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   Hi GMC! Welcome to my new rock lesson. This is a rhythm lesson in the style of Poison, Motley Crue, AC/DC, Buckcherry, and many other hard/glam rock bands. I find this lesson appropriated to beginner/intermediate players and also to every 80's hard rock lover. In this one we are going to combine power chords with many sus4 chords and sixth chords. We have been talking about the power chords in the previous rock lessons. It's basically a chord that contains only a root and a perfect fifth degree. That's the reason why its symbol is a 5 (Check the chord progression added over the tabs). The suspended fourth chords (sus4 or sus) are triads which the fourth scale step replaces the third. Replacing the third with the fourth creates a feeling of being suspended, waiting for a resolution to return the chord to its original quality. It's because the third is the strongest marker of chord quality.

The lesson's structure is like a short song structure. You'll find the intro, the verse, the chorus and the bridge or ending riff.

Key: Am
Tempo: 130 bpm

Try to learn this stuff and then use A pentatonic minor scale to practice solo improvisation over this lesson. It's very amazing. I would like to hear your own hard/glam rock compositions using power chords, sus4, sixth chords and pentatonic minor scale in my personal GMC forum!

See you!

Gabriel.-

Pd: If you liked this lesson check Buckcherry's album 15 and also any Poison's and Motley Crue album.



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     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Amarok
post 8th September 2007


Member


Awesome, that exactly hits my taste! Thanx Gabriel!
The Uncreator
post 8th September 2007


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Just fantastic stuff, great lesson!
seanM1
post 8th September 2007


Member


Amazing work!
Awesome new angles, really helpful.
Rhythm Rules!!
Victafor
post 8th September 2007


Member


this rocks!! im learning this!
ibanez rocker
post 8th September 2007


Member


really good stuff gabriel! nice work keep the rock coming.
Muris Varajic
post 8th September 2007


Instructor


Great riffing and new angles Gabriel!!
white eagle
post 8th September 2007


Member


Gabrial you simply amaze me with these excellent lessons you provide
I think your taste in music and mine must be similar
keep em commin'
Gustavo
post 9th September 2007


Member


como siempre un gran trabajo

gracias x ser argentino gabi biggrin.gif
lefthandman
post 9th September 2007


Member


awesome riffs gabriel keep it up
zoom
post 9th September 2007


Member


Great this video 2 reminds me of the movie "School of Rock"
Lynyrd Skynyrd lover
post 9th September 2007


Member


u are a flippin god man. ridiculously awsome man
GroovinMastiff
post 9th September 2007


Member


Great! Good old-fashioned riff oriented rock!
Keep it up man 8)
NightFlight
post 9th September 2007


Member


Oh yeah! This one definitely captures the glory days of fast cars, hot chicks, and screamin' guitars. Nicely done Gabriel!
buttmonk
post 8th September 2007


Member


Another great lesson from Gabriel, thanks very much dude! Keep 'em coming. Cool sounding but not too diffucult for a crappy player like me:)
PacmanProductions
post 9th September 2007


Member


+1 with NightFlight
symon
post 9th September 2007


Member


wow thanks gabriel another lesson thats focused more towards beginners thank you
warm regards symon
jonasrolf
post 9th September 2007


Member


awesome!!!!!!
castudillo
post 9th September 2007


Member


Gabriel:
Espectacular los angulos de la camara, asi podemos observar los pequeños tips que a veces se escapan al ver solamente la imagen frontal!

Gracias por compartir tu conocimiento a full!
coxy81
post 9th September 2007


Member


Awsome Gabriel!! I love Buckcherry.... Its great that your giving lessons for those of us in the beginer/intermediate range. Thanks!!!!
shellshock1911
post 9th September 2007


Member


Hey yea you sound like Ace Frehley, one of my personal favorite guitarists, I gotta learn this.
Wyvernx
post 9th September 2007


Member


Nice Lesson I have a quick question, what is the most efficient way to play the Gsus4 and quickly switch to the G? I try to barre the 3 strings with my index, and use my middle finger, it gets the job done but feels like there's a simpler way.
meatkiller
post 9th September 2007


Member


I LOVE this lesson !! Been turnin' this one round all night.
Keep up the fantastic work ; I only joined GMC a week ago but since I've been playing more guitar than in the last month. And this is my third Gabriel lesson - thanks dude !!
Juan M. Valero
post 9th September 2007


Instructor


Goog lesson wink.gif congratulations Gabriel !!
lliber
post 9th September 2007


Member


lets have more of this,great stuff gabriel
Victafor
post 10th September 2007


Member


goodness gracious i cannot stop listenin to this its sooo great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUY BIEN LECION GABRIEL!
shellshock1911
post 10th September 2007


Member


first lick is kinda like Unskinny Bop
Nick325
post 10th September 2007


Member


cool
Nick325
post 10th September 2007


Member


ur pickups are shinnier than the other lessons
Gabriel Leopardi
post 10th September 2007


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Hey! Thanks fo the comments!

Wyvernx: I preffer to use the fingers that I use in the video instead of a barre for that.

Nick325: The pick-ups are the same but I used a different distortion for this one. I'll definetely will u8se my last sound in the next lessons.
Wyvernx
post 10th September 2007


Member


oh! so that's why your pinky is occasionally bobbing up and down. Still thinking of that Blind Guardian lesson? that'd be awesome!
King_Dime
post 10th September 2007


Member


Good classic stuff.
Doug
post 12th September 2007


Member


two questions, first, I see a G chord, yet on the tabs it shows G and D open..I dont get that.

Also, what do the Ls mean?
Thanks

Doug
Gabriel Leopardi
post 12th September 2007


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Thanks for the comments!

Doug: L means tied note.
"I see a G chord, yet on the tabs it shows G and D open..I dont get that." I can't undestand this.. What don't you get?


gabriel.-
drummingguitarist06
post 13th September 2007


Member


I heard a little Hot Blooded by Foriegner in that one lol. Great lesson Gabriel thanks!
Doug
post 13th September 2007


Member


OK, so the tied notes mean the previous note continues on...got that.

I dont understand why you wouldnt show the correct fingering for a G chord, rather than just showing 2 open strings to play. Sorry I still am fairly new smile.gif
Andrew Cockburn
post 13th September 2007


Theory Instructor & Moderator


A chord can be any 2 or more notes, doesn't have to be all 6 - 2 notes sound very different to 6 notes for the same chord, gives a different feel or effect depending on what you are trying to do with the piece.
torch
post 19th September 2007


Member


Hell YEEEEEAAAAHHHH!
cloe
post 22nd September 2007


Member


nice lesson--camera work is excellent-very helpful
RyanAW
post 23rd September 2007


Member


Once again Gabriel, another inspiring lesson
buttmonk
post 23rd September 2007


Member


I am having defficulty reliably fretting the G chord (7-8-7) at speed. Also when I do get it, the audible difference between Gsus4 (7-8-8) and G is hardly noticeable, not like it is in the vid.

Rgds the fingering. I have tried 2 fingerings: the 1 that Gabriel does in the vid, and also baring the last 3 strings with my first finger then using 2nd finger to pick out the 8th fret on the B string. Either way it seems like what ever finger I have on that fret has a really difficult time getting into a position where it does not mute the high E. Any other suggestions on fingering?

Also, as a work around, I tried playing the G (7-8-7) as as 7-7-7 which has the advantage of being both easier to fret and sounds a lot more distinct from the the Gsus4. This sounds fairly fine to me, but I have not been able to find out what this chord really is from the net. Is it musically wrong and does it have any place in A minor scale?
buttmonk
post 23rd September 2007


Member


...also, I assume that there is some palm muting going on in various places, it would be great if we could have that shown in the tabs as well:)
Gabriel Leopardi
post 25th September 2007


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Hi Buttmonk. Well the fingerings that you are using and the ones that I use in the video are the most common fingerings. It's ok to play the G (7-8-7) as 7-7-7 as a practice but not as the lesson because you are changing the tonic of the triad for the Major Seventh and it has a different colour.
The palm muting appears tabbed as PM in the guitar pro files.

gabriel.-
buttmonk
post 25th September 2007


Member


Thanks Gabriel. I have kept practicing this and I have managed to improve, I now can get it most of the time. Also, changed strings and found that there is now a more pronounced difference in sound between the 2 chords...that'l teach me to be lazy, never realised new strings made such a difference. Thanks for the PM hint:)
Guitar Master123
post 26th October 2007


Member


Sounds a lot like Kiss's Rock N' Roll all night.
yell03
post 24th November 2007


Member


Gabriel -

As I posted on your Modern Metal Lesson, GREAT!!!!

I am a late 80s early 90s Glam Metal Rocker and this fits the bill perfectly.

Again, your guitar and amp settings sound FANTASTIC.
I replicate them with my Gibson Les Paul Special Faded and Roland Cube 60 on the Dual Rectifier setting.

Your lessons are not overly hard and make learning & improving FUN, not work.

Keep more lessons coming.

I am now 43 years old, if only I had an instructor like you when I was 17.

Thanks,

Howard
kaznie_NL
post 28th December 2007


Member


Nice Gab! just good for me to study hard!
Pekka
post 17th January 2008


Member


Such a good lesson! Best where I've been. thank You indeed!
Gus
post 3rd February 2008


Member


Nice job. I was looking for something easy, but interesting to watch during dinner tongue.gif

This lesson actually gave me lots of insight on composition.
Gabriel Leopardi
post 8th February 2008


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


It 's great to hear that Howard! That's my main idea when I'm doing lessons here and also when I give private lessons.

Thanks for the comments!
frans
post 13th February 2008


Member


fantastic stuff, great lesson!
Danilo Capezzuto
post 25th February 2008


Instructor


mmm...so cool.
Carlos Carrillo
post 9th March 2008


Instructor


great job!!!nice sounds!!!


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