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- System of a Down StyleLEVEL 5Guitar lesson dealing with the style of the Armenian influenced metal band, System of a Down.
- System of a Down: Sad StatueLEVEL 4Full song lesson of System of a Downs "Sad Statue"
- System of a Down Style (Part 1)LEVEL 4Lesson based on this unique New Metal band.
- Breaking Down Drop ALEVEL 6Modern metal riffs and phrasing
- Nashville Number SystemLEVEL 3We'll discuss the benefits of using the Nashville number system used by many session players around the world.
- Down - Up EtudeLEVEL 5Alternate picking etude.
- Acoustic Down StrummingLEVEL 2Learn to play down strumming.
- Simplicity Of A MelodyLEVEL 5By focusing simple melody making, we can achieve a multitude of phrasing ideas & variations.
- Determining The KeyLEVEL 2Lesson designed to help you determine the key of a song, even if you don't know what chords are being played. How to find the correct notes if you are beginner player, or if you know pentatonic scales or modes.
Feedback
Kuba Szafran18th December 2008Thank you Glowshadow for your kind words friend:).
glowshadow17th December 2008iI jst discovered your other lesson so thought..maybe he's got some more cool stuff AND YES YOU DO!
there is just too many here on gmc !! I want to study them all!- Kuba Szafran17th November 2008
Thanks Jose
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Jose Mena17th November 2008Awesome Kuba, for some reason I thought you were not into metal, System of a Down is a great band, great choice for a lesson
- Kuba Szafran17th November 2008
Thank you
. Marek, nie przesadzaj ! 
Marek Rojewski17th November 2008I am not sure if system is fitting so many cool riffs in one song;)
Piotr Kaczor17th November 2008Great Kuba! Cool lesson!
Sergio Dorado16th November 2008Great piece
- Kuba Szafran16th November 2008
Thanks folks
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Gerardo Siere16th November 2008Fantastic work Kuba!
Hisham Al-Sanea15th November 2008nice lesson Kuba.good work
Trond Vold15th November 2008Nice one!
Alejandro Pinero15th November 2008Cool man!!!
- Kuba Szafran15th November 2008
Thanks for all the feedback. Cheers:)!
TakeJoy15th November 2008Loved that second riff, nice work man.
kaznie_NL15th November 2008Wow, nice riffing Kuba!! Very neat.
Gabriel Leopardi15th November 2008Cool lesson Kuba!
Nazgul15th November 2008Amazing work, Kuba! Sounds exactly or maybe even better than SOAD!
- Kuba Szafran15th November 2008
Thank you guys
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Pedja Simovic15th November 2008Excellent lesson Kuba !
Beautiful Songwriting and riffs.
Vinod Saranga15th November 2008Great lesson nice backing too
David Wallimann15th November 2008Very good lesson, it really sounds like something SOTD would write. Great job!
Nemanja Filipovic15th November 2008Amazing lesson Kuba.One of my favorite bands.
- Kuba Szafran15th November 2008
Thank you, I'm really happy you like it
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Muris Varajic15th November 2008Good work Kuba,SOD is a great band!
Bogdan Radovic15th November 2008Excellent in style lesson Kuba !! Cool backing too!
Jad Diab15th November 2008Rock on \m/
Ivan Milenkovic15th November 2008Sounds very cool mate, you really captured the vibe of SOAD
Dejan Farkas15th November 2008Cool lesson
Emir Hot15th November 2008Rock on Kuba
Fran15th November 2008Excellent Kuba!
Chokehold15th November 2008Great lesson
berko15th November 2008Really a great lesson, Kuba. System is such an influential band. Cool BT too!
Déjà vu15th November 2008Sweet! I almost forgot about these guys, you've got some great lessons!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hello GMC! Welcome to my lesson in style of great band System Of A Down. Tune your guitars to Drop-D (E G B D A D). What I really like about System Of A down is how they mix fast aggressive riffs with slow, dark-sounding parts.
This lesson might be a good exercise for your right hand as it contains sixteenth notes at 165 bpm. Slower part of my lesson is based on d minor scale. With this lesson you're going to improve alternate picking, palm muting.
Here's some info about SOAD from wikipedia.com:
System of a Down (commonly referred to as System or abbreviated as SOAD) is an Armenian-American rock band, formed in 1994[1] in Glendale, California. Consisting of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards, and occasional rhythm guitar), Daron Malakian (vocals and lead guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass), and John Dolmayan (drums), the band has released five albums since 1998. A staple on mainstream rock radio, their works have earned them three Grammy Award nominations, of which they won one.
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