Heavy Ballad Soloing

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theblackhole76
JackDiddly
bill chalmers
siimolen
GrimGuitarist
Werminard


   Hi GMC! Today we have a heavy ballad lesson! In this opportunity we will explore how much feeling we have in our playing.

The structure of this lesson is very basic. We have an introduction played with acoustic and clean guitars, followed by a power chord progression played with distortion guitar. Then, we finish in the same way as the beginning.

I’m sure that this lesson is great for beginners/intermediate guitar players. It can show you that we can combine slow and fast melodies to express different feelings and cover different aspects of the playing.

Chord Progression:

D/F# - G – Em7

C5 – G5 – D5 – E5 – C5 – G5 – D5

So Enjoy it!!

Pablo.

Key: Em / Em pentatonic

Tempo: 110 Bpm



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     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Kristofer Dahl
post 20th November 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


Awesome Pablo - ballad soloing is a great way to get sense of harmonies and "strong notes" when improvising! biggrin.gif
browq
post 20th November 2007


Member


I got chills down my back and my warms while listning to this.

Great sense of playing. Just beautifull!
Jeff
post 20th November 2007


Member


I love the riff on Vid 3. What a nice melody. Awesome lesson Pablo!
SLASH91
post 20th November 2007


Member


Great lesson, man. It was beautiful.
Joey
post 20th November 2007


Member


Amazing, Pablo! = ]
Joey
post 20th November 2007


Member


nice pickup switching too lol tongue.gif
The Uncreator
post 20th November 2007


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Beautiful
Muris Varajic
post 20th November 2007


Instructor


Great lesson and phrasing Pablo!! smile.gif
Ayen
post 20th November 2007


Member


Excellent lesson Pablo! It sounds amazing, and I can't wait to get my guitar out and learn this. Keep them coming!
Tuubsu
post 20th November 2007


Member


This is fantastic! These kind of Ballads are what got me to buy a guitar in the first place.
I'm eagerly waiting for more...
lefty01
post 20th November 2007


Member


Great lesson. Welcome back, 80's rock ballads!!!!
Juan M. Valero
post 20th November 2007


Instructor


Excelente leccion !!! tienes muy buen gusto amigo wink.gif
quebrado
post 20th November 2007


Member


Just beutiful man, thats the word.. ceep these types of lessons coming man;)
Giacinto
post 20th November 2007


Member


brilliant, please do more of this stuff, some usefull stuff for soloing in here and it sounds so nice biggrin.gif
Hisham Al-Sanea
post 20th November 2007


Instructor


good job pablo
Rolls
post 20th November 2007


Member


Perfect lesson, love it.
AliMo
post 21st November 2007


Member


great lesson! any chance of a follow up lesson with the backing tabbed out? I'd love to jam this solo and the backing of it
maes
post 21st November 2007


Member


loved it, truely beautiful music. we should get some more of this on gmc
Jerry Arcidiacono
post 21st November 2007


Instructor


Good job Pablo.
g-forcelover
post 21st November 2007


Member


i love your tone!!!!! how do you get it?!?!?!?!? Same for the lesson!!!
Pablo Vazquez
post 21st November 2007


Instructor


Thank you Guys!! I'm glad you liked it!

g-forcelover (i love your tone!!!!! how do you get it?!?!?!?!?): I recorded this lesson with a SansAmp GT2 distortion and a Digital Delay DD-5.
shredmandan
post 23rd November 2007


Member


Nice JOb.This is a great lesson for people to get into the lead playing.It kinda reminded me of Free Bird at a couple of parts.I guess thats just cause its a ballad
Pablo Vazquez
post 23rd November 2007


Instructor


Thanks Shredmandan!!
Ivan Milenkovic
post 8th December 2007


Instructor


Nice lesson Pablo. I like the progressions smile.gif
nickmarx12345678
post 9th December 2007


Member


I like it. Reminds me a lot of lynard skynard
Pablo Vazquez
post 23rd December 2007


Instructor


Ivan, Nickmarx,Thanks!! Yeah, Lynard really rocks!!!!
Nighthawk
post 9th January 2008


Member


This piece really gives me the creeps, dammit ?I really love those ballads just like farewell ballad by zakk wylde, in which he also combines nice slow harmonics with fast alternate picking ! Thx for that ! Very beautiful, would like to see more of this type
Nighthawk
post 9th January 2008


Member


This piece really gives me the creeps, dammit ?I really love those ballads just like farewell ballad by zakk wylde, in which he also combines nice slow harmonics with fast alternate picking ! Thx for that ! Very beautiful, would like to see more of this type
Pablo Vazquez
post 10th January 2008


Instructor


Thanks Nightawk!! I love the kind of ballads you said too! Thanks for the comment, friend!
Nighthawk
post 15th January 2008


Member


You are Welcome
Victafor
post 21st January 2008


Member


great solo! the ending fast part sounded like a part in the solo of Stricken by Disturbed...
Nighthawk
post 23rd January 2008


Member


...which is for me one of the greatest solos in metal ever written by the way...but in stricken it is played with pull-offs...
Pablo Vazquez
post 27th January 2008


Instructor


Thanks Victafor!
Carlos Carrillo
post 22nd February 2008


Instructor


Hey Pablo!!!sweet melody!!!very nice lesson!!!gracias!!!
Pablo Vazquez
post 24th February 2008


Instructor


Thanks! Carlos, gracias por tu comentario!


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