Three-level-solo, Beginner

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Hello my friends,

welcome to this three-level-lesson/solo (beginner, intermediate & advanced. In this first part we're gonna play at beginner-level, and in the next lesson the solo will continue at intermediate level. And finally in the third lesson the solo continues at advanced level. So it gets more tricky for each lesson... ;)

Due to requests at the forum, I've added a new camera angel to these lessons which lets you see the fretboard "through my eyes"!

The scales we use in this solo is e-minor, harmonic minor and pentatonic blues scale. Tempo: 120 bpm


     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Muris Varajic
post 14th August 2007


Instructor


Great one Marcus,and cool new angles!!
Looking forward to intermediate and advanced stuff!
David OToole
post 14th August 2007


Instructor


VERY nice Marcus! Those 'over the shoulder' cam angles look great too. D
misterj
post 14th August 2007


Member


what kind of pickups are those? your tone is amazing!
misterj
post 14th August 2007


Member


oops, just read the faqs in the forum. those cant be stock pickups!! they sound to good/high output!! next time you change the strings mabe take a peek, there might be a brand name or something on them. .... OR mabe you DO know what they are and you just dont want to tell for fear of someone stealing your tone!!! that might be a good decision - because i would definately steal it!!
Smikey2006
post 14th August 2007


Member


Nice Lession smile.gif
lliber
post 14th August 2007


Member


superb as always marcus great sound
Kristofer Dahl
post 14th August 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


Awesome playing Marcus! + the new angles rule! biggrin.gif

People - stay tuned for more angles in some upcoming Pavel lessons! smile.gif
The Uncreator
post 15th August 2007


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Das ist sehr gut!!

Excellent stuff, dont no if my german is correct but i think you got the idead, Great Solo!
Nick325
post 15th August 2007


Member


nice
Ryan
post 15th August 2007


Member


Awesome man. Im gonna learn it right away. Love your lessons. Keep them coming
zoom
post 15th August 2007


Member


I love your tone and style / GMC is rocking love your ideas
Wikingman
post 15th August 2007


Member


Q:Awesome playing Marcus! + the new angles rule!

People - stay tuned for more angles in some upcoming Pavel lessons.

Hehe im always tuned:P im eaven on this website when im at work biggrin.gif
FretDancer69
post 15th August 2007


Member


Awesome lesson Marcus, cant wait for the next levels biggrin.gif

And btw, the new angles are awesome!!
Andrew Cockburn
post 15th August 2007


Theory Instructor & Moderator


Hi Marcus - I love the epic feel to all of your solos smile.gif
shredmandan
post 15th August 2007


Member


Great lesson Marcus!Those are some tight bends you got going on
preownedguitar
post 15th August 2007


Member


Love your stuff as always Lavendell! Do you guys post your podxt patches or whatnot so we can practice with same stuff?
Dashooter
post 16th August 2007


Member


one questin Marcus. Why do you change pick ups every 5 seconds? I've never seen someone change pickups so much.

Not say thats bad or anything, your probably my favorite teacher on here. Its just something I was wondering.
misha
post 17th August 2007


Member


great lesson... ireally like your
three-level-solo lesson!
i hope there will more of them...wink.gif
Ayen
post 17th August 2007


Member


Another great lesson from you Marcus, and the new angle works perfect! Nice job.
Victafor
post 18th August 2007


Member


great lesson! i dont think ive ever seen you use your pinky =P
Mav
post 18th August 2007


Member


One thing I would add is that i still find it useful in lessons when the patterns are shown on the fretboard rather than just saying what key its written in. Still takes me a while to work out which pattern is being used although the act of working it out is probably helping me learn it. Great lesson though sounds cool and is easier to play than it looks at first sight.
Marcus Lavendell
post 19th August 2007


Instructor


Thanks everyone! smile.gif Sorry for my late reply!

@ misterj: I don't know what pickups I use on this guitar, but then, I don't think that's the key to the tone. It's more about how you tweak the amp, and the way you play.

But I see what you mean... hehe! I would have been a smart move to not tell anyone, even if I knew what kind of pickups they are. smile.gif

Try downloading my preset for PODxt, and see if you get the same tone!


-Marcus
Marcus Lavendell
post 19th August 2007


Instructor


@ preownedguitar: You can get the preset from here: http://www.box.net/shared/hvayxvaif3


-Marcus
Marcus Lavendell
post 19th August 2007


Instructor


Dashooter "Why do you change pick ups every 5 seconds?"

simply because the bridge- and the neck-pickup sounds different. I think some notes sound better with the neck pickup, and some sound better with the bridge pickup.

Would there be any interest in a lesson about this? I think I could come up with some cool exercises...
Marcus Lavendell
post 19th August 2007


Instructor


@ Mav:
Good point, I'll see what I can do.


-Marcus
Ayen
post 20th August 2007


Member


I would definetely be interested in that.
ballistic31
post 21st August 2007


Member


well i can tell you......trust me the pick ups dont mean to much as far as the sound goes..i downloaded the patch.....I play a hmmm guess 100 dollars guitar....I call it the fubar guitar.....its a honer,,,,,gtx aria pro .some kind of steel bridge thingy...but i got it set up nice and intonated good....And i have the same sound..Its all the way you play the guitar with the patch that give its....tone useing legato is the key to the great sustain.....And thank you marcus for the great lesson on that
xSK8ANx
post 25th August 2007


Member


Damn!!
There is no way I can express with word how great your solos are! I will defently try to learn this lesson:)
xSK8ANx
post 25th August 2007


Member


I started on learning the first part of the solo and then I just couldnīt help improvising the rest with my minor knowledge on the CAGED "boxes". This track is an amazing jamalong track aswell:)
But now, I must learn the rest of the solo;)

Thanks again for great solo a lesson!!
Kjetil
Pentatonic Gathering
post 25th August 2007


Member


This is the first thing Iīve decided to learn when I got here.
I started learning it this afternoon and have got it mostly done. Just need to work on the feeling and the enphasis on the key notes.
This is a great solo and after checking the inter. and adv. levels, I cant wait to start learning those.

Well done on a simply awesome solo.
Gabriel De Rose
Bedlam
post 6th September 2007


Member


What an amazing solo. Like Andrew said, it has such an epic feel to it. I think I have finally nailed the beginner (minus that killer tone). I look forward to more of your lessons!
Luke Metal
post 6th September 2007


Member


Love that solo. Why is that one called beginner? I dont even dare to click on intermediate lol
Ben N
post 22nd September 2007


Instructor


amazing
Ben N
post 23rd September 2007


Instructor


im starting to work on that one
hopefoly i'll be able to do it smile.gif
looks hard,but it sound fantastic!!!!
Miraclecaster
post 9th October 2007


Member


Sorry i'm kinda new here, and i'm having a mind block while trying to learn this lesson. how do you play this?

3p-0-2p-0---0 (from the tab)

thanks =)
Miraclecaster
post 9th October 2007


Member


nevermind i got it ;D
DeepRoots
post 10th October 2007


Member


are both the links meant to go to intermediate?
fgdvir
post 12th October 2007


Member


why isn't the guitar pro working?.. it sas that I need the new version but I have version 5...
seagull
post 15th October 2007


Member


I REALLY LOVE that triplet run in the last video. Thumbs up on these 3-level lessons, it really gives on an impression of ones improvement!
shammy
post 5th November 2007


Member


This is beginner solo? geez, I thought I was an intermediate guitar player, maybe now I might tell people I'm just starting, lol. Great job marcus
the fredster
post 2nd December 2007


Member


geez i really like your playing. you have awesome tone and great solos.
Marcus Lavendell
post 2nd December 2007


Instructor


Thank you very much!! smile.gif
shammy
post 17th December 2007


Member


Really digging this lesson, I still find it funny that even though the technique isn't the hardest that marcus has done, this solo is so beyond what a beginning guitarist would even think of phrasing or putting together. But hey you got to start somewhere, you lucky young gmcer's.
ibanezkiller
post 18th December 2007


Member


it says Intermediate twice when you select the harder lessons... just telling you. GREAT LESSON anyway
Marcus Lavendell
post 19th December 2007


Instructor


Thanks for telling me! I'll try to fix it a.s.a.p! smile.gif
albino
post 26th January 2008


Member


Never mind...keep practicing Marcus and one day you'll get there!! LOL
This is the lesson I show my friends when I want to see their eyeballs pop out in awe.
Joe Kataldo
post 13th February 2008


Instructor


Beautiful Release Bending not so much "Beginner" biggrin.gif
Carlos Carrillo
post 11th March 2008


Instructor


nice melody!!!!!

good job!!!!

thanks


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