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David Wallimann12th October 2009Wow! I must learn this! :-)
Gerardo Siere29th September 2009Nice lesson!
Ivan Mihaljevic29th September 2009What a great tune, I want to hear more of this, is it a complete tune, where do I get it?
It's not a complete tune. I just wrote this for a lesson!
Jose Mena27th September 2009What a great tune, I want to hear more of this, is it a complete tune, where do I get it?
Zsolt Galambos26th September 2009Wow, what a tasty tune! Great sound, too
- Ivan Mihaljevic25th September 2009Aaah, gives me vibe of the great Morse
Can you send me the backings ?
sure! 
mhskeide24th September 2009Aaah, gives me vibe of the great Morse
Can you send me the backings
?
thijsmans24th September 2009man, when i listen to this i just cant sit still
what a groove and great playing!
Ivan Zecic24th September 2009Great and useful lesson!
Love the intro
- Ivan Mihaljevic23rd September 2009
Thanks everybody!
I love it! That said, I have tried putting chromatic scales into some of improvisations but they rarely seem to work out well. I also note that the use of chromatic notes seem to be interesting choices for very fast paced licks. Is there any rules or ideas about using chromatics in slower paced licks?
The same rules apply! Try to use them as passing notes. Try to target the 'inside' notes to fall on beat and don't accentuate the 'outside' notes. This certainly does require some experimenting to find what works well for you, but in the end you might come up with some very cool non-cliche sounding licks!I like the lesson - Thanks for that!
A noob question though: Why are chromatics called "scales"?! I don´t see ANY patters in them - so "using" them would just mean (to me) to play whatever note there is - wrong?! ;-)
There is a pattern, all the notes are a half step apart from each other.
And you're not just playing whatever note, you're using chromatic passing notes to create a bridge between the notes that are in the basic scale you're using.
Listen to the spoken video for some application explanations! 
Laszlo Boross23rd September 2009Great lesson and very useful! Nice job!
Pi3823rd September 2009Ah, I only wish this were longer. I love this style. It's perfect. Really great stuff. Keep it up!
kaznie_NL23rd September 2009Nice, litle shred, litle rock riffs, little power chords, nice mix
Ivan Milenkovic23rd September 2009This sounds great, and nice chromatic passages, very interesting.
Gabriel Leopardi22nd September 2009Amazing licks! I can hear Petrucci style there but it's because Morse influenced him a lot! I like both of them! Great job!
Emir Hot22nd September 2009Great stuff Ivan. Rock on!
Vasilije Vukmirovic22nd September 2009Awesome lick, so Petrucci!
Raph22nd September 2009Chr-O-Matic's are awesome!
Nice licks Mr Mihaljevic!
Marcus Siepen22nd September 2009Very cool lesson, chromatics are a great way to spice up licks.
Bogdan Radovic22nd September 2009Amazing lesson Ivan! Really great work with chromatics!
Sensible Jones22nd September 2009Great lesson Ivan!!!
Berglmir22nd September 2009I like the lesson - Thanks for that!
A noob question though: Why are chromatics called "scales"?! I don´t see ANY patters in them - so "using" them would just mean (to me) to play whatever note there is - wrong?! ;-)
Bondy22nd September 2009Cool lesson Mihal as always
PS hows the mixing of the album coming on.
Pedja Simovic22nd September 2009Cool lesson Ivan, very nice application of chromatic scale.
- TheOldOnes22nd September 2009
I love it! That said, I have tried putting chromatic scales into some of improvisations but they rarely seem to work out well. I also note that the use of chromatic notes seem to be interesting choices for very fast paced licks. Is there any rules or ideas about using chromatics in slower paced licks?
Jonathan Burgos22nd September 2009Yeah man! god job.
Kristofer Dahl22nd September 2009Beautiful Ivan - hard rocking and very tasty chromatics! Gave me Steve Morse vibes ( I love Mr Morse)
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The chromatic scale is a 12 note scale consisting entirely of half-step intervals. It contains all the notes you can find on the guitar neck.
Most guitar players use some chromatic exercises as a warmup or a technique building tool at some point, but don't really know how to apply the chromatic scale to a musical idea.
In this lesson we're combining the chromatic scale with E minor pentatonic, E dorian and E blues scale. We're just adding some chromatic passing notes to give the licks a little bit different flavor.
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