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- Heavy Funkin' Soloing #2LEVEL 8Continuation of Heavy Funkin' soloing lesson. It's a second part of my original song "Heavy Funkin' Dragon medley". In this part we are going to combine some funky groove, fast picking with nostalgic, smooth playing on the neck pickup in the ending section.
- Heavy TranceLEVEL 5A good exercise to improve syncopation and timing.
- Heavy Prog LeadLEVEL 6We will work on the lead section of the previous lesson called Heavy prog rhythm.
- Heavy Progressive RhythmLEVEL 6Whether you're into Dream Theater or Symphony X, rhythm guitar should be one of the main aspect of your studies. This lesson should inspire you to create some tight intricate rhythm tracks.
- Heavy Metal ShuffleLEVEL 5A mid tempo metal track in 6/8 designed to improve timing, palm muting and picking.
- Modern Heavy Rock RiffsLEVEL 3This is a song that I've written for one of my bands.
- Heavy Ballad C# MinorLEVEL 6A three-headed monster inspiration: Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Andy Timmons.
- Drop D Heavy FunkLEVEL 5Some cool "heavy" funk riffs & solo with Drop D tuning.
- Drop D Heavy TimeLEVEL 4A riff heavy metal track in 12/8 with a short lead section.
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Darius Wave26th March 2014Thank You very much Guido! Means a lot to me
Guido Bungenstock26th March 2014Wow, that's absolutely f.... great, Darius. You're just guitar killer! I love it! Guido
- Darius Wave6th May 2013
Yeah! Nuno rules! Guy has awesome technique and a rhythm feel
JD_6th May 2013wow....Killer Chops!! love the nuno influence too
- Darius Wave24th March 2013
Hope it's full of chocolate for You Teddy
ChocolateTeddy24th March 2013shit this is good
- Darius Wave17th March 2013
Thank You Mike! It's great to be there I see what's going on in this kind and addicted to playing community
Mike RR2417th March 2013Great playing dude. Welcome. Your a real addition to the site.
- Darius Wave12th March 2013
Thank You Andre! I think I'll try to dig some of Your concepts
Waiting for more of Your lesson mate! 
Andre Nieri12th March 2013This is awesome, my friend. Glad to see you're here. Hope you keep blowing us away with your incredible musicality. Take care.
- Darius Wave11th March 2013
Thanx Hajduk! Hope You'll try it by yourself
Hajduk11th March 2013So cool, loved it
- Darius Wave11th March 2013
Thanx for Your very warm wellcome
I'm not a guitarist of any specific style. I love all that is possible to try on guitar. I like to do some blends in one song/solo. Sometimes it's risky cause someone who liked my metal composition...hits dislike on a jazz-like impro... Ha ha life is brutal 
mroberts7010th March 2013WOW! Nice lesson....
gabewells9th March 2013wow! absolutely cool and a must learn! love this style. Great job and thanks for the lesson!
- Darius Wave9th March 2013
Thx Kasper! I love to combine different styles in some pretty heavy playing. I'm very happy to see that You enjoy it
zoom8th March 2013Wow! That really rocks Darius! Loved it all
Looking forward to your lessons here.- KasperJensen8th March 2013
Very impressive start man! I like the alternate picking at 0:10, very funky! Warm welcome to GMC, all talent like this, is indeed welcome!
//Kasper - Darius Wave8th March 2013
Glad You like it guys
Thanx for all kind words! 
TreyDeschamp8th March 2013Badass first lesson! Welcome to the site again!
-Trey
Piotr Kaczor8th March 2013Killer indeed! Brilliant first lesson, my friend!
- TeoWulf8th March 2013
Awesomeness! Welcome to GMC, man!
Dieterle8th March 2013Dynamic and Great Lesson Darius !
thefireball8th March 2013That's cool man! I look forward to seeing what you bring to GMC. Welcome! My name is Brandon.
- Darius Wave8th March 2013
I hope It'll be fun to learn this
Can't wait to see some of You playing over it You can also use the jam track for Your own impro. 
coffeeman8th March 2013Killer techinque my friend, welcome and I'm looking forward to your intermediate lessons!
Gabriel Leopardi8th March 2013Killer lesson Darius! Your technique is awesome. Well done!
Javier Aviles8th March 2013Hi Darius, wellcome to GMC. Very powerfull lesson.
sammetal928th March 2013Love the lesson and your tone and your guitar
Great lesson!
Ben Higgins8th March 2013Welcome to GMC, Darius - excellent 1st lesson
- Darius Wave8th March 2013
Thanx for Your attention! Feels great to be part of this community
Cosmin Lupu8th March 2013Great playing man! Welcome to GMC!!
Fayeed Tan8th March 2013Great lesson Darius! Great soloing & cool lesson!
Kristofer Dahl8th March 2013Killer tune and technique Darius, welcome to GMC!
Darius' intro thread can be found here.
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Hi there folks!
Welcome on my first lesson - hope You'll enjoy it!
Here You can learn how to combine some of metal and funky concepts in one solo, try some palm muted alternate picking 16th notes licks at 200 bpm tempo (some of Paul Gilbert and Nuno Bettencourt influence indeed). Solo also contains tapping parts, pinch harmonics and some legato.
When practicing remember to keep everything as clean as possible. Sometimes it's much harder to mute all unwanted strings, than just picking the needed notes. Minimizing your right and left hand movements won't make Your playing look so awesome but it improves skills and keeps hands more relaxed while playing.
Gear used:
* Hufschmid H6E "The Dragon" electric guitar
* Presonus Inspire 1394 audio interface
* Poulin Solo C vst plug-in with catharsis 1on-pres5 cab impulse for solo guitar
* Poulin LeCto vst plug-in with catharsis 1on-pres5 cab impulse for backing guitars
* Ernie Ball 10-46 slinky strings with standard E tuning.
Tuning: standard tuning E-A-D-G-B-E
Backing track progression is based on two patterns:
1. Verse pattern is a E-minor pentatonic with a few notes of E-mixolydian in solo section
2. Chorus pattern in based on E phrygian dominant
There are two simple licks that make the groove. It's not a kind of harmony made by the track itself.
Tempo: Main song tempo is 200 bpm. There are also backing tracks available in 100, 125, 150, 175 and 200 bpm.
Time signature: 4/4
Scales used in this solo:
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