a musical language of their own, which Roth demonstrates with tips on how to master them. String bending, hammer-ons, and "flash licks" are among the special tricks of the trade which Roth performs to well-known music of the rock and heavy metal idioms. Viewers are encouraged to play along to hone their own skills.