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Gabriel Leopardi28th October 2008Awesome lesson Gabrial, Godsmack are a great band and you perfectly captured their style
Thanks Marcus!
Marcus Siepen26th October 2008Awesome lesson Gabrial, Godsmack are a great band and you perfectly captured their style
- Gabriel Leopardi25th October 2008
Thank you rok! I also missed doing lessons!
I don't use this tuning very often but I can say that it sounds so good and very inspiring!
Thanks Toni and Dejan for the comments! 
rokchik25th October 2008Great to see you back with a lesson Gabriel, I've missed you
And what a return... amazing as always!!!! I've been looking for an excuse to Drop C my guitar, and I've found it! I've bookmarked the lesson and can't wait to start it. Your still the riff master my friend 
Toni Suominen25th October 2008Great lesson Gabriel!
Dejan Farkas25th October 2008Great stuff Gabriel
- Gabriel Leopardi25th October 2008Ahhh Yeah, Love it Gabe, Sweetness to my ears , the backing tracks are kick ass and as usual you tastefully blend a buildup effect from the beginning to the solo. I can't wait to work on this. Thanks!
Thank you! I just answered your PM! I'm very glad that you like it! 
Toofister25th October 2008Ahhh Yeah, Love it Gabe, Sweetness to my ears
, the backing tracks are kick ass and as usual you tastefully blend a buildup effect from the beginning to the solo. I can't wait to work on this. Thanks!- Gabriel Leopardi24th October 2008
Thanks Hisham, Chmilew, rolls and Nick!
Nick32524th October 2008sick lesson gabe
- Rolls23rd October 2008
Awesome, thanks dude. Great lesson to come back with
chmilew23rd October 2008Killer is the word, Killer lesson Gabe !
Hisham Al-Sanea23rd October 2008very good Gabriel.nice riffing
- Gabriel Leopardi23rd October 2008
Thanks again!
Gerardo Siere23rd October 2008Fantastica leccion Gabriel.
Bear Rose23rd October 2008Awesome stuff here!
Its definitely been too long since your last lesson Gabriel!
Please don't make us wait long for another lesson!- Drazz9923rd October 2008
Wow! You really nailed the sound of Godsmack on this one. Great job!!!
Jad Diab23rd October 2008great to see you back
Great lesson- Martin la guitarra23rd October 2008
yes! thank god that you're back with a new lesson - awesome lesson
- Gabriel Leopardi23rd October 2008Gabe, it seems that your hair is a lot longer than usual. Is that right?
It's true.. it's a bit longer but not too much... Check this photo of the last weekend: here 
Nazgul23rd October 2008Gabe, it seems that your hair is a lot longer than usual. Is that right?
Bogdan Radovic23rd October 2008Sounds great Gabriel! Really cool lesson!
Ramiro Delforte23rd October 2008The sound is awsome!! Is exactly Godsmack like!
- Gabriel Leopardi23rd October 2008
Thank you! It's always great for me to do lessons for GMC
- Alex8723rd October 2008
Wow, that was very amazing Gabe! Very nice composed mate, gonna have a go at this one!
Clare23rd October 2008hey gabe..i agree with everyone else, it,s great to have another lesson from you, and i got to tell you ''this is absolutely killer material!!!!!'' i,m book-marking this right now, awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Jose Mena23rd October 2008Great Gabriel
Piotr Kaczor23rd October 2008Really great lesson! Excellent riffs!
- Nazgul23rd October 2008
That's some awesome metal stuff. You're the master, Gabriel!!!
ItsMe23rd October 2008man, that rocks
Great- Gabriel Leopardi23rd October 2008
Thank you guys! I'm glad that you like it!
kaznie_NL23rd October 2008Nice riffing and playing Gabriel! It's good to have some new Leopardi lessons!!
Kristofer Dahl23rd October 2008Agreed - awesome to see more from you Gabriel! (it's killer material as always!
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Capt.Z23rd October 2008I always love when you come out with a new lesson. You never disapoint
Great lesson
Emir Hot23rd October 2008killer riffs man.
Kuba Szafran23rd October 2008Gabriel, this lesson kills!! Great job!
Muris Varajic23rd October 2008Awesome lesson Gabriel,nice to have more material from you!
Ivan Milenkovic23rd October 2008Great riffing and picking Gab, good job
- Skalde23rd October 2008
Great lesson, thanks for following my request
Pedja Simovic23rd October 2008Excellent lesson, great riffs and very cool solo.
Lian Gerbino23rd October 2008awesome stuff gabe! Love the solo!
- Moon Boots23rd October 2008
Cool. Nice one Gabe!
Vurpa23rd October 2008Awesome stuff Gabe! Great to see tou with a new lesson
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Hi GMC! I’m back with a new lesson in the style of Godsmack requested by Skalde, Toofister, Rolls & Audiopaal in my personal board.
This band is a very interesting New Metal band with a strong sound based in dropped-C tuned Gibson Les Paul guitars and Mesa Booggie amps (dual/trial rectifiers).
The most distinctive guitar aspects are the repetitive riffs, octave chords, pentatonic solos and the slow grooves. But you must know that the singer’s voice and the drummer arrangements are also very important characteristics in Godsmack Style.
The tonalities in their songs are always minor and the most used scale in their solos, riffs and progressions is the Phrygian Minor Mode. This mode is like a minor scale with the b2nd and Major 3rd.
In this lesson I tried to apply all these things to create a tune that illustrates their guitar style. I used Dropped C tuning as well as my Gibson Les Paul with a Mesa Boogie simulator from my pod X3 live.
Dropped C tuning: CGCFAD
I hope that you enjoy the lesson!
See you!
Gabriel.-
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