Kristofer Dahl20th December 2007Great workout idea Muris!
Rated Htr20th December 2007Great Lesson Muris...
Dejan Farkas20th December 2007Nice workout
Great example of using just one string
Hemlok20th December 2007Wow! and all on one string. Top stuff, your guitar looks and sounds great too!
Freebird20th December 2007Excellent Muris
Really great to get to speed on one -string picking, great idea!
Jerry Arcidiacono20th December 2007Very useful lesson!
Toni Suominen20th December 2007Great workout Muris!
david8020th December 2007Great lesson for the speed
Gabriel Leopardi20th December 2007Many excelent picking exercises!! The text on screen is very helpful!
Good work Muris!
Jeff20th December 2007incredible, Muris. I love the next text on the screen too. Perfect for learning!
Muris Varajic20th December 2007Appreciate it guys,thanks!!
Bedlam20th December 2007Great lesson. I like the added text.
eddiecat20th December 2007Thank you Muris!
Absolutely fabulous!
Another great lesson,
and thanx for doing it
in such a short time!
You're amazing!
Cheers Eddie- eddiecat20th December 2007
BTW, do you think you're going to do
a lesson like this one for E Aeolian too?
Cheers, and thanx again.
Eddie 
Pablo Vazquez20th December 2007Oh, excellent lesson!!! I´m agree with Gabriel, the texts on screen are very helpful!!!!!
- eddiecat20th December 2007
Sorry, sorry, sorry, one more thing:
The chords appearing on the video
are amazing and so helpful.
I use them to strum over the backing
and to do my own BTs!
Thanx again! 
Spiderusalem20th December 2007These lessons are getting really sophisticated! the texts on the screen blew me away. GMC has come a long way...
The Uncreator20th December 2007Excellent workout!!
Nick32520th December 2007awsome
Bogdan Radovic20th December 2007Awesome lesson Murris!
Iluha20th December 2007I thought this was gonna be a dissapointing boring lesson, but you never dissapoint nor bore me
you took a rather simple lesson plan and turned it into something intresting and helpful!
Thanks!
lefty0120th December 2007Wow! You never fail to amaze. Great lesson...shows how something simple can really sound great.
Hisham Al-Sanea21st December 2007great lesson muris and idea
- Muris Varajic21st December 2007
Many thanks guys,appreciate it
Eddie,no problem to make similar lesson in E minor/aeolian 
Juan M. Valero21st December 2007excelent lesson Muris !!! great work with the text on the screen, looks really cool
Excelent sound, as always !! (you used the Prophesy or your new Triaxis??)- Muris Varajic21st December 2007
Thanks Juan
Tho I used Pandora as always 
nickmarx1234567821st December 2007WOA! break out the 16th triplets! nice job
Metalhead21st December 2007wow! this is really useful!
- Muris Varajic21st December 2007
Ouch,just counted 66 members are practicing this
botoxfox21st December 2007This was really cool, think I must learn it...
Ivan Milenkovic26th December 2007Veru nice Muris
Philippe26th December 2007I noticed you never use your ring finger.
Actually, I tried that kind of exercise before and I was wondering what kind of fingering to use. For the bigger stretches (like 5 - 7 - 9), it makes sense to use the little finger. On the other hand, i think i found it more convenient to use the ring finger (instead of the pinky) for something like 16-17-19. But then, it means the fingering has to change during the exercise which was more confusing. I'll try to do it like you, maybe it's easier.- Muris Varajic26th December 2007
Ohh,you got it all wrong my friend,of course I use ring finger
Deal is,to play 2 whole tones most common fingering is index,middle and pinky,
tho Gilbert use ring instead of middle usually.
But when it's on higher frets there isn't enough room to use pinky all the time,
cutaway isn't that comfortable on every guitar.
Anyhow,you find fingering that fits you best,this is just the way how I play it.
And remember,I use ring finger,A LOT - Philippe27th December 2007
Yes! i realized it after I post the comment. In fact, what I meant is that you always use your pinky for the highest note (and never the ring finger), but maybe i'm wrong here too!!!
- Muris Varajic30th December 2007
Yeah,usually it is pinky for highest note but not always,depends of lick actually
- eddiecat2nd January 2008
This exercise is opening a hole new world to me!
Combining one string scales with the patterns I know
has opend the fretboard up to me!
I'm not good enough to do it like Muris does it, not even at 50 bpms but still it's SOOO helpful!
I hope the Aeolian (in E, please!) exercise will come soon. It would be great if you started it from the same E on the B string!
Thank you so much!
Eddie - Muris Varajic2nd January 2008
50bpm is more than good at this point Eddie,no worries!!
I have a question for you,
are you able to "transpose"
this lesson into E minor,
same degrees etc? - eddiecat2nd January 2008
Well... I think so...
I'll try doing a simple backing track in E min,
and I'll post it with just the first two video
phrases at 110 but in 8th notes, just to see
if I got it right, ok?
Thank you. - Muris Varajic2nd January 2008
Sounds great,looking forward to it.
- eddiecat4th January 2008
16th triplets are SOOO hard to count!
They just drive me crazy!
I think I'm just going to concentrate
on the first half of the lesson for now! - Muris Varajic4th January 2008
No problem Eddie,nice idea tho!!
First regular 16th and then onto 16th triplets.
Triplets are actually fun to play,
all you have to do is to "feel" and understand it. - eddiecat4th January 2008
I know, but setting my mind from 4 notes per click to 6 is still really hard.
So what I'll do for the time being is repeat the first half of the lesson twice over the backing track (at 60 bpm).
Once I've got it, before moving to triplets,
I'll try to transpose this part in Aeolian!
And then back to your B major intermediate,
and then back to AP and then Pull Off lesson,
and then... and then... ecc. ecc.!!! - Muris Varajic4th January 2008
There is always something else in front of us to work on,
well said Eddie - eddiecat12th January 2008
Going to work on the Aeolian version today!
Cheers, Eddie 
kyldeee12th January 2008Excelleeeeeeeeent
a good add to my daily routine... Thanks mate - Muris Varajic12th January 2008
Great,glad it works fine for you!!
Carlos Carrillo21st February 2008Thanks Muris!!!Great lesson...Very creative...
- theo10th March 2008
Thanks Muris
- Muris Varajic10th March 2008
Anytime Theo,welcome to GMC.
zen11th May 2008I have been practicing this slowly for the past 2 months. I LOVE this lesson. It has helped me relax my right hand while playing too. Even though i still make mistakes and nowhere near the bpm benchmark set by Muris. I will get there soon
And when i do, i will improvise and play something in addition to it. Thanks a lot Muris. Great Lesson.- Muris Varajic11th May 2008
That's great to hear,keep working and you're welcome!
Nighthawk15th July 2008When hearing this I wonder why guitar has 6 strings in the first place
kahall29th August 2008I come back to this lesson all the time just so my head does not get too big. It is very very helpful.
- Muris Varajic29th August 2008
Great to hear,cheers!!
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Hi GMC! :) In this lesson we have a small workout in E major scale, played only on B string which means all 7 boxes. This is good way to understand relation between semi and whole notes in any major scale.
Once more I used different timing such as 16th and 16th triplets all played alternate.
You'll find some parts here pretty hard to play because you have to be really accurate while shifting from one to another box/position.
Same procedure, first take it slow, I provided 2 slow backing track and then up to real tempo.
Hope you'll like this one, let me know if you need any help!
Take care
Muris Varajic
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