Kristofer Dahl27th July 2009Awesome Gabriel! I could definitely hear both Marty and Dave in there, the solo was fantastic - reminded me of my early guitar days where I would overindulgle on Marty stuff. His licks shoot you straight through the heart.
Thanks for the inspiration once again!
Zsolt Galambos27th July 2009Wow! This sounds insanely like Megadeth! And you've managed to catch the musicallity of Marty! Congrats man
mhskeide27th July 2009Mission accomplished, agree with Zsolt
Jerry Arcidiacono27th July 2009Killer tone and awesome lesson Gabriel
Skalde27th July 2009Great Lesson Gabriel! We definitely need more Thrash Metal lessons.
Laszlo Boross27th July 2009Perfect tone and great playing! Congrat!
Dexxter27th July 2009Wow, I've been waiting for a lesson like this!
Definitely bookmarked! I could also hear both Marty and Dave in the solo. The riff behind the solo is pure Megadeth!
Bogdan Radovic27th July 2009Wow killer lesson Gabriel! You really nailed their sound!
Marek Rojewski27th July 2009Arrrr, pure awesomness!
Emir Hot27th July 2009yeah
that's just awesome. \m/
Gabriel Leopardi27th July 2009Thank you guys for the nice comments!
Alexiaden9327th July 2009I pity the poor person who's gonna try this for REC !
Awesome lesson 
Muris Varajic27th July 2009Great job Gabe, pure Megadeth!
Pedja Simovic27th July 2009Gabriel really awesome lessons - another great in style lesson from you!
- Gabriel Leopardi27th July 2009
Thank you Pedja and Muris!
I pity the poor person who's gonna try this for REC !
Awesome lesson
Come on! I want to see this lesson at the REC!! 
Chokehold27th July 2009Amazing solo, I got to learn this.
Gerardo Siere27th July 2009Amazing lesson, good job Gabriel!
Forbidden Evil27th July 2009Killer Lesson! This will definately be on my practice list this week. MEGADETH Rules!!!
Carlos Carrillo27th July 2009Very useful lesson Gab!
bham27th July 2009guys, i'm confused here-
why is the arpeggiated part of the solo in A major instead of a key closer to E phrygian? three notes are sharp in A major, where none are sharp in E phrygian.
why does that sound good?
ZakkWylde27th July 2009Perfect!
- Gabriel Leopardi27th July 2009
Thank you guys for the comments!
guys, i'm confused here-
why is the arpeggiated part of the solo in A major instead of a key closer to E phrygian? three notes are sharp in A major, where none are sharp in E phrygian.
why does that sound good?
You can find the chord progression in the main video. The chord is A/C# at that moment. This means A major chord first invertion (with the bass in C#, the 3rd.). The reason why I'm playing the arpeggio instead of E minor or Phrygian is because A maj chord isn't in the scale harmony of E minor. We can explain this apparition with the concept of Modal Interchange. In this case this concept explains how and why the chord is borrowed from the E major harmony.
BTW it doesn't matter wherefrom the chord comes you can't fail if you use the chord's notes (arpeggio) in the solo. That's why I used A major triads over A major chord. 
RyanS.27th July 2009I love IT!! This is what I needed to get me going!! THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR A GREAT LESSON.
Lian Gerbino27th July 2009that was awesome man!!! one of the best lessons from you ever!
well done!
Piotr Kaczor27th July 2009Sounds just great! Awesome lesson, Gabriel!
Ivan Milenkovic27th July 2009Awesome playing Gab, you are rocking hard man, sounds very tasty and \m/!
- Gabriel Leopardi27th July 2009I love IT!! This is what I needed to get me going!! THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR A GREAT LESSON.
Great!! That's the idea! Keep on working!that was awesome man!!! one of the best lessons from you ever!
well done!
It's a honour for me coming from you.. our master of Metal!
thank you Lian!Sounds just great! Awesome lesson, Gabriel!
Thank you Piotr! 
Vasilije Vukmirovic27th July 2009Fantastic lesson!
- Dexxter27th July 2009
Hey Alex, be sorry for me!!
I'm not going to be able to pull this off in the near future tho.. 
playaxeman27th July 2009Great stuff
audiopaal27th July 2009Holy mother of pearls!!!
This is amazing
Great lesson Gabe, yet again!
I'm gonna learn the rythm part, the solo is too advanced for me I'm afraid, but sounds so great
Ramiro Delforte27th July 2009Amazing lesson Gabe!
- Gabriel Leopardi28th July 2009
Thank you friends! I'm glad that you liked the lesson!
MigeZ28th July 2009Total Megadeth
Awsome again mate, cheers 
Toni Suominen28th July 2009Great lesson Gabriel!
Jeff28th July 2009Awesome. That solo flowed so well and you played it so accurately. Great lesson, Gabe!
- Gabriel Leopardi28th July 2009
Thanks Miguez, Toni and Jeff!
Janos Kallai28th July 2009Great sound and great solo!
Fran29th July 2009Excellent as usual Gabriel
- Gabriel Leopardi29th July 2009
Thank you Janos and Fran!
Sergio Dorado29th July 2009Absolutely awesome!
newguyatgmc29th July 2009me ..me ..me...It was my thread. Thanks Gabriel for another awesome lesson. I think u are the really awesome at doing these in the style lessons.
Not to mention ...both the guitar styles were captured very well.
Thanks for mentioning about my thread.
skennington29th July 2009You took a mortal man, and put him in control
Watch him become a God
And watch Gmc'ers heads roll!
Awesome Gab! - Gabriel Leopardi29th July 2009me ..me ..me...It was my thread. Thanks Gabriel for another awesome lesson. I think u are the really awesome at doing these in the style lessons.
Not to mention ...both the guitar styles were captured very well.
Thanks for mentioning about my thread.
yes! This lesson is dedicated to you! I'm glad that you liked it! You took a mortal man, and put him in control
Watch him become a God
And watch Gmc'ers heads roll!
Awesome Gab!
We should record the song in this way! Thank you Sken! 
Canis30th July 2009Great lesson! Sounds extremely like Megadeth!
kaznie_NL31st July 2009Wow, very cool!! Love it!
- Gabriel Leopardi1st August 2009
Thanks Canis and kaznie!
- Karl-ss2nd August 2009
Dude.... You could freaking play for megadeath if they didnt have chris broderick.
- Watterboy2nd August 2009
Hmm, why can't I view this video at all? The loading bar just says 00:00/00:00, even when it's done loading? In fact all the videos on the main page that are the recently added vids are doing it for me...
- Kristofer Dahl2nd August 2009me ..me ..me...It was my thread. Thanks Gabriel for another awesome lesson. I think u are the really awesome at doing these in the style lessons.
Not to mention ...both the guitar styles were captured very well.
Thanks for mentioning about my thread.
That's quite an honor - we need a link to thread so that everyone can see where Gabriel got his inspiration from!Hmm, why can't I view this video at all? The loading bar just says 00:00/00:00, even when it's done loading? In fact all the videos on the main page that are the recently added vids are doing it for me...
I have replied here. - Gabriel Leopardi2nd August 2009That's quite an honor - we need a link to thread so that everyone can see where Gabriel got his inspiration from!
It was my idea when I linked the part when I said "that thread" in the main video text.. but now that I check it again, it looks more like a "TOP SECRET" link...
- Sinisa Cekic3rd August 2009
Topnotch playing Gabriel !
- Watterboy4th August 2009
Great playing, and an awesome lessonn. I finally got all the vids working and I'm ecstatic that i did. I love this style ! Thanks!
MikaEl Calafat16th August 2009Great!
thefireball6th July 2011Whoa! Now THIS rocks!!!!
- Gabriel Leopardi6th July 2011
Thanks guys!!
Himansu C Kerkar15th June 2012thank you gab
for this amazing lesson
will practice this like crazy
and post my cover of it soon
Thank you soo soo much- Gabriel Leopardi15th June 2012thank you gab
for this amazing lesson
will practice this like crazy
and post my cover of it soon
Thank you soo soo much
Cool! Post your cover at my board because I would like to see it!
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Hi GMC! Welcome to my new lesson inspired by Megadeth. This is a riffing + solo lesson inspired in this great trash metal band. I started working on this lesson when I read a thread at the forum where a new user said that Megadeth's new song has a riff very similar to my first lesson based on them. In that thread you’ll find the reason why I get inspired to work on a new Megadeth Style lesson.
In this lesson I used Phrygian mode to compose the riffing section based on many Metallica and Megadeth songs (for example “Symphony of Destruction”). In the solo I used a chord progression very used by Mustaine & company. You can check for example the song “Hangar 18”.
I tried to capture Mustaine & Friedman’s vibes in the solo part. I combined E pentatonic minor + blue note, E Aeolian and E Dorian scales to compose the solo.
Techniques:
- alternate picking
- sweep picking
- legato
- Vibrato
- pinched harmonics
- palm muting
- bending
Scales used:
- E minor Aeolian
- E Phrygian
- E Dorian
Ok, I hope that you enjoy this lesson and that Mustaine invite me to play with them in Argentina! hahahha.
See you guys!Gabriel.
PS: If you like this lesson you have to check (if you didin't) Megadeth's "Countdown to extinction" and "Rust in Peace" albums.
E minor aeolian:
E blues scale:E Phrygian:
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