Kristofer Dahl19th December 2007Sounds beautiful Gabriel - a great challenge for our metalheads!
Lazarus Angelo19th December 2007Thats awesome, Gabriel.
If it wasn't 3AM where I am I would do it now.
However, when I awake, this is the first thing I'm going to do.
Pavel19th December 2007Hehehe that's the style i like
Good job! 
Freebird19th December 2007Whoa!! I love Rhapsody and you nailed the style perfectly
Your lessons rock (all of them!)
The Uncreator19th December 2007Excellent Lesson, just awesome!!!
Muris Varajic19th December 2007Brilliant,great riffing,sweeps, + 1!!
dango19th December 2007wow!
Jerry Arcidiacono19th December 2007Yes, love these sweeps
Toni Suominen19th December 2007That sounded very epic Gabriel, great lesson!
Pablo Vazquez19th December 2007Yeah!! Very Epic... and incredible too!!
Bogdan Radovic19th December 2007Great lesson Gabriel!!
Dejan Farkas19th December 2007Wow, great
DeepRoots19th December 2007this is fantastic!
david8019th December 2007Great lesson again Gabriel
Khaos Keith19th December 2007ahhhhhh damn you gabriel hahaha, everything you write is full on amazing haha. im learning this right away haha
SLASH9119th December 2007This is great. Good job, man!
Maximus19th December 2007Jeeze Louise! That is awesome!
Gabriel Leopardi19th December 2007Hey!! Thanks for the comments! I'm glad that you liked it!
gabriel.-
Smikey200619th December 2007Those sweeps were awsome keep up the great lessions
Nick32519th December 2007awsome
Power_Arctica19th December 2007Great lesson Gabriel!! There´re many fans of this music, including me!! Amazing Backing track!
Layzer19th December 2007those chops and sweeps are so clean!!!! amazing!
Hisham Al-Sanea20th December 2007fantastic Gabe, nice playing
David.C.Bond20th December 2007Awesome work Gabriel, keep it up!
Juan M. Valero20th December 2007Yeah, that's really cool !!! some rythmic riffs remind me Angra, and the ending sweep is really cool !!
un excelente trabajo Gabriel, pero este me ha gustado más aún, es tremendo para un tema
Bedlam20th December 2007Nice sweeping. I haven't gotten into Rhapsody, but maybe I should check them out.
- Tjchep20th December 2007
Dam Impressive.
- Gabriel Leopardi20th December 2007
Thank you for the comments!
Bedlam: I recomend you to listen to the first 3 Rhapsody albums... they were great!! - krawetz20th December 2007
in your sweeps are these all 16th triplets?
mattacuk20th December 2007Whoah , Gabriel... that blew my socks of !!!
great riffing and the sweep arpeggios sounded just great!! This is on my list to do for sure =)
fox21st December 2007wow, awesome!!! thanks Gabriel
Chris Evans29th December 2007Simply brilliant! My next lesson for sure!
kyldeee30th December 2007Sonata Arctica!!!! WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!
Great Lesson, Awesome mate, thanks - lachi17th February 2008
nice lesson
audiopaal20th February 2008Great lesson, thanks!
Damn you got great sound on your videolessons
Fran31st March 2008Wow, those sweeps at the end are amazing, you are great Gabriel
- Gabriel Leopardi31st March 2008
Thank you for the comments!
Carlos Carrillo31st March 2008Fantastic lesson Gaby!!!!
Lian Gerbino19th April 2008so, when you said that this one would like me u´re right!
great lesson....
sigma728th July 2008Hey great lesson. I was wondering how do you no what chords to use in power metal. Like they are not just simple power chords are they?
- Gabriel Leopardi28th July 2008Hey great lesson. I was wondering how do you no what chords to use in power metal. Like they are not just simple power chords are they?
They are used like power chords but they theorically function like a complete chord of the tonality. In this style of music you'll find a lot of sons in minor tonalities. This means that the first chords will function like a minor chord even if you play it as a power chord. 
Alberto Catasso25th August 2008Great riff!
Matt2325th August 2008Great lesson Gabe.
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Hello GMC! This lesson is a power metal rhythm lesson inspired in the style of Angra, Stratovarius, Rhapsody of Fire and Sonata Arctica. When I finished the guitar work I recorded some orquestra arrangements based in a style created by the band Rhapsody of Fire called "Hollywood Metal". However there are lots of power metal bands that use orquestal instruments in their music.
I created this lesson because it’s an interesting exercise to practice fast metal rhythms with palm and also to practice sweep picking in the style of Yngwie Malmsteen and Luca Turrilli.
The key is E minor and the tempo is 160 bpm. I created 5 backing tracks at different tempos to let beginner, intermediate and advanced guitar players practice this tune.
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