Metalhead Solo Lesson

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In the vain of metal prog bands such as SymphonyX or Dream Theater, this little instrumental is a great workout for all the serious shredders that you are.

Tapping, legato and alternate picking are the main focus here. Take each licks individually and try to apply the ideas that you like in your own playing.

--David


     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



RIP Dime
post 5th April 2007


Member


I really like that song man! Lots of cool licks in there to learn.
The Uncreator
post 5th April 2007


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Ah great stuff!!!

I saw "Metalhead" and jumped right in with high expectations, and you didnt dissapoint, great solo and some sick ass licks.
Matt
post 5th April 2007


Member


These are exactly the kind of lessons we need. Awesome licks, Keep it up!
ezravdb
post 5th April 2007


Member


where's the bend lick part after vid 1 and before vid 2?

cool solo
Andrew Cockburn
post 5th April 2007


Theory Instructor & Moderator


Cool lesson, and some nice techniques to learn - great first lesson Dave, thanks!
stratman33
post 5th April 2007


Member


dude holy crap!that was awesme!
Jeff
post 5th April 2007


Member


That's cool. You've got a killer sound man. What equipment are you using?
BalysLTU
post 5th April 2007


Member


AmazingĄ
BalysLTU
post 5th April 2007


Member


@ezravdb

There are still 5 videos left. Im sure hell add the bend lick.
Norven
post 5th April 2007


Member


I must say that this is one of the best lessons here!!
Nick334
post 5th April 2007


Member


Some great licks there!
Elson
post 5th April 2007


Member


wakao !!!!! I would to see the face expression of this instructor while he is playing.. ^ ^
This backing track is so cool ~
Amazingly good skills
chainsbroken
post 6th April 2007


Member


Awesome Dave, just as I expected. I'm looking foward to pratcing this lesson. Lots of good stuff in it. keep up the good work man.
shredmandan
post 6th April 2007


Member


That qas pretty sweet.I would like to see another lesson real soon.
Ben C
post 6th April 2007


Member


That's my favorite lesson GMC so far....

Keep it up!
David Wallimann
post 6th April 2007


Instructor


"That's cool. You've got a killer sound man. What equipment are you using? "

I use a Line 6 Spider2 amp, pluged directly into my computer for the guitars. For the drums I used EZDrumer Bass is an old Ibanez borrowed from a friend...
Brandon2002
post 6th April 2007


Member


sweet! awesome to have you here. i hope to see alot more lessons like this, question how come this stops at the "blues section"? is this in 2 parts?
Ries
post 6th April 2007


Member


Now That! was a good lesson. First lesson I felt the need to reply to;)
guitargod
post 6th April 2007


Member


that is really good,everything in GMC is GOOD!!
David Wallimann
post 6th April 2007


Instructor


Thanks so much my friends!
As for the different video parts, Kris takes care of scheduling and uploaing the videos.
I send him all the lesson, then he takes care of puting it on the website...
Rockwouldbe
post 6th April 2007


Rock Instructor


Dear lord.
beebo
post 7th April 2007


Member


uh.... NICE!!!
Tolek
post 7th April 2007


Member


Wow, excellent lesson, as said. wink.gif I hope you will teach us these awesome licks for a long time... biggrin.gif
jake the snake
post 7th April 2007


Member


sorry i dont really understand this, how can you go from e pentatonic to f sharp phrygian and still make the solo sound good?
The Uncreator
post 7th April 2007


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Its all about how you use and apply it i think. theres good ways to do it, and bad ways to do it, this is an example of a good way to do it obviously
Eat-Sleep-andJam
post 7th April 2007


Member


Im impressed. More, More,More! smile.gif


possible to play video 1 with just legato ?


Awesome-John
ezravdb
post 8th April 2007


Member


is it just me or is everybody sleeping?

In the solo walliman plays something with a bend and a few notes which belongs between video 1 and 2 but I see it nowhere on the tab?....what the fuck?

sorry for my bad english

cool solo respect
Kristofer Dahl
post 8th April 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


ezra: Yes please use a better language (!)

Can some one please clarify on what needs to be corrected?
Kristofer Dahl
post 8th April 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


btw - I am studying this right now, and I can't tell how much I love the bluesy descents here - especially the one in part 9! I like how it's phrased with a pause inthe middle.

So definately I agree - more, more more! biggrin.gif
Brandon2002
post 9th April 2007


Member


hi,
Kris the part ezra is talking about is directly after part one. after he does finger tapping there is a small section of bending that is left out, i think he starts off on the 14th d string. and 15th fret on g string.. then uses the trem bar.. after that im not really sure.
ezravdb
post 9th April 2007


Member


hehe I thought I was the only one who noticed >_>
ok I cool down biggrin.gif
DeepRoots
post 15th April 2007


Member


That was intense! gr8 job
Engellos
post 16th April 2007


Member


the 12th video doesn't load for me. Does anyone else have this problem?
Kristofer Dahl
post 16th April 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


There was only suppose to be 11 parts - fixed now!

Kristofer
Tsarpf
post 16th April 2007


Member


Why doesn't second bend in second part sound right when I play it, any ideas?
Tsarpf
post 16th April 2007


Member


that earlier was my first post.. i was so pissed off that i didnt say even hey, so i say it now
Hey!
I like this lesson veery much, learnt quite alot of it by now. Been in GMC for 3 days and loving it. Im first time able to play sometihing solo-like... awesome feeling...
jreniel
post 16th April 2007


Member


Hey people! Great piece of learning material here! but the second part is still missing! =(

can i anyone post tabs for it? thx
spdalton
post 18th April 2007


Member


That is one awesome solo!
Kristofer Dahl
post 18th April 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


jreniel: Ah I see what's missing now... I'll see if David can fix that for us...
TheProof
post 18th April 2007


Member


without a doubt the absolute best lesson on this website. kris you should make that the website opener the " ARE YOU READY?!"
Eat-Sleep-andJam
post 21st April 2007


Member


Im just starting to relize how kick ass this solo is .



A hint for instructors ? V

-BASED ON ALL THIS POSITIVE FEEDBACK LESSONS OF THIS GENERE AND STYLE WOULD BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED ,NO ?-




John-tongue.gif smile.gif and sry about the Caps spree up there biggrin.gif
Overkiller
post 21st April 2007


Member


Awesome, dude!
Keep up the good work!
Major_Metal
post 23rd April 2007


Member


Lessons of this genre would be GREATLY APPRECIATED (at least by me). 2 questions:
1. Will you ever post the tabs for the backing track?
2. Will this lesson be posted in Guitar Pro format?
-thanks
Major_Metal
post 23rd April 2007


Member


Ooops one more question
1. Can you show more of your right hand picking technique? Are you holding a pick between your thumb and index finger or are you just using your fingers (ala Jeff Beck)?
Jeff
post 26th April 2007


Member


I have a question about the tab on video 5 - its like this:

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-2b---------2b--------------------------------
D|---4-2---------4-2----------------------------
A|-------4-3---------4-2*-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

shouldn't the 10th note in be a 3 instead of a 2? Maybe I'm seeing the video wrong?
J.E.M
post 6th May 2007


Member


wow...this is great stuff!!! loads of great licks here!!! WOHO MAKES ME SO HAPPY!
Metalhead
post 10th May 2007


Member


A part is missing.

Between video 1 and 2 there should be another part where he uses the vib-arm the first time.
erik
post 1st June 2007


Member


What key is this in?
ballistic31
post 4th July 2007


Member


after finally getting to vid five my guitar has no strings somehow a window got broke......I cant find the cat ......and im not sure if thats the phone ringing or just my ears still.....IS the guitar cable supose to smoke like this........damm my hair is a mess..........I need a beer ......thanks for the work out great lesson
Victafor
post 19th August 2007


Member


lmfao ballistic...
shammy
post 17th December 2007


Member


without a legden, that tab above makes no sense to me either. Is that how it is written in wallimans's tab or did you do a typo?
shammy
post 17th December 2007


Member


Nevermind I get it, just had to look. Sorry
Carlos Carrillo
post 21st February 2008


Instructor


Great lesson...Very creative...
EGMONT 1963
post 23rd February 2008


Member


salut david

je racroche ma guitare au mur sad.gif

udo
Smikey2006
post 2nd April 2008


Member


Metal smile.gif
Melodicintenions
post 4th April 2008


Member


Bleed for me I bleed you Mercury ! MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE PLEASE EVEN PRETTY PLEASE:"!


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