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Hisham Al-Sanea26th October 2009thanks jamblackmo
iamblackmo4th September 2009Oh this is wicked. I got learn this whole track.
- Hisham Al-Sanea27th August 2008Hisham, what do the S and E above the tab mean? I am seeing some things in the tabs on this site I am not familiar with and need to learn. Thanks, nice lesson!
thanks toroso
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
at the end of the tabs you can find all legends . 
Toroso27th August 2008Hisham, what do the S and E above the tab mean? I am seeing some things in the tabs on this site I am not familiar with and need to learn. Thanks, nice lesson!
- Hisham Al-Sanea16th July 2008
thanks Skennington and Nemanja.
Nemanja Filipovic16th July 2008Great lesson Hisham.
skennington16th July 2008Love it Hisham!
- Hisham Al-Sanea15th July 2008
glad Guys you like it.thanks again
kaznie_NL15th July 2008Nice stuff Hisham, and also nice backing!!! I like it
Marcus Siepen15th July 2008Cool lesson
Marcus Lavendell15th July 2008Very very nice song and lesson! Well done Hisham!
shellshock191115th July 2008Why are the Wolrd of Warcraft days coming back...
Great lesson btw!
Trond Vold14th July 2008Nice!
This could very well be a "in the style of Stratovarius" lesson. Which isnt a bad thing - Hisham Al-Sanea14th July 2008
thanks again for all in GMC.
Henry Dietzel14th July 2008Hey Hish, great excersises:DI need practice with alt picking so this looks helpful and should keep my interest rather than working on boring basic excersises. Great job and thanks
Ivan Milenkovic14th July 2008Very cool old school metal. Great job man
Carlos Carrillo14th July 2008Hey Hisham!!
excellent lesson!
Pizzoaro14th July 2008YEeah this rocks!
Storm Linnebjerg13th July 2008Nice lesson, Hisham! Really reminds me of some of that mid 90's heavy metal/power prog ish stuff!
Danilo Capezzuto13th July 2008Great one Hisham!
Sergio Dorado13th July 2008I like a lot. Fantastic!
Jerry Arcidiacono13th July 2008Great lesson and playing Hisham
Juan M. Valero13th July 2008For sure Black Diamonds rules
- Hisham Al-Sanea13th July 2008
many thanks Guys for all feedbacks & comments
Siggum13th July 2008Great job Hisham, well done
superize13th July 2008Great lesson... Reminds me of Black Diamond by Stratovarius
Ian Bushell13th July 2008Nice Lesson Hisham!
fkalich13th July 2008Sounds good. Very nice.
Dejan Farkas13th July 2008Well done Hisham
Bogdan Radovic13th July 2008Very cool lesson Hisham!
Nick32513th July 2008nice Hisham
Gerardo Siere13th July 2008Great lesson
Pablo Vazquez13th July 2008Sounds cool! Nice lesson!!
Alex8713th July 2008Great lesson Hisham, sounds very very good!!
Nighthawk113th July 2008These are awesome sounding riffs man..another great inspiration !Thanks:
PS: For my taste the backing of the main video is too dominant the great riffs are pretty drown out by it.
Great lesson all in all of course
Joe Kataldo13th July 2008Nice Lesson Man!
mattacuk13th July 2008Hisham rocks!!!
Jad Diab13th July 2008Nice lesson man !! Keep rockin'
Jeff13th July 2008Hisham, your lessons seem to get better every time. I really like this one. Awesome!
- shellshock191113th July 2008
God I love syncopation, probably the single coolest thing about music IMO.
chmilew13th July 2008Yeahhh, great exercises Hisham
Muris Varajic13th July 2008Sounds great Hisham!
DeepRoots13th July 2008very cool!
- Martin la guitarra13th July 2008
awesome, thanks!very useful tricks there!
Kristofer Dahl13th July 2008Wow Hisham this is so cool - a truly inspiring exercise, thanks!
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Hello GMC. In this lesson we are going to learn a Heavy Metal Exercise which is working in syncopation, power chords and rhythmic melody.
The Key of this exercise in Db.minor and the progression chords are Db5..A5..A/5-..Gb..G#sus4..E..C
Technical effects: palm mute,tremolo bar,Harm note.
GP5 file: completed tracks
Main tempo: BPM 120
Backing tracks: 4 BPM speeds
Backing Loop: loops BPM 120
Printed chords: in main tabs
Gear: strato/demarzio /lag preamp tube
Have a fun with Heavy Metal Exercise.
Hisham Al-sanea
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 `-`
