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Gabriel Leopardi25th June 2012love it
Jerry Lee20th June 2012love it
- Gabriel Leopardi1st November 2011Thank you Ivan! That made it crystal clear. I just wanted to make sure that my understanding was correct. And yes, as you said, if it sounds good, no worries.
Exactly man! I only trust in my ears when I'm composing music.
Ivan Milenkovic31st October 2011Sure thing mate, cheers
- rocker66630th October 2011
Thank you Ivan! That made it crystal clear.
I just wanted to make sure that my understanding was correct. And yes, as you said, if it sounds good, no worries. - Ivan Milenkovic27th October 2011
Hi rocker,
Here's the complete video 2 pattern:
You are right, note F is not belonging to E minor scale (F# does). This note belongs to A minor scale, or E phrygian mode (same notes, same pattern, only depends from what note you start: if you start from A, it will be A minor, if you start from E, it will be E Phrygian)
Gabriel probably used E minor throughout the solo, but use E Phrygian feel in this particular part. Not sure what is the reason, but if it sounds good, it's all good, no worries. If you want to know the specific reason behind his decision, you can possibly send him a PM.
For any more questions, feel free to let me know, I'll be glad to help - rocker66627th October 2011
Awesome lesson! Can anyone tell me what scale do the tabs 10-8-6 of the B string belong to? They are in instruction no. 2. They would neither fit in A harmonic minor nor in E minor as mentioned in the main page of this lesson. I am quite new to scales and am trying to understand how they work. Thank you!
Nava16th March 2011This is FANTASTIC!!
I will def. learn this one:) Or try it atleast:D
Chokehold8th October 2008If this was neo classical then i'm a new fan of it now ^-^
sigma722nd July 2008yikes too fast 4 me
Hero Sammich12th June 2008I usually focus on the technique lessons, not the solos at GMC, but I had to see if I could play this one. Now I have my first blister in a long, long while.
Casper26th May 2008Awesome lesson man!
TreyDeschamp26th May 2008This lesson makes me wanna headbang so fast my neck might break
Carlos Carrillo27th March 2008fantastic lesson Gaby!!!
- Gabriel Leopardi26th February 2008
I was tired and I wanted to finish to sleep. 
Danilo Capezzuto25th February 2008Go slow...it's not late!!
Ben N21st February 2008wow excellent!!
Joe Kataldo16th February 2008Wow...Very Fast:D
krudtaa15th February 2008This is really cool. Thanks.
- Gabriel Leopardi15th February 2008
Thank you guys! I'm glad that you like it!
Juan: Manteneme al tanto de tu triaxis clone! 
Marcus Lavendell15th February 2008Amazing!! Great lesson Gab!
Otto15th February 2008Love it!
Nick32515th February 2008awsome
Andrew Cockburn14th February 2008Wow, amazing playing Gabriel !
Pablo Vazquez14th February 2008That´s incredible, friend!!
- dreamtheaterfreak14th February 2008
now thats wat i like to call SHREDDIN
Bogdan Radovic14th February 2008Breathtaking solo !!! Thanks Gabriel ! I'm loving melodies played here
Stevie-Ray-Vaughn14th February 2008Possibly your best lesson yet!
Juan M. Valero14th February 2008Excelent lesson Gabriel !!! veo que nos ha dado por quemar mástiles y sacar nuestra vena más shred XD
Enhorabuena, menuda técnica que tienes !!
Por cierto (offtopic) ya he hablado con mi colega de hacerme un Triaxis Clone jejeje, es posible que si ahorro un poco de dinerito lo tenga en un par de meses !! 
Hisham Al-Sanea14th February 2008very welldone GABE.nice composing
Xranthoius14th February 2008That sounded awesome gabriel! Greatjob on this lesson!
at lights end14th February 2008
whoa! very nice!
Freebird14th February 2008Zizi Top, you have to roll your finger so that part of your finger is fretting and the other is muting the strings which you don't play. It takes some practice
Jad Diab14th February 2008cool shredding man, got a question though, on the last video (the sweeping) it seems that when you do your sweeping you're doing a sort of "baret" (on the 10th fret of the G B E strings for example) well when i do it your way, i sound like i'm playing a chord, so what's your technique to mute adjacent strings while doing your sweeping
Keep on shredding man
Dejan Farkas14th February 2008Excellent Gabriel
The Uncreator14th February 2008This is just badass, awesome job!!
- Freebird14th February 2008
This is what we need to practice our shred chops
Muris Varajic14th February 2008Great licks Gabriel!!
SLASH9114th February 2008I can't get enough of 00:12- 00:15:D
mattacuk14th February 2008Im totally feeling the Yngwie Vibe in this one - awsome work !
- SLASH9114th February 2008
God, this is awesome. I love stuff like this!
- Gabriel Leopardi14th February 2008
Thank you! I have checked my original files and they are ok so I'll upload again the fourth video!
gabriel.- - Ivan Milenkovic14th February 2008
Great licks Gab. Rock on!
David Wallimann14th February 2008Wow! Very impressive, great chops!
purple hayes14th February 2008The some fast playing. I'll have to work hard to be able to play that at even the slowest back track.
Vurpa14th February 2008Awesome! Though way beyond my shredding skill xD
Good job Gabriel!- Mark.14th February 2008
Cooool !! I love this
!! 
chast14th February 2008Nice, and soo fast xD
Octave licks become very famous here at gmc
Tuubsu14th February 2008Very nice!
coffeeman14th February 2008Awesome Gabriel!
DeepRoots14th February 2008slight mix up with vids 4 and 5 but awesome lesson !! Love it
botoxfox14th February 2008Sounds awesome!
superize14th February 2008Video 4 and 5 are the same
Kristofer Dahl14th February 2008I love your chops Gabriel!
The legato lick at 00:12 is really cool as well!
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Hello GMC! Welcome to my new lesson! This one is a Shred solo lesson with some influences of the neo-classical guitar players like Vinnie Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony McAlpine, Michael Angelo Batio and more.
I used A Harmonic Minor and E minor scale to compose the solo. We’ll use different techniques like alternate picking, sweep picking, legato and vibrato.
The tempo is 140 bpm and you’ll find that I use 16th notes sextuplets so it’s very fast in some parts. Practice it slowly and make every note sound clear. Otherwise it won’t sound good.
Good luck!
Gabriel.-
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