Ben Higgins5th January 2012Oh man, the Maestro returns !
A very nice, finger twisting piece.. I think I should try and learn some things from this too !
Cosmin Lupu5th January 2012Thanks Ben
it's my favorite classical music piece!
Sinisa Cekic5th January 2012Fantasticl piece Cosmin !! The end is epic
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JaxN45th January 2012Great Piece Cosmin....A great workout for finger independence.....
Kristofer Dahl5th January 2012Beautiful Cosmin - and very cool etude. Don't miss comsins new licks workshop:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...mp;#entry561669
Dinaga5th January 2012Awesome man! You really captured Vivaldi here! There are so many covers of Vivaldi's seasons nowadays, especially Summer and Winter, but there aren't (m)any truly ORIGINAL performances which capture his work and the baroque sound without simply copying his exact ideas! Excellent work
thefireball5th January 2012Awesome job!!
Ivan Milenkovic5th January 2012Excellent piece man, sounds very cool!
Alexiaden935th January 2012Wow great melody and lesson! I'll be sure to practise this.
By the way, I can't seem to rate the lesson, does anyone know whether that is no longer a function in use? Maybe it should be removed or?- Cosmin Lupu5th January 2012
Thank you guys! @Alexiaden93 - I think it's working but you might write Bogdan Radovic a PM. He'll tell you everything there is to know regarding the technical details around here
@Dinaga thanks mate I'm glad you like it! 
Bogdan Radovic5th January 2012Wow great melody and lesson! I'll be sure to practise this.
By the way, I can't seem to rate the lesson, does anyone know whether that is no longer a function in use? Maybe it should be removed or?
You can currently locate the rate button bellow the lesson texts/scale diagrams.
Mudbone5th January 2012This is so freaking cool. Must learn
Piotr Kaczor5th January 2012Yeah, great tone and playing, Cosmin. I also like a baroque mood which I see in this video - great light and colors!
- Cosmin Lupu5th January 2012
Thank you Piotr - your classical pieces are so awesome man!! and thanks to Mudbone - if you need assistance, let me know
- Alexiaden9314th January 2012
Hey! I could locate the rate button before too, I just can't press it. >_
- Ivan Milenkovic14th January 2012
Try reloading your browser/emptying the cache/using different one to see if it works my friend.
Todd Simpson28th January 2012This is a great sounding piece. It's something that sounds amazing and will work the crap out of your fingers! Nice one Cos!
- Cosmin Lupu29th January 2012This is a great sounding piece. It's something that sounds amazing and will work the crap out of your fingers! Nice one Cos!
Thank you Todd!
derper13th February 2012AWESOME lesson Cosmin!! I think this may be my next REC submission (or one of them!).
Also, I couldn't rate either....then realized I wasn't logged in anymore!!- Cosmin Lupu14th February 2012AWESOME lesson Cosmin!! I think this may be my next REC submission (or one of them!).
Also, I couldn't rate either....then realized I wasn't logged in anymore!!
Thank you! Bro, let me know if you need any help with this 
Opetholic8th May 2012This is such a brilliant piece and an awesome exercise. Will be my next REC attempt, if I can master it that is
- Cosmin Lupu9th May 2012
Thank you man!
BedroomBozo1st October 2012Gotta dig the "magnum" stare at the end ha!
- Cosmin Lupu1st October 2012
Magnum stare?
Davidzz198816th March 2013Simply amazing
- Cosmin Lupu16th March 2013
Thank you again David!
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Hello GMC!
Since I love Antonio Vivaldi very much, I decided to share some of my ideas regarding note choices in building arpeggios over a harmonic progression suggested by intervals and I came up with it by ear, trying to explain it to myself after learning how to play it.
This approach was necessary due to the fact that I didn't want to play a simple riff along the intervals which the strings were playing, thus the arpeggios came to life!
This lesson will help your develop:
- alternate picking skills
- experimenting with note choices in accordance with the harmony by using modes
- developing your classical music vocabulary.
The chord progressions are:
- Fm Bbm C7 Abmaj Bb7 Ebmaj C7 Fm G7 Cm Bbm C7 for the arpeggios
- alternating between Fm and C7 for the pedal lick.
These chords are underlined by intervals only, but behind the each interval shift lies a different chord and arpeggio, based on a different mode, which we shall discuss in the following lesson parts.
If you want to get more acquainted with the sounds, you should listen to all of Antonio Vivaldi's 'Seasons'. He sprinkles ideas such as the ones presented in this lesson, so give his work a go!
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Meter: 4/4
Tempo: 130 BPM
Tonality: F minor
Scales:
Harmonic minor: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7
Pentadorian (Blues mode with an added 6th and 2nd): 1 2 b3 4 b5 5 6 b7
Hindu (Mixolydian b6): 1 2 3 4 5 b6 b7
Lydian: 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7
Mixolydian: 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
Ionian: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Aeolian: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7
Tone settings: Bass – 10 o’clock, Mids – 10 o’clock, Highs – 1 o’clock, Gain – 2 o’clock, using the clean channel of my AMT ss20 Pre-amp, boosted with a Suhr Shiba Drive for a pinch of overdrive.
I would recommend the following lessons for the fans of guitar based classical music:
Paganini Romanza
Combining Arpeggios and Scales
Bach's Bourree
Romance Anonyme
