Paul Gilbert Style Lesson 2

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   Hello GMC! I'm sure this is a great day for all Paul Gilbert fans at GMC since this is my 2nd lesson in his style.

So, tons of alternate picking, string skipping, hammer-ons and pull-offs, some "weird" fingering, pedal note etc, what else we could expect? ;)

The tempo is 150bpm, all 16th notes, in key of G Major BUT it's in G only because I tuned my guitar 1 whole step down, so actually we are using boxes and fingering just like in A Major.

And to pay my due, I provided backings BOTH for low and standard tunings!! :)

Rock it and have fun!

Muris Varajic



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     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Kristofer Dahl
post 11th January 2008


GMC Founder & Rocker


Awesome shred arpeggiating Muris! biggrin.gif
Mark.
post 11th January 2008


Member


ÓMG YEEEAAAH A NEW PG LESSON !!
Jerry Arcidiacono
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


Muris ruuuuules!!!!
Smells
post 11th January 2008


Virtual Bands Moderator - Just go for it!


Brilliant, fantastic Muris! lol more tears I will shed learning this, nice one m8
Ben N
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


wow that was fantastic!!!! muris you are
the man!! smile.gif
Mark.
post 11th January 2008


Member


Really thanks for also posting normal backing tracks smile.gif I really hate to down tune my ibanez tongue.gif
Jenkinson
post 11th January 2008


Member


Yes! Muris, that blew me away. Excellent, I will learn this, although my pace is about 1/3 that speed.
DeepRoots
post 11th January 2008


Member


wow- some great PG inspired licks there! This lesson realy is mad, my speakers almost caught fire cause of your alternate picking tongue.gif
Thanks Muris!
The Uncreator
post 11th January 2008


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Just Superb!!!!

Insane cool licks! smile.gif
Joe Kataldo
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


Scarified Again!
KRmachine
post 11th January 2008


Member


Wow that's some great playing Muris, you continue to impress with great lessons. Although I hate to be the one to point it out, it seems you missed a note in video 2 when you play it up to speed, You played a G (flat 5th) instead of a G# (fifth) in the D Major arpeggio. That's what it sounds like at least, and you didn't play it that way slow.
KRmachine
post 11th January 2008


Member


Sorry, I missed you tuning a whole step down, My note names in the above post are not correct. I it should be minor third and major third instead of b5/5.
botoxfox
post 11th January 2008


Member


Cool, sounds a bit like Racer X.
Eat-Sleep-andJam
post 11th January 2008


Member


Your Awesome Muris smile.gif This one seems easier then the other ? Yes, No ?
kyldeee
post 11th January 2008


Member


This is so cool, thanks Muris, you nailed it... again smile.gif
Gen
post 11th January 2008


Member


Really cool lesson, i ve been waiting for it ! laugh.gif
Thanks
Bogdan Radovic
post 11th January 2008


Bass Instructor


Very inspiring lesson! Great job !! wink.gif
Marcus Lavendell
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


Fantastic as always, Muris!!
Toni Suominen
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


Awesome lesson Muris!! smile.gif
Juan M. Valero
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


Amazing lesson, Muris !!! excelent wink.gif
krudtaa
post 11th January 2008


Member


Thanks Muris, just what I needed. Great lesson.
TheClansmanDK
post 11th January 2008


Member


Fantastic Muris!!! No way i can play it, but love to watch you do it smile.gif
Dejan Farkas
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


Nice one Paul biggrin.gif I mean Muris unsure.gif

Great job! smile.gif
Pablo Vazquez
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


Awesome!!!! Fantastic Lesson!
Nick325
post 11th January 2008


Member


great
Lester
post 11th January 2008


Member


brilliant!!
dreamtheaterfreak
post 11th January 2008


Member


im not gonna even try 2 do this
Muris Varajic
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


Thanks a lot guys,glad you like it!! smile.gif

@ Eat-Sleep-andJam :
Maybe this PG lesson is a bit harder than a first one
cause you have to play 16th at 150bpm all the time,no stopping.
But it depends of player as well,who knows. smile.gif
Power_Arctica
post 11th January 2008


Member


Yeah! Long Live To Muris!
Can we call you, Muris "The Great"???
Gabriel Leopardi
post 11th January 2008


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Excelent lesson sa always!! It's amazing!
good job!
Gerardo Siere
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


Paul Gilbert, I mean Muris rules....
Iluha
post 11th January 2008


Member


incredible, like allways smile.gif
SLASH91
post 11th January 2008


Member


Arrrrrrrg, the video isn't working again. I can't hear what you guys are talking about sad.gif sad.gif sad.gif
Hisham Al-Sanea
post 11th January 2008


Instructor


awesome muris, great work brother
JukeboxHero
post 11th January 2008


Member


Wow.
JOhn
post 11th January 2008


Member


Even better that your first great job!!
777-HAIRMETAL4HIM-777
post 12th January 2008


Member


YES YES awesome
Muris Varajic
post 12th January 2008


Instructor


Glad you love it guys,cheers biggrin.gif
peterorg54
post 12th January 2008


Member


FINALLY, MURIS !!!

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ace_frehely
post 12th January 2008


Member


Muris..Me and my guitar have finally have become a family!The lesson completed it!!
Muris Varajic
post 12th January 2008


Instructor


Awesome,glad it helps somehow! biggrin.gif
mattacuk
post 12th January 2008


Lets go fishing!


Fantastic, looks like I just found my next lesson biggrin.gif
visi0n
post 12th January 2008


Member


muris youre just ... great, thats all biggrin.gif nice lesson
Tomy Jeon
post 12th January 2008


Member


Another pwnage PG lesson!!!
Fran
post 13th January 2008


Member


Wow, that was awesome, really nice smile.gif
Capn' Jef
post 14th January 2008


Member


Haha, I want to see your take on "things to play when you suck" ala Kris... but of course these powerhouse lessons are always welcome.
Muris Varajic
post 14th January 2008


Instructor


laugh.gif Nice idea!! laugh.gif

Thanks tho smile.gif
RyanS.
post 14th January 2008


Member


Wow... very nicely done Muris. I feel im still a few month away from being ready to play this but I will try soon. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!
Muris Varajic
post 14th January 2008


Instructor


Thanks Ryan,give it a try. smile.gif
David Wallimann
post 14th January 2008


Instructor


Wow!
Thats' fast and furious, yet melodic. Excellent job bro!
OrganisedConfusion
post 14th January 2008


Member


Awesome lesson. Way beyond me but awesome. One question however. Is there a note missing in your scale diagram on 15th fret on the B string or am I being silly?
Muris Varajic
post 14th January 2008


Instructor


Holy c***,it IS missing!!! ohmy.gif

Thanks for input,gonna fix it ASAP! smile.gif
fkalich
post 19th January 2008


Member


The fingering in section 4 only makes sense if you cradle the neck. If you don't (and I never do) it makes no sense, you play the high note with the pinkie. BTW, great lesson, top 10 all time GMC me thinks.
fkalich
post 19th January 2008


Member


I am referring to Em/D above. For the other chords it makes sense. Play it with your thumb on the back of neck rather than the top, and you will see what I am talking about. I have seen this other times, a fingering seemed to not make sense, and then I realize why it does not for me, because I don't cradle the neck.
Muris Varajic
post 19th January 2008


Instructor


No thumb here Fkalich,ring finger on 19th fret on A string,pinky on 18th fret on G string.
You can try with pinky on A string as well but not so easy to move it that fast on high tempos.

Glad you like the lesson tho,thanks. wink.gif
fkalich
post 19th January 2008


Member


Whoops, hit comment button early. I was not clear. I mean I keep my thumb low on back of the neck up there, always. Not many do that, but some do. Classical style. You will see that for those people, convoluted to try it the way you say. I will say you are one of my three favorite teachers, in no particular order.
Muris Varajic
post 19th January 2008


Instructor


I appreciate your thumb position but it's not great to have it there ALL the time imho.
You can't have nice grip,bending,vibrato etc.
Also,you can transpose note from A string 19th fret to D string 14th and you'll see what happens,
bare just isn't working here that nicely.
Try to move your thumb more up sometimes,with or without this lesson, my advice. smile.gif
fkalich
post 19th January 2008


Member


Whoops, did it again. At some point, when I figure I have perfected a song, and I mean perfected, I will do a youtube and show that you can have all those things and do as I do. And there are advantages, very significant ones. Mostly I wanted to play a Les Paul and still shred, so I adapted my technique in an unconventional way. But to the point, great lesson, was waiting for one like this for a long time. Have learned it, now need to get it to 150 and clean as you do. I listened to you slow, and you hit note groups precisely, which is what I strive for as a student of guitar.
Muris Varajic
post 19th January 2008


Instructor


Looking forward to it Fkalich. smile.gif
All I'm saying is that you'll be able to play more different stuff if you're moving thumb around,
you can do muting with thumb,play some notes with thumb,
use it to have strong and powerful vibrato etc.
Majickal
post 20th January 2008


Member


just signed up and this is the first lesson, inspiring and enjoyable..
Muris Varajic
post 20th January 2008


Instructor


Welcome to GMC,glad you joined. smile.gif

Be sure to check out forum as well,awesome place to hang out. wink.gif
Ttask
post 20th January 2008


Member


Great lesson! I Recently bought the Get Out Of My Yard instructionnal DVD and this lesson is really in cohesion with the stuff Paul explains in the Arpeggio apendix.

I just have a small question. On the section 2, when doing the G scale, do you pick from the inside or the outside? I find it really hard to string skip when playing from the inside (I tend to hit the string in the middle), but also really hard to string skip fast enough from the outside.
Muris Varajic
post 21st January 2008


Instructor


Outside or inside?
You mean downstroke or upstroke I guess smile.gif

Every section here start with downstroke.
It's well measured so you shouldn't have much trouble,picking logic wise.
And I don't know how is this in cohesion with Paul's technique tho. smile.gif
AJGgtrst
post 22nd January 2008


Member


sweeeeeeeeet...loved the first one, gonna start taking a crack at this. Need to work on my string skipping skills as well. Thanx Muris!