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- Paul Gilbert Style SoloLEVEL 8I've composed this a long time ago, while I was playing for "Purasangre" - a local hard rock band.
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- Paul Gilbert Riff & ShredLEVEL 8Get to grips with some Paul Gilbert style alternate picking, string skipping and riffing.
- Paul Gilbert Meets PeripheryLEVEL 8Alternate picking meets economy picking!
- Paul Gilbert String Skipping StyleLEVEL 7Focusing on the string skipping style of Mr. Paul Gilbert we'll practice alternate picking, playing quintuplets and the sextuplets, applying legatos and much more.
- Paul Gilbert StyleLEVEL 8A fast and furious lesson full of Paul Gilbert's trademark shred techniques.
- Paul Gilbert Inspired (A Minor)LEVEL 7About the solo style of Mr Paul Gilbert. This extraordinary player has some fantastic licks that I wanted to share with you.
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- Paul Jackson JrLEVEL 5How to play a song in the style of Paul Jackson, an american jazz funk musician.
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greedy123425th May 2013wicked tune nailed it in one
bodomcovers099th September 2010awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds very simular to paul gilbert 
percfect! 
Muris Varajic10th March 2010Cheers
- arpejoes10th March 2010
wow ! Im loving it!
Great lesson Muris! - Muris Varajic15th January 2009
Thank you Danny.
Danny McDonald15th January 2009Aw man that was sensational, your tone was beautiful
- Muris Varajic13th January 2009
Practice will make it perfect, dont give up!!
- fatb0t13th January 2009
I'm stilllllllll working on this lessssson. Hhahha I practice every day for like 25 minutes on this lesson. That alternate picking, string skipping, wide interval, pentatonic run is killlllling me.
It's an awesome lesson though, I will master it one day! - Muris Varajic26th December 2008
That was very kind,cheers.
- bosanac25th December 2008
I just wanna say thank you Muris for everything you do for us,for this beautifull lessons,I hope that you will one day become one of the greatest guitarist of all time!
- Muris Varajic11th December 2008
Nisam siguran kako to ide sa neckthru vratovima,nisam expert zaista,
odnesi u Borthers il u Rassu pa neka pogledaju,
oni se time bave,ja bas i ne. - bosanac10th December 2008
zaboravio sam reci da je vrat neckthru,sad ne znam ima li to veze,da l da radim to sto si mi rekao da pomjeram vrat,hoce li imati efekta?
- Muris Varajic9th December 2008
Mislim da cak i sam mozes to popraviti.
Otpusti zice skroz,zatim otpusti sarafe koji drze vrat,
povuci vrat par milimetara prema gore(da se balans vrati na svoje),
cuvaj vrat u tom novom polozaju i dotegni sarafe. - bosanac9th December 2008
to je to sto si rekao,blizu je ruba i lako spada s vrata,i nosio sam je u brothers and sisters gdje sam je i kupio,on je samo nesto uradio malo s floydom zategao ga izgleda i stavio mi 0.10 al opet spada!Ako znas nekog ko bi to znao uraditi molim te reci mi,jer gitaru sam platio 1850KM...
- Muris Varajic9th December 2008
gibsonmatte ,let me know if you need any help with it, I'll try to assist.
Sto se tice E zice,bilo bi dobro da odneses gitaru nekome da je pogleda.
Naime,zna se desiti da vrat nije dobro "balansiran",
tanka E zica bude preblizu ruba fingerboard-a i onda se desava to sto se desava,
zica spada sa vrata.
- bosanac8th December 2008
molim te murise reci mi sta da uradim! Najtanja zica na gitari mi je tako labava kad stavim zicu 0.9 , pa sam kupio 0.10 i bolje je sad ali opet veoma lako pada zica s praga dole i to me jako nervira,mozes li mi reci sta da uradim?
gibsonmatte8th December 2008Just stumbled upon this one now through Smells practice agenda. This lesson is absolutely incredible and excellent!
There is no way in h**l however that I can pull something like this one off Muris
I will give it a go anyway and then see if my fingers and hands are intact after trying this.- Muris Varajic29th August 2008
Cheers
Alberto Catasso28th August 2008It' s incredible!
Thanks Muris!
Pi3818th August 2008Wow. This lesson has gotten hundreds of comments. And they're well-deserved for sure!
- Muris Varajic14th July 2008
Appreciate it
- Déjà vu14th July 2008
Wow! Some of there licks I even find more useful than PG's himself! (and I say that after just watching most of "Get Out of my Yard")...
- Muris Varajic19th June 2008
Of course Fkalich,
we discussed about it quite ago,
I made mistake in slow video,tab is fine actually.
I hope you'll be able to forgive me like everyone else tho.
fkalich18th June 2008Never seen so many comments. There is an error on the tab (section 8). First 6-tuplet should be played 3 times, not 2, as you do on the recording.
blazestrings8th May 2008" Jeff - how would a mere mortal like me play something like this Muris?! Forget about it! "
I was just thinking that as well lol.- Muris Varajic27th April 2008
Thanks Lian,cheers!!
Lian Gerbino27th April 2008hi there! it was awesome,,, really sounds like PG style
- Muris Varajic21st April 2008
Glad you're having some fun with it,rock on!!
- KWEST21st April 2008
Another great lesson - It helped me play part 6 a lot faster when I started thinking of it as the base position pentatonic scale instead of individual patterns, still a tough lick. Thanks Muris
- Muris Varajic15th April 2008
If it sounds the same..it's the same
- Frank15th April 2008
THe only think i change on this lesson, in stad of playing the 2th video part on E-B i play it on B-G.But sounds the same.
- Pi381st April 2008
Alright, thank you for the advise.
- Muris Varajic31st March 2008
Well it does mater...and doesn't,at the same time.
I tried to cover Paul's style here as close as possible at some point.
So adding tap instead of slide etc might not sound like Paul but you'll still have the same notes.
Try it both ways I would say. - Pi3831st March 2008
I have a question. Does is matter if you switch up the way you play the lesson? For instance, if you change strings, I just use tapping instead. I'll hit the same note, just on a different string.
- Muris Varajic31st March 2008
Glad to hear,keep me updated on your progress!
- Pi3831st March 2008
This lesson is actually what got me into Paul Gilbert. I love it, and now that I can do Pinch Harmonics, I hope to learn the lesson all the way through.
- Muris Varajic30th March 2008
Thanks Luciana
jstcrsn,you are absolutely right,just follow tab and you'll be fine,
there are 6 extra notes in video,my bad. 
Luciana Segovia30th March 2008so cool!!! great job Muris!
- jstcrsn29th March 2008
hello new member and muris thanks . first off your lessons have got me practicing again [alot] and am not close to your level but in 8 when you slow it down you play an extra six notes with the timing these notes work with the full video but i can't play it as fast but it looks like you drop to your d string three times
- Muris Varajic24th March 2008
That's great,let me know if you need any help,
welcome to GMC tho! - SameDaveDifferentDay24th March 2008
Great lesson. My forearm is pumped and burning from all the fingering. I definitely needed something like this. Looking forward to going through your other lessons once I can get through this one.
Carlos Carrillo10th March 2008fantastic!!!
thanks Muris!!!- Muris Varajic18th February 2008
Good one 
Danilo Capezzuto18th February 2008Gilbert teaches on this site? Wow, hi Paul...
d.- Muris Varajic13th February 2008
Tone,timing,accuracy,it's all important,yeah.
Just take your time and practice it slowly
using tempo that fits you nicely.
Later on you'll speed it up without even noticing! - Peter6813th February 2008
went back to practice on 70 bpm today. The important things in this piece are tone and timing, aren't they? So, it's a long way...
But one of these days I'm gonna be the guitar devil and I will play it, accurate in tone and timing. Just another million repetitions... - Muris Varajic26th January 2008
You do know there's only ONE guitargod,right??
Y.J.M. 
Atlantik24th January 2008Great lesson. Really powerful riffs and notes, kinda makes you feel like a guitargod while playing it
- Muris Varajic23rd January 2008
That's great Peter!!
Feel free to post video of your playing in my sub-board,practicing section.
Perhaps I can give you an advice or som?
Cheers - Peter6823rd January 2008
125 bpm are really hard! but it's great fun anyway to play the whole thing at 110 or even 90 bpm. I've played it over and over again and I still like it, thank you, Muris
- Muris Varajic16th January 2008
Thanks Fran
Feel free to jump into my sub-board if you have any questions tho.
Fran16th January 2008Unbelievable lesson, Muris you rock!!
- Muris Varajic15th January 2008
Where,3 fingers,what??
And it's not about speed or pinky but fps
Bulletproof15th January 2008why are you only playing with three fingers at the end??....errr...nvm...your pinky is just moving too fast for the camera to catch
Nice work on this one!!- Muris Varajic13th January 2008
Thank you,thank you very much!!!
- Ralleliciouz13th January 2008
muris??
you'r amazing!
very good lesson 8) - Muris Varajic12th January 2008
As you can see,I'm using 2 scales here,D minor and D Dorian.
Both are from minor "family" of modes and they are in the same key,key of D minor.
I have same problems to follow you when saying C as a root.
You think of C chord in progression,right?
If yes,you can play 7 chords while using one scale cause those chords are made
on 7 degrees of scale,simple as that. 
Jad Diab11th January 2008Great Lesson, Love what you did
I got a theoric question, when the root note is in C or G or Bb, you still use your scale in the key of D
well my question is it possible, or is it good, to change the key of your scale when the note changes too ?
Joe Kataldo11th January 2008Scarified By You Muris :-D
- Muris Varajic8th January 2008
I thought I fixed that!!
Thanks tho,glad you like it!!! - 777-HAIRMETAL4HIM-7778th January 2008
sorry figured it out
- 777-HAIRMETAL4HIM-7778th January 2008
on the 1st lesson last line
there are only 5 lines i'm lost.
GREAT LESSON THOUGH!!!!!!!
PAUL ROCKS AS DO YOU - Muris Varajic7th January 2008
Thanks guys!!
- 777-HAIRMETAL4HIM-7777th January 2008
SWEET vid man!!!!!!!!!! this is a must learn...... Can't get enough of Paul
(sick guitar by the way) - RollingStrings29th December 2007
Thanx a lot Muris!! Its an amazing lesson!!
And hi everybody in this super site
and greetings from vienna! - Muris Varajic19th December 2007
You're welcome,enjoy.
- Bulletproof19th December 2007
This is honestly amazing! So much to take from this lesson. Thanks Muris.
- Muris Varajic20th November 2007
Thanks
Korg Pandora PX4D into audio card,that's gear for all lessons - Peter6820th November 2007
This is an excellent PG style example! Thanks a lot! Just one question. What's your sound setup?
- Muris Varajic19th November 2007
That;s bit tricky part Peter,specially with added art. harmonics.
Pull-offs,need lots of strength for it.
Just practice it,won't come over night,
and yeah,using metronome is always great idea. - peterorg5419th November 2007
muris, im practicing. but i need some help or some tips in part 4, (video4)
i cant get any speed on that prat..
is practicing with metronom best way.. ?
HELP ME !!! - Muris Varajic17th November 2007
It's Rogue,really high output.
WTN17th November 2007Muris,
On the Guitar you are using for this lesson, what model of Stan's pickups are you using for the bridge position. I would say it's either a Zen or Scorpion, but could be wrong.- Muris Varajic16th November 2007
Thanks Paul,have fun with it!!!
Paul Coutts16th November 2007SICK solo, Muris, that's the stuff I want to learn, cheers!
- Muris Varajic16th November 2007
Hi Peter
Yeah,those are pull-offs with using both pinky and ring finger.
Pinky is the weakest of all and practicing this will surely gives it more power
and stronger action.
You can avoid it by using ring and middle fingers for first pull-offs
but I suggest to try it my way,will be worthing. - peterorg5415th November 2007
in video4, ru actually pulling off with ur pinkie and ring finger.. ???
OMG..
that's so hard...
it's really hard to pull off with the pinkie..
any tips.. ? or just practice.. - Muris Varajic15th November 2007
Ohh,no problem at all.
There's already a thread about that video at my sub-board.
And I'm glad that you're working on the lesson,
being able to notice it is the best prove for that!! - WTN15th November 2007
I hope I am not too critical - I mostly play by ear - but I do read the tab to make sure I am on track - and this confused me a bit.
- Muris Varajic15th November 2007 No purpose,trust me,guess I was bit too tired to count well.
Tab is fine,I add extra 6 notes.
Gonna keep them safe and put in next lesson,just looking for the right spot. - WTN15th November 2007
Oh boy - it's the slowed down version that's wrong - should have four parts - but only three -so the tab is right. I know you do this on purpose just to mess with us.
- Muris Varajic15th November 2007 Yeah,there are,my mistake.
Anyhow,more is better than less,right?
Thanks for noticing tho!! - WTN15th November 2007
OK - lesson 4 - first tab line - there are 6 too many notes - the 10p 9p 7 10p 9p 7 at the end.
- Muris Varajic15th November 2007
Yeah, it works note wise but not tone wise.
D string is a lot more thiner than low E,lacking of bass.
That's why I used it like this. - WTN15th November 2007
Myself, like others, have problems with the thumb stuff - maybe depends on type of neck - anyway in this key one can hit the D open string for these 2 notes. Whatever works....
- Muris Varajic15th November 2007
No problem,it's hidden card,sort of joker
- WTN15th November 2007
My fault - I was watching the fingers and not paying attention to that sneaky thumb. Great stuff.
- Muris Varajic14th November 2007
Hmm,I surely play D twice on low E with the thumb,
has much more bass that way and easier to palm mute for sure. - WTN14th November 2007
Muris,
Lesson 3, tab, notes 9 and 10 show the two D's on fret 10 low E string, but I see you play the open D which is easier. We are watching like a hawk. 
Andrew Cockburn13th November 2007Andrew has larger vocabulary than I do
But my Bosnian sucks- Muris Varajic13th November 2007
Andrew has larger vocabulary than I do
Brushing is much better than touching.
Those are actually 2 actions in 1,
brushing with thumb and hitting the string with the pick. - peterorg5413th November 2007
oh.. 'my way' was what u were trying to show me..
- peterorg5413th November 2007
oops quite *
- peterorg5413th November 2007
im still guite not sure what ur trying to show..
but i got it by my own way..
(to get loud note) - Andrew Cockburn13th November 2007i dont get it..
u slightly thouch the string first, and then hit the string..?
is that what u meant ??
how is that possible.. ???
if i touch the string first, then i cant possibly hit the string...
Brush your thumb against the string on your picks downstroke - peterorg5413th November 2007
i dont get it..
u slightly thouch the string first, and then hit the string..?
is that what u meant ??
how is that possible.. ???
if i touch the string first, then i cant possibly hit the string... - Muris Varajic13th November 2007
I use side of thumb AND the pick.
Pick hits string while side of the thumb slightly touches string.
Adding more distortion and high EQ shall help as well. - peterorg5413th November 2007
muris, any tips for doing pinch harmonics?
ur pinching it with ur pick and touch it with side of ur thumb.. right ?
well, im practicing but it's hard to get a loud note of pinch harmonics..
so.. any tips.. ? - Muris Varajic13th November 2007
Can't help myself,you're welcome tho!!
Eat-Sleep-andJam13th November 2007Now that I notice it you do have big fingers
Thanks for the help- Muris Varajic12th November 2007
My thumb is almost at the top but many players would have it around middle in same situation.
It's sort of a stretch but looks like I have a mile long fingers or som . - Eat-Sleep-andJam12th November 2007
Muris this is great. I got a question . For the second video in where the speed lick begins , what is your thumb postion at that point ? I kinf of angle my fingers and my thumb a little bit, Is that correct ?
- John - Muris Varajic11th November 2007
Will be there soon Mr. Peter
- peterorg5411th November 2007
how's going with the second Paul Gilbert lesson, Mr.Varajic ?
Pablo Vazquez7th November 2007Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Zephyr30th October 2007
This is amazing, Muris! I'm not that huge a fan of Gilbert, but these licks are great, I will dafenately (I'm running out of misspellings!) be putting these to use!
- Muris Varajic30th October 2007
Ohh no, Y.J.M is a god
Farbror Kudde29th October 2007gah you are a god!
- Muris Varajic26th October 2007
Thanks to all!!
This guitar is handmade too,from custom shop MKGuitars,Bosnia.
Let me know if you want some,will try to get you discount. 
Juan M. Valero25th October 2007Just AMAZING !!!!! love this lesson
- dimeisgod25th October 2007
muris,
what brand guitar is that?
my guitar teacher here in Israel has a custom guitar "factory" (the guitars are handmade) and my guitar looks almost exactly like yours.. except the pickups... 
mattacuk25th October 2007Im really impressed with the attention to detail here. I like the use of index,ring and pinky just like paul does!
Kristofer Dahl25th October 2007Oh my, that string skipping thing in the beginning of part 3 three is soo cool! Learning it now!
- JOhn25th October 2007
thanks muris i really enjoyed this one. Can you do a more racer x styled one?
- Muris Varajic25th October 2007
I just promised the same in my sub-board and here it is again,
will do more of PG lessons,no worries!! 
jammer9125th October 2007Muris im getting this down. Can you please make a series of paul gilbert lesson? (too great to be satisfied with one).
Im lick hungry (metal-gear user, dont get any ideas:)
coffeeman24th October 2007Awesome Muris , you are such a great muscician and an unbelivable guitarrist. And thanks for the slow backing tracks.
- mattacuk24th October 2007
Not at all !!
- Muris Varajic24th October 2007
That's great Matt,thanks!!!
Bosnia and UK aren't so far away after all,right? - mattacuk24th October 2007
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!! This is my DREAM lesson.....Muris you have a friend for LIFE!!!!!
Ben N24th October 2007fantstic love that style great work muris
- Muris Varajic24th October 2007
Thanks guys.
John,yeah,why not. - lliber24th October 2007
great muris, but i cant do the thumb thing
Jerry Arcidiacono24th October 2007The greatest! No other words needed!
- JOhn24th October 2007
Thanks for this video, this is so awesome and Paul Gilbert is a great guitar player. Any chance of more of these?
Anthony Grantham24th October 2007Damn Muris, your speed and accuracy are frightning!
Unleash-The-Shred24th October 2007You did it again! Another awesome lesson!
- Wyvernx24th October 2007
I'll do my best to learn this!
- Muris Varajic24th October 2007
Thanks,thanks,just trying my best!
Hisham Al-Sanea24th October 2007well done and awesome muris
- Andrew Cockburn24th October 2007
Muris, you are a guitar playing MACHINE!
- FretDancer6924th October 2007
dude... this is unbelievable... AWESOME!!!!!!!
what a SUPERB Lesson!!!!
awesome job muris!! 
krudtaa23rd October 2007This is really cool stuff. thanks.
- Muris Varajic24th October 2007
I'm so glad you liked it guys,thanks!!
Dan,being here as an instructor as awesome and I'll keep to fill any request if possible!!
Jammer,yeah,you could use barre but it'll be hard to do muting,try it and you'll see.
Tho I'm SUUURREE Paul would play it with the thumb. - Eat-Sleep-andJam24th October 2007
shredmandan24th October 2007Very nice Muris!!This was some really great playing.You always seem to meet the gmc member's request and thats awesome!!
David Wallimann24th October 2007Very cool licks Muris.
Good job!
Smikey200624th October 2007POW! that lession was awsome
- graaf3323rd October 2007
sweet, dont love you as much as jerry with his nuno lesson but close. thanks this site is the best learning place
The Uncreator24th October 2007Great stuff!
I think mattacuk will love this more than anyone
loop23rd October 2007Awesome Muris, it´s so amazing.
Thanks for this lesson.
Robin23rd October 2007First SRV, now this?!
MURIS BE PRAISED.
Jenkinson23rd October 2007smoking hot. nice job muris
Pavel23rd October 2007This sounds awesome! Great job, Muris!
Chris Evans23rd October 2007ah ha! I`ve found my next lesson! gr8 stuff
- jammer9123rd October 2007
Oh and i have a question (there will be many more since im seriously practicing this).
In vid 1 can we barre the last 4 strings instead of using our thumb? - Muris Varajic23rd October 2007
Appreciate it guys,thanks!!
Jeff,try with some slower backing I provided,it's fun,believe me!! - jammer9123rd October 2007
Muris you wont believe this...
I was visiting GMC to request a lesson in the style of PG and guess what? I see it on the main page. Thanks a lot man and great job covering his style. Now all i can say is "I WANT MOAR."
Thanks 
Gabriel Leopardi23rd October 2007Great stuff Muris!! I can see many Gilbert's licks played perfectly. Good Job!
Gabriel.-
Gen23rd October 2007OH finally!! i ve been waiting for this since so long!
Amazing lesson, thank you!- Giacinto23rd October 2007
brilliant
love it 
Jeff23rd October 2007 - how would a mere mortal like me play something like this Muris?! Forget about it!
Stratman5823rd October 2007shweeet!
- Kristofer Dahl23rd October 2007
Excellent - we needed a Paul Gilbert lesson!
Very useful speed patterns!
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- My notes
Hi GMC and welcome to my In Style Of Paul Gilbert Lesson! We had a request on forum so here's my due to it.:)
In here we have some riffing and soloing in style of Paul which means heavy and shredy.His main trademark in accurate timing so I tried to combine few of them. Mostly it's straight alternate picking, with some other techniques here and there. It's in key of D minor,tempo is 125 bpm,
heavy rocking feel.
Here's what In Style of Paul Gilbert Lesson contains:
-Alternate Picking
-String Skipping
-Legato
-Sweep Picking
-Tapping
-Wide Stretches
-D minor,D minor pentatonic and D Dorian scales
-Chromatic passes
-Using of Thumb
-Artifical Harmonics etc
Hope you'll have fun while practicing!!
Take care:)
Muris Varajic
From this course:
- Paul Gilbert Style Lesson 2LEVEL 9Tons of alternate picking, string skipping, hammer-ons and pull-offs, some "weird" fingering, pedal notes etc.The tempo is 150bpm, all 16th notes, in key of G Major...
- Paul Gilbert Style Lesson 3LEVEL 9This lesson covers the style of Paul Gilbert. Techniques included are string skipping, alternate picking, sweeping, tapping etc.
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
