Pantera Style Lesson

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Toni Suominen
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   Hi GMC! Today we are going to look some riffs in the style of the great metal band Pantera. As you all know, one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Dimebag Darrell was in Pantera, and created tons of classic metal riffs that we all know. With these riffs that we are going to look at in this lesson, I tried to create the feel of a typical groovy Pantera riff.

You should try and use as much downpicking as possible when you are learning these riffs, because if you can play most of this riffs up to speed with downpicking, your downpicking skills have increased greatly! So these riffs are great for practising your downpicking. :)

Other things to keep in mind:

-Dimebag often applied some slight vibrato at the end of his riffs, to give it that "sluggish" feel.
-When you are playing this, try to keep that "groove" going on the whole time.
-Dimebag often used chromatism in his riffs and licks, so I tried to incorporate that aspect in here aswell.

Tempo: 140
Key: Dm
Tuning: Drop D
As usual, I included a couple of drum backings with slower tempo if you wanna practise this slowly :)

I hope you have fun with this lesson! :)

-Toni Suominen



     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Kristofer Dahl
post 28th February 2008


GMC Founder & Rocker


Fantastic riffing Toni!! biggrin.gif Groovy yet aggressive!
Trond Vold
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Nice one biggrin.gif
Could definetly hear some Dimebag in there
Joe Kataldo
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Cool Sounding guitar biggrin.gif
Marcus Lavendell
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Awesome Toni!!
Jerry Arcidiacono
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Great riffing Toni smile.gif
Muris Varajic
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


You riffing monster! biggrin.gif
mattacuk
post 28th February 2008


Lets go fishing!


Awsome work Toni ! Your playing is so tight and sounds awsome. really good! biggrin.gif
preownedguitar
post 28th February 2008


Member


Nice one Toni! *insert phil anselmo scream here*
RIP Dime
post 28th February 2008


Member


I will now love you forever. smile.gif
Toni Suominen
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks guys for the great comments! smile.gif
botoxfox
post 28th February 2008


Member


Great. smile.gif
Toni Suominen
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks botoxfox! smile.gif
Ivan Milenkovic
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Great riffing man, I like it smile.gif
Bogdan Radovic
post 28th February 2008


Bass Instructor


Great Pantera style lesson man !!! Sounds very fun! smile.gif
Tuubsu
post 28th February 2008


Member


Aivan loistavaa! Top notch riffs there! smile.gif
Gabriel Leopardi
post 28th February 2008


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Great riffing toni! We really needed a Pantera Style Lesson!
ZakkWylde-Dimebag
post 28th February 2008


Member


Wow wow wow...
Dimebag DarreLL by the way not Darrel...
Cool lesson,keep up the aggressive lessons...Some Anthrax,Lamb of god,Black Label Society...
Thanks
Toni Suominen
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks guys!! biggrin.gif

Sorry for my mispelling, I'll fix it biggrin.gif
Outlaw2112
post 28th February 2008


Member


Awesome lesson... I love all the metal riff lessons,we need more of them... Great job on this one smile.gif
Toni Suominen
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks Outlaw!! smile.gif
Juan M. Valero
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


yeaaaaah !!! I don't know why but I just want scream very loud !!!!! hehehe, great lesson wink.gif
Toni Suominen
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Hehe, thanks Juan! biggrin.gif
krudtaa
post 28th February 2008


Member


Great riffing Toni and cool sound.
Martin la guitarra
post 28th February 2008


Member


man toni, all of your lesson are made by HIGH class. When i'm thinking of gmc metal i think about your lesson, all of them! Awesome, keep them coming!
kyldeee
post 28th February 2008


Member


Awesome lesson mate smile.gif I can definitely feel the Pantera vibe in this one. Awesome riffing mate, just awesome smile.gif
Ben N
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


that was very cool and powerful!! good job smile.gif
Toni Suominen
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


I'm so happy that you liked it guys!! Thanks! smile.gif
at lights end
post 28th February 2008


Member


that's some great riffing you got there.
Pablo Vazquez
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


That´s great! Awesome lesson Toni!
Toni Suominen
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks dudes! smile.gif
Nemanja Filipovic
post 28th February 2008


Singing Instructor


great lesson Toni....
Carlos Carrillo
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


hey tony!!!! great lesson!!!nice job and very creative!!!thanks
The Uncreator
post 28th February 2008


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Great lesson Toni, those are some killer riffs!!
SLASH91
post 28th February 2008


Member


Awesome smile.gif
bladzerok
post 28th February 2008


Member


NICE! finally a pantera style lesson:)
excellent lesson btw
Toni Suominen
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks for the awesome comments guys! smile.gif
Nobody
post 28th February 2008


Member


Waaa another great thing and I'm still waiting for my salary so that I can continue my subscription :/
Btw really great job as usual Toni!! Can't wait for next week to start practicing here again! :]
Hisham Al-Sanea
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


nice riff Toni..good work
Toni Suominen
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks guys! smile.gif
Dejan Farkas
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Powerful riffing smile.gif
Toni Suominen
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks Dejan! smile.gif
swingline
post 29th February 2008


Member


Yessss finally, Its beautiful, Great job
ace_frehely
post 29th February 2008


Member


awsome
R.I.P. dimebag
dreamtheaterfreak
post 29th February 2008


Member


now this is metal
dimebag r.i.p.
six string god
Toni Suominen
post 29th February 2008


Instructor


Glad you liked it guys! wink.gif smile.gif
Maximus
post 29th February 2008


Member


Heavy groove Toni. Very well done as usual.
Toni Suominen
post 29th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks a lot Maximus! smile.gif
David Wallimann
post 29th February 2008


Instructor


Excellent lesson! You totally nailed this one. Great tone! What are you using for that tone?
Toni Suominen
post 29th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks David! smile.gif

It's just my PodXT with the Soldano amp model smile.gif
Danilo Capezzuto
post 1st March 2008


Instructor


Great rhythm as ever.
Toni Suominen
post 2nd March 2008


Instructor


Thanks Danilo! smile.gif
Tsarpf
post 2nd March 2008


Member


Upeeta, mahtavaa. Tätä lisää tongue.gif
Toni Suominen
post 2nd March 2008


Instructor


Kiitti Tsarpf! smile.gif
Alejandro Piñero
post 3rd March 2008


Instructor


fantasticman
I love Pantera!!
Toni Suominen
post 3rd March 2008


Instructor


Thanks Alejandro! smile.gif
shibe123
post 9th March 2008


Member


Hey Toni This is a Mad lesson
Thanks Heaps
shibe123
post 9th March 2008


Member


I Love Your Guitar What Is It
Toni Suominen
post 9th March 2008


Instructor


Hey shibe!!

Thanks for the comment smile.gif

My guitar is a ESP LTD EC-1000 smile.gif
Erol
post 11th March 2008


Member


Sounds great man!
Toni Suominen
post 13th March 2008


Instructor


Thanks Erol! smile.gif
Man0waR
post 10th April 2008


Member


MOAR Pantera biggrin.gif great job ! nailed it


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