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Michael AC12th March 2011Sounds awesome! Will have fun learning this one!
Zsolt Galambos4th November 2010Yes, almost all my lessons are tuned down 1 step.
Something seems wrong here. Tuned down a whole step? Is that why the tab on page 4 is messed up? Anyway this would be a lot better if it was in standard tuning.
Rammikin4th November 2010Something seems wrong here. Tuned down a whole step? Is that why the tab on page 4 is messed up? Anyway this would be a lot better if it was in standard tuning.
- Zsolt Galambos25th August 2010
Thank you all!
Vasilije Vukmirovic22nd August 2010Brilliant!
audiopaal18th August 2010Absolutely BRILLIANT!!!!
Thanks a lot for a great lesson
guitar5716th August 2010Hello Mr Galambos! It's true 80's trash metal, "a la Overkill, Testament ...! Excellent sound and amazing riffs! regards!
- guitar5716th August 2010
Hello Mr Galambos! It's true 80's trash metal, "a la Overkill, Testament ...! Excellent sound and amazing riffs! regards!
- guitar5716th August 2010
Hello Mr Galambos! It's true 80's trash metal, "a la Overkill, Testament ...! Excellent! great sound and amazing riffs! regards!
- Zsolt Galambos15th August 2010
Nice to hear that! Thanks, man!
Hello Mr Galambos! It's true 80's trash metal, "a la Overkill, Testament ...! Excellent! great sound and amazing riffs! regards! - guitar5715th August 2010
Hello Mr Galambos! It's true 80's trash metal, "a la Overkill, Testament ...! Excellent! great sound and amazing riffs! regards!
- guitar5715th August 2010
Hello Mr Galambos! It's true 80's trash metal, "a la Overkill, Testament ...! Excellent! great sound and amazing riffs! regards!
- Zsolt Galambos13th August 2010
Thank you, my friends!
Mudbone13th August 2010This is some bad ass riffing! Definitely one of my favorite instructors on GMC. This is the next lesson I'm learning for sure.
Mate Nagy12th August 2010It makes me wanna bang my head bro!
Hellyeah !
kaznie_NL12th August 2010Awesome lesson and soon man
I also love your green screen work, it's perfect, the edges are as tight as can be man 
Dejan Farkas12th August 2010Great riffing
thefireball12th August 2010Awesome!! You make it look so effortless.
Adrian Figallo11th August 2010cool man!, sounds a lot like vintage metallica to me!
Dexxter11th August 2010Man, I can hear Baloff shouting over these riffs!
Daniel Realpe11th August 2010nailed! alternating between open and muted strings is a must on metal riffing!
Wilska11th August 2010Awesome riffing Zsolt!
Ivan Milenkovic11th August 2010Great riffing, sounds very cool!
- Zsolt Galambos11th August 2010
Thanks Jerry, it's nice to hear that!
Very powerful riffing! You've got a great tight sound here 
Jerry Arcidiacono11th August 2010Very powerful riffing! You've got a great tight sound here
- Zsolt Galambos11th August 2010
Thank you, Bogdan!
Bogdan Radovic11th August 2010Love the groove man! Awesome lesson!
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Hi GMC-ers!
In this lesson we will approach a typical 80's thrash riff with a melodic approach. Other riffs similar to these riffs can be heard in the songs of early Testament, Exodus and Slayer.
It's not that easy to combine powerful thrash riffs with melodies, a typical option would be to start with a thrashy riff and follow it by melodic licks. I also tried to build up a song with riffs that are following each other with sence, and not just drop riffs here-and-there.
In this lesson we will use the following techniques:
Riffs
Rhythms
Slides
Scales
Vibrato
For the tight sound, try to use downstrokes as much as you can.
Have fun!
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