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GuitarsANDtattoos11th September 2008Really wicked stuff. Very epic sounding!
Pablo Vazquez25th May 2008Thanks for your comment sigma7!! Thank you!
sigma72nd May 2008that sounds awesome
- Pablo Vazquez28th March 2008
thanks for your comment, man!!
777-HAIRMETAL4HIM-77723rd March 2008SWEET
- Pablo Vazquez17th March 2008
Yes PassionPlay, If you don´t know cacophony, you are missing something big!!! LOL
Thanks for your comment friend! - Pablo Vazquez17th March 2008
Thanks Guys!! Thank you very much!
PassionPlay9th March 2008Nice Scale work, and a nice sound even though i don't now Cacophony (am i missing something there?`:D)
Carlos Carrillo6th March 2008excellent pablo!!!!!!!!!!!
very good!!!!!!!!!
thanks- Pablo Vazquez23rd November 2007
Thank you rhcpandy!!!
- rhcpandy21st November 2007
this sounds so good, thanks for this lesson!
- Pablo Vazquez17th November 2007
Kris, Gabe!!! Yes, Desert Island is amazing!!!
And... what do you say about Floating World (Go Off Album)??? Don´t you think it´s beautifull?? - Pablo Vazquez17th November 2007
Hi guys!!! Thank you all for the comments!!
Yes KRmachine it´s just what you said. This scale it´s so simple and sounds incredible!!! I like it so much. 
Gabriel Leopardi17th November 2007
yes Kris! Desert Island was a very nice songs.. I'm remembering the chorus now! but unfortunately I also remember the chorus of the song Ninja... 
KRmachine16th November 2007exorcyze: It's a minor scale without the 4th and 7th note, so I guess that makes it a pentatonic scale (the standard pentatonic minor scale is the natural minor without the 2nd and the 6th) In whole/half steps it would be
W
H
2W
H
2W
where the 2W means two whole steps, or 4 semitones.
Kristofer Dahl16th November 2007Well to me the guitar arrangements were the coolest ingredient of cacophony. I liked "Desert Island" though!
No Payne No Gain16th November 200715p12----12
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This is a lick I've been trying to hit for months, it was even on one of Kris's free UG vids. When I try to do it, the notes just ring out and if I roll my finger then the high e gets unwanted muting. Any suggestions on this?
Jenkinson16th November 2007Excellent, This I will learn for sure. Jason Becker and Marty Freidman are two of my favorites.. If only Jason could still play today.
Hisham Al-Sanea16th November 2007well done pablo
Juan M. Valero15th November 2007Yeah great lesson !!! genial el rollo Friedman de esta escala, absolutamente genial. Sin duda es uno de los guitarristas con mejor gusto. Ojala Becker no hubiera desarrollado esa esclerosis porque ese duo era de escandalo.
Enorabuena, estás aportando grandisimas lecciones
exorcyze16th November 2007Ok, that's just awesome sounding. What is the formula for this scale ( in terms of W/H or T/S ) - I'd like to add it to the scale tool I'm writing! =D
IzzyCom15th November 2007Nice melodies Pablo!
Keep it coming!
The Uncreator16th November 2007Sounds awesome man!!!
Love the cacophony sound!!
Farbror Kudde15th November 2007omg this is awesome! I gotta check this Cacophony
- Gabriel Leopardi16th November 2007
Yeah! Cacophony guitar solos and neoclassical parts were great!
but.. I'm not sure if I liked their songs.
I really ejoyed their solos. Becker/Friedman.. What a great duet!
Good job Pablo!
gabriel.- 
Bedlam15th November 2007Great lesson! I always love hearing something a little different.
Muris Varajic15th November 2007Great lesson Pablo,love Cacophony!!!
Unleash-The-Shred15th November 2007Awesome lesson, and Cacophony is amazing.
Ben N15th November 2007wow 1st time I'm hearing this scale
it always a pleasure learn something new
thanks Pablo! and beautiful playing great work
jammer9115th November 2007WOW! Just wow. Love the sound of this scale. Where did this scale come from (sounds like name of a sushi name so im thinking japan). I have to learn this. Nice job on an exotic scale lesson Pablo.
- Kristofer Dahl15th November 2007
This is an awesome sounding scale, thanks for sharing Pablo! And yes Cacophony is legendary!
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Hello GMC! I’ve been reading an old music book and I found something new for me: the "Hirojoshi" scale.
When I played it I thought "wow, it sounds like Cacophony". Do you know Cacophony? It was a great band where the incredible Marty Friedman and the fantastic Jason Becker played the guitar. They used to work with harmonisations, fast solos and melodies can make your head explode.
Well, for this time I recorded a lesson using the E Hirojoshi scale combine with Em scale, harmonisations and a triad section.
Let’s rock!!
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