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- Emir Hot29th October 2008
  very nice.
- Kuba Szafran29th October 2008
  Cool and smooth licks, great lesson!
- Jose Mena29th October 2008
  beautiful
- Muris Varajic29th October 2008
  Sweet playing David!
- Tsarpf29th October 2008
  Thank You! Awesome lesson, especially the spoken video was really inspiring and... awesome!
- Pedja Simovic29th October 2008
  Nice one Mr Batman
- Ivan Milenkovic29th October 2008
  Is Robin playing keyboards?
  
  kidding, great solo, and great job man
- Nazgul29th October 2008
  This really seems to be from heart. Well done, David!
- Gerardo Siere29th October 2008
  Beautiful solo.
- ItsMe29th October 2008
  I really love all the melodical solos you made for GMC. Just wonderfull
- ItsMe29th October 2008
  I really love all the melodical solos you made for GMC. Just wonderfull
- Lian Gerbino29th October 2008
  awesome David, I love these last seconds
- chmilew29th October 2008
  Relaxing lesson Well done David
- Piotr Kaczor29th October 2008
  Beautiful sound and melody!
- SonofDestiny29th October 2008
  David, you are so right!
- Unleash-The-Shred29th October 2008
  Great lesson David, this opened up a new level of inspiration for me, thanks!
  
  Oh and I'm definitely bookmarking this.
- Dejan Farkas29th October 2008
  Nice playing
- TakeJoy29th October 2008
  Another great lesson David. Being authentic with your emotions is so important in all forms of art, and this lesson was pure soul.
- Shadow2129th October 2008
  Your spoken lesson really inspired me David, I forgot all about what music is, and I only cared about techniques and fast playing, you opened my eyes.
  
  Thank you very much
  
  PS: Great lesson, as usual!
- Alex8729th October 2008
  Beautiful David. Nice lesson
- David Wallimann29th October 2008
  Thanks everyone! :-)
- kaznie_NL29th October 2008
  Thnx David, I only had to read the title of the song to know this is one of yours!!
- Bogdan Radovic29th October 2008
  Beautiful and inspiring lesson David!!
- Hisham Al-Sanea29th October 2008
  excellent David. its realy playing from heart
- Daniel Robinson30th October 2008
  Just beautiful my friend, so soulful
  
  Daniel
- Gabriel Leopardi30th October 2008
  Great topic covered David! and also very beautiful music. Well done!
- Jerry Arcidiacono30th October 2008
  Great lesson and a real important topic!
  Great t-shirt too
- Zsolt Galambos30th October 2008
  That was nice!
  
  I can really feel what you feel on this one!
- Marcus Siepen31st October 2008
  awesome david
- Ian Bushell4th November 2008
  Nicely done David...i felt that!
- Mac Canic12th November 2008
  very beautiful ambience david ! it speaks to my heart tooooooo... (and good Bt for practicing all modes too)

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- Tags: Improvisation, Ear training
There is nothing more rewarding than to have your fingers play exactly what you hear inside. That is what all musicians should strive for. Technique is great and fast licks are always exciting, but true fulfillment as a musician comes from being able to share with the audience what is inside of you.

Don't get me wrong, this lesson is absolutely not saying that you shouldn't play fast. On the contrary, you should be able to play any technical difficulty with as much ease as possible because that will allow you to play whatever comes to you on the spot.

But to do that, we need to build a strong connection between what you hear and what you play. Too often, guitar players are guided by their fingers. That is not what you should strive for. Your heart should direct your music, not your fingers. That is what true musicianship is about and this lesson should help you build a stronger connection between your heart and your fingers.

The goal is to anticipate the note you play before you even play it. Take your time and develop your ear so that you know which sound will come out of your instrument.

This lesson will be in the key of G Major. I gave you several positions underneath, but after a while you should be able to forget about the patterns to let your ear dictate where to go.

Take your time and try this often.

Have fun!

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