Steve Vai Style Lesson

Click images for videos - green are free

	1	2
3	4	5
6	7	8

Bookmark this

Backing Tracks

Tab

Guitar pro tab (?)

Members practicing this lesson:
(none)

Today's modern guitar music wouldn't be the same without Steve Vai. He has inspired many kids to pick up the guitar and strive to excellency. Today we will study his style and try to approach his solo playing.

Today's lesson can be split in parts. The first one will represent Vai's technical shred style playing. In that first section, we'll use F# minor pentatonic and G Lydian. As you can hear there is a slight modulation between these two keys.

Then we'll explore Steve's melodic style. There are several modulations in that second part, but you should use your ear instead of scales to here.

As always, once you learned these licks, apply them to you own music and be creative.

Have fun!

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

Kristofer Dahl	16th March 2008
GMC Founder & Rocker	I got lots of inspiration from this one - thanks David!

Sam Hook	16th March 2008
Member	Great lesson as usual David, thanks!

steve25	16th March 2008
Member	recommended tracks?

Toni Suominen	16th March 2008
Instructor	Amazing chops David!

timono	16th March 2008
Member	really like this one, steve.. oh i mean david

Muris Varajic	16th March 2008
Instructor	Well done bro!!

Pablo Vazquez	16th March 2008
Instructor	Great one, David!!

Capt.Z	16th March 2008
Member	I love this one. truly inspirational!

The Uncreator	16th March 2008
Fire Up The Blades, Moderator	Man, that was just brilliant.

David Wallimann	16th March 2008
Instructor	Thanks guys! This one is inspired by Blowfish from the album Fire Garden.

Jerry Arcidiacono	16th March 2008
Instructor	Great solo David!

Bogdan Radovic	16th March 2008
Bass Instructor	Awesome lesson David!

visi0n	16th March 2008
Member	great!! very smooth

Danilo Capezzuto	16th March 2008
Instructor	good

SLASH91	16th March 2008
Member	Awesome job!

Carlos Carrillo	16th March 2008
Instructor	great lesson!!!! thanks David!!!

Marcus Siepen	16th March 2008
Instructor (Blind Guardian)	Awesome lesson David

Hisham Al-Sanea	16th March 2008
Instructor	welldone David...

Nick325	16th March 2008
Member	awsome

Unleash-The-Shred	17th March 2008
Member	WOW...all I have to say!

Joe Kataldo	17th March 2008
Instructor	Great one, David!!

Trond Vold	17th March 2008
Instructor	Excellent.. as usual

Ivan Milenkovic	17th March 2008
Instructor	Nice lesson Walli, great licks!

Nemanja Filipovic	17th March 2008
Singing Instructor	great one David

Gabriel Leopardi	17th March 2008
GMC Coordinator & Instructor	Great stuff David!

Maximus	17th March 2008
Member	Love it!

Gerardo Siere	17th March 2008
Instructor	Sounds great. What gear are you using

Tuubsu	17th March 2008
Member	Cool!

Marcus Lavendell	17th March 2008
Instructor	Awesome Dave!

Dejan Farkas	17th March 2008
Instructor	Great lesson Dave I like the second (melodic) part more

skipdaflip	17th March 2008
Member	Wow, great one Dave... Another one to play with, thnxz

Nick Kellie	17th March 2008
Instructor	great!

krudtaa	17th March 2008
Member	Supercool lesson. Thanks

Juan M. Valero	17th March 2008
Instructor	hehe, I love the last lick the same note 4 times with different fingers XD (that reminds me the Live at the Astoria )

bodo	4th April 2008
Member	You Dave and Muris! You guys are coming with such great stuff here...I have no words to discr. how your lessons keeping me motivated. It´s not just pure technique, but great tuch and feeling.

Melodicintenions	4th April 2008
Member	definatly gonna have fun with this wooot!