SRV - Stevie Ray Vaughan Lesson

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Tab

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Members practicing this lesson:
KEV
Christian of Portland
Excardross
Hobo
JacksEyes
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David OToole
M50_Metal
Joyboy


   Hi GMC and welcome to my lesson In Style of SRV.

This great guitar player has been an influence for many other great players,
and this is a small part of his influence on me.:) In this lesson I tried to combine both riffing and soloing in his style.

Most used technique here is SRV's trademark "raking". To get this right you must pay big attention of left hand muting cause you'll have to hit few strings at the same time while having just one string sounding. Also try to be as relaxed as possible and feel rhythm/groove.

There are some cool licks in soloing part as well,used by SRV and many other blues and rock players.
It's in a key of A,no big deal I guess:)

In Style of SRV lesson contains:
-SRV "raking" style
-12 bars blues progression
-Bends and double bends
-Left hand muting
-A blues,Am pentatonic and A Major pentatonic scales

Jump into SRV world and blues it!!!
Have fun:)

Muris Varajic



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Am Pentatonic.jpg

A Major Pentatonic.jpg


     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Ben Howell
post 17th September 2007


Jazz/Fusion Instructor


Great stuff Muris-i always note how your backing tracks are really alive and mixed well-Congrats!

-Ben
Eat-Sleep-andJam
post 17th September 2007


Member


Wow Im home sick today and Id love to make the first comment, dude that was great ! I close my eyes and I could have sweared It was SRV him self. I honestly think you nailed it with this lesson and It covers all the " When are we gonna hav a SRV lesson. Im anxious to learn this as soon as my fever goes down:), Rock On !



- John
Eat-Sleep-andJam
post 17th September 2007


Member


Darn Ben beat me to it tongue.gif

Great lesson and sorry for the double post , Awesome !


- John
Robin
post 17th September 2007


Member


OOhh yeah!! Thats the stuff! With the rythm and everything going, nice work!
Layzer
post 18th September 2007


Member


Muris...once again...making things look easy
ezravdb
post 17th September 2007


Member


sick dude smile.gif
Slammer
post 18th September 2007


Member


Cool Stuff,

reminds me alot of "Pride and Joy"
RockinRonnie
post 18th September 2007


Member


Very Well done. This is great

Thanks

Ron
Vinod Saranga
post 18th September 2007


Acoustic Instructor


Speechless.How much musical it is.
Wow Great Job Muris.
Muris Varajic
post 18th September 2007


Instructor


Thanks a lot guys!! smile.gif
Glad you like it,I tried to sound as much as possible like SRV,
that's why it reminds a lot of Pride and Joy. wink.gif
coffeeman
post 18th September 2007


Member


This is the kind of stuff Im looking for, thanks!
Amarok
post 17th September 2007


Member


Muris, thanks a lot for this awesome lesson, you're the man ;o)
Jerry Arcidiacono
post 17th September 2007


Instructor


Great playing Muris!
shredmandan
post 18th September 2007


Member


You nailed this one Muris.Great job!
Kai Muehlenbruch
post 17th September 2007


Instructor


Now,that is a cool one!!! Luv SRV smile.gif great job Muris
Speedeh
post 18th September 2007


Member


Great lesson

Any tips on how to get that tone?
Ryan
post 18th September 2007


Member


Great lesson, you sound just like him. Your really pulled SRV off.
Muris Varajic
post 18th September 2007


Instructor


Thanks once again folks! smile.gif

Speedeh,I used Korg Pandora PX4D straight into audio card,nothing more... wink.gif
Gustavo
post 18th September 2007


Member


oh sh**!!!

u rock!!!

srv best blues man for me biggrin.gif

thx a lot biggrin.gif
Gen
post 17th September 2007


Member


Thats amazing, unbelieveble, awesome!!!
really good lesson ! biggrin.gif
seanM1
post 18th September 2007


Member


Insane!!
Been waiting for this lesson, its all I hoped for and much much more!
Great Job Muris!
GroovinMastiff
post 18th September 2007


Member


Very nice and tasty, SRV would be proud cool.gif
Gabriel Leopardi
post 18th September 2007


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Excelent as always! It sound very Vaughan!
David Wallimann
post 18th September 2007


Instructor


Excellent in the stle of lesson!
bart m
post 18th September 2007


Member


I know what i'm doing tonight...great lesson!! thanks again Muris.
FretDancer69
post 18th September 2007


Member


Awesome Muris!!! ive been waitinf for this for a long time!!!! thanks so much!!! smile.gif
Nick325
post 18th September 2007


Member


wow nice
white eagle
post 18th September 2007


Member


I Like very nice woo hooooo
Understudy
post 18th September 2007


Member


Muris, great lesson!! You really do add your own flair to everything you play. Great inspiration for me and what a great tone.
The Uncreator
post 18th September 2007


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


God Bless You Muris, Fantastic Lessons
sb81
post 18th September 2007


Member


Awesome, definite SRV there
SDMF75
post 18th September 2007


Member


Awesome Lesson!! Great Job!!
edgor67
post 18th September 2007


Member


Oh YEAH! I believe I know where I am going next.

Sorry bout the to fat finger entires. SRV ON!
drummingguitarist06
post 18th September 2007


Member


Wow, NICE Muris this lesson ROCKS!
Anastasio123
post 18th September 2007


Member


Nice, great aggressive blues licks
No Payne No Gain
post 18th September 2007


Member


Hey, sweet.. thanks Muris
1mpr1m1s
post 18th September 2007


Member


That is one great lesson ,thanks
crabman
post 18th September 2007


Member


Nice one Muris.
Francis Viviers
post 18th September 2007


Member


GREAT!

Thanks muris!!!
misterj
post 18th September 2007


Member


great again, muris!
Muris Varajic
post 18th September 2007


Instructor


Thanks! smile.gif

Just let me know how is the raking going,ok?
It might be tricky if you're new to this technique...
lliber
post 19th September 2007


Member


Another great lesson Muris
Willster
post 20th September 2007


Member


Hey, Great lesson. Just curious but what type of settings do u think I should have on my amp (reverb, treble, mid,bass, distortion) that sorta thing. I just want to get a good blues sound setting (I know a lot of the sound is the way u play your guitar but i thought the settings might make a diffrence thanks.
Muris Varajic
post 20th September 2007


Instructor


Thanks a lot! smile.gif

I had similar question in my sub-board,gear section.
Check it out,hope it'll help. smile.gif
al christie
post 20th September 2007


Flamenco Instructor


Are you using a tube screamer to get the SRV sound, its pretty authentic, you have his technique down man, great sound.
Muris Varajic
post 21st September 2007


Instructor


Thanks Al !!

No tube screamer...I've said this million times,only Korg Pandora PX4D smile.gif
MG66
post 21st September 2007


Member


Hi Muris and thank you, a very wonderful lesson.
cloe
post 22nd September 2007


Member


Best SRV lesson I've seen--I will spend some time with this one.
edgor67
post 23rd September 2007


Member


OH MY GOODNESS!
edgor67
post 23rd September 2007


Member


What does |---3---| mean?

What does L mean?

Thanks for refreshing my memory.
Muris Varajic
post 23rd September 2007


Instructor


Check out my sub board,Robin posted fine explanation indeed. smile.gif
Fuzzy Buzz Boy
post 25th September 2007


Member


This lesson is worthy of my first post.

THIS IS MUSIC!!! (Not that speed-thrash-noise)

THANK YOU!
Muris Varajic
post 25th September 2007


Instructor


Thanks! biggrin.gif

Tho I hope we don't have any noise in lessons at GMC unsure.gif
Nick325
post 26th September 2007


Member


this is so awsome i would go to bosnia and give u a hug lol
Muris Varajic
post 26th September 2007


Instructor


laugh.gif

Thanks Nick! biggrin.gif
Ben N
post 29th September 2007


Instructor


if i dident know it was you i would thougt
it was stv in the flesh ( if he still be alive)
love his music and style!! great lesson muris
!!!!!! :)you realy did it!!
Muris Varajic
post 30th September 2007


Instructor


Many thanks Ben,appreciate it!! smile.gif
John In Socal
post 5th October 2007


Member


How did you make this backing track, or did you pick it up from somewhere ?

thanks, -- john
Muris Varajic
post 5th October 2007


Instructor


I made it by myself,of course smile.gif
How? Check out my sub-board,I answered on similar questions there.
And use forum as well,you might find lots of useful things. wink.gif
PlayAllDay
post 9th October 2007


Member


Oh Muris you are so great for making this lesson - SRV was the man who made me pick up an electric guitar in the first place biggrin.gif
Muris Varajic
post 9th October 2007


Instructor


Thanks,just trying to do my best. biggrin.gif wink.gif
PlayAllDay
post 10th October 2007


Member


I'm loving playing this - have noticed a tab error on video 3 tab - second note on the D string should be 5th fret not 6th. I've checked it against audio. Maybe you would change that?
Muris Varajic
post 9th October 2007


Instructor


My mistake,sorry! smile.gif

Thanks for the tip,will tell Kris to update it.
David OToole
post 15th October 2007


Instructor


Great stuff Muris, sounds classy, pro, tasty amd played brill of course.

When I once read an interview with the man himself, he was saying he used 13s! He said he tuned them down for rehearsals to try and save on fingerwear. You can imagine - ouch smile.gif. Some tone he got tho' eh.

On the subject of tone, your Korg Pandora/Guitar sounds are excellent man - I reckon I'll pick one up someday on the strength of hearing it on your lessons alone.

I like Korg stuff - pretty experimental I think. I have an old ('84) Korg DW8000 keyboard. It was the first keyboard to use digital soundbytes and analogue effects. It's got some really cool sounds.

I also have an old Korg Tape Delay which was pretty good, but it's been out of action for ages now. Can't get parts and all that. But I hope to fix it someday - maybe get another busted one and get the parts off it or something. It gave a subtle to huge delay sound, if a bit huge to carry too! You wouldn't fit it in your pocket that's for sure.

But I had never considered the Pandora or heard loads of reports about it. Maybe 'cos I was in Switzerland and the news doesn't travel so fast smile.gif.

Anyways, I'm always in the lookout for something as classy as this. Ah roll on Christmas or something hee-hee.

Thanks for the pointer M8 and keep up the great work!

Dave
Muris Varajic
post 15th October 2007


Instructor


Hey Dave smile.gif

Yeah,Korg has some very interesting units on market,
Pandora PX4D is surely one of them.
I wrote review yesterday,check it out. wink.gif
And thanks for your kind words!! smile.gif
David OToole
post 15th October 2007


Instructor


Just read that review Muris, it's a good one by all accounts - I didn't think the price would be that good, even better! Good tip on that stereo cable. Cheerz M
cesarven
post 21st October 2007


Member


Hello Muris, you write from Venezuela, this is my first lesson complete, we welcome is excellent, I want to practice a little Jimi Hendrix, believes that you can upload something from this?