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Posted by: maharzan Mar 24 2010, 09:38 AM

Hey Folks!

I am Chandra Maharzan from Kathmandu, Nepal.

Heres my short video introduction. Sorry about my English. Its my third language so pronunciation is kind of not that good.




What is this about?

So, this is simply a solo lesson. I know many of us just want to dive in and start playing cool solos rather than sit there and study theory and practice scales all the time. But this doesn't mean that you should skip learning theories. If you can learn the theories behind each solo you do, that would be the best thing as you can implement them on your own solos quite easily. This lesson is for those who want to break through the regular theory practice sessions and try some easy solo.

I was working on the http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=34233 by Daniel Realpe and came out with this solo. And then I was also looking to start an SI lesson. This couldn't have come at a better time. I want to thank Daniel Realpe for providing the backing tracks.

Anyway, this solo is based on Eb Major Scale, portrayed as one of the most complex scales. Here is a chart for the scale on the neck.




How does it sound?

This is the complete lesson and how it sounds with the backing track. Tempo is 129 bpm.



Now lets break this into 4 parts and make it simple.

Part I



Heres the Tab:

E||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
B||-----------8--9s---11----9~--|--(9)s-8~----(8)~-9s--4~------|
G||------\8---------------------|------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
 
         
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------|
B||-------4p-3--4s--6-----4----6s--|--8~------9p-8p-6~--------|
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------|
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------|
E||--------------------------------|--------------------------|

Part II



Heres the Tab:

E||---------------6~--------|---------------8~--------|
B||-----4p--3--4------------|-----4p--3--4------------|
G||-------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-------------------------|-------------------------|
A||-------------------------|-------------------------|
E||-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
    
E||----------------/11--10---8--|-----------------------------------|
B||-----4p--3--4----------------|--11~------11br--------------------|
G||-----------------------------|-------------------10h~----(10)~---|
D||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Part III



Heres the Tab:

                 |--3--|  |--3--|                                    
E||--------------------------------|------------------------|
B||--------------------------------|------------------------|
G||------/8---7--8--7--5-----------|------------------------|
D||-----------------------8--6--5--|--8s------10------------|
A||--------------------------------|--------------8~--------|
E||--------------------------------|------------------------|
 
          
E||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B||------------3------------------|-----------------------------|
G||---------4-----------------10--|--12~------12p-10s-8~--------|
D||------/5------------9--12------|-----------------------------|
A||----------------/10------------|-----------------------------|
E||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Part IV



and the final Tab:

E||-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||----------------8s--9--------|--------------------------------|
G||-------8p-7--8---------8~----|-------8p-7---------------------|
D||-----------------------------|-------------8s--10-------------|
A||-----------------------------|---------------------11s--8~----|
E||-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
 
 
     |---3---|   |---3---|   |---3---|   |---3---|   
E||--------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------11------|
G||------------------10----------10--12--13------12--|
D||------10--12--13------12--13----------------------|
A||--11----------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------|
 
 
      |---3---|   |---3---|   |---3---|   |----3----|   
E||------------------11----------11--13--15s--16p--13--|
B||------11--13--15------13--15------------------------|
G||--13------------------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------------|
 
 
E||--15p---11---13------------------|----------------------||
B||-----------------15p---11--------|----------------------||
G||----------------------------13h--|--12~-----------------||
D||---------------------------------|----------------------||
A||---------------------------------|----------------------||
E||---------------------------------|----------------------||

Backing Tracks

Regular Tempo (129bpm) -  Piano_Ballad_Collab_BT.mp3 ( 1.14MB ) : 272

Slower Tempo (79bpm) -  Piano_Ballad_Collab___Tempo_79.mp3 ( 1.83MB ) : 287


Guitar Pro File

If you use Guitar Pro, here is the file -  Rabina.gp5 ( 3.08K ) : 215



What do I have to say about this lesson?

Well, I think this is a fairly straight forward and easy lesson. There are few things that I might have missed. The focus here should be timing as it is not starting exactly at the first beat and there are pauses which might tricky for some of you. For variations, I have included triplets as well which can get really confusing. I am still struggling with it mainly which switching back and forth between regular 8ths/16ths and triplets. There are slides, hammer ons and pull offs which shouldn't be that hard. There are some stretches and your pinky might need some exercise if you aren't so comfortable with it yet. You should also improve Alternate Picking with this lesson. For slow licks like this, vibrato is often king. If you are not comfortable with the speed at first, practice on a slower tempo (backing included) and then speed up to the regular tempo when you are comfortable.

Anyway, I hope you liked my first lesson. I will look forward to any questions you might have and I will try my best to answer them as precisely as possible. Also, I would love to get some feedback about my first try as a Student Instructor.

Good Luck to you all!



Cheers!
Chandra

Posted by: superize Mar 25 2010, 10:47 PM

Great man looks very professional

Posted by: kaznie_NL Mar 25 2010, 10:53 PM

Great solo and lesson

Posted by: zen Mar 25 2010, 11:13 PM

Good job my friend. Its very melodious and well shot .. Keep em comin

Posted by: skennington Mar 26 2010, 12:28 AM

Very well put together man, nicely done!

Posted by: coffeeman Mar 26 2010, 12:28 AM

Very nice lesson man , congrats!

Posted by: maharzan Mar 26 2010, 03:48 AM

Oh wow. I just saw this. Thank you all. I hope to make this regular and share things I have learnt.

Cheers!!

Posted by: UncleSkillet Mar 26 2010, 04:08 AM

Well deserved man! Nice job and congrats on your first lesson

Posted by: Emir Hot Mar 26 2010, 10:49 AM

Great informative material man. You did a great job.

Posted by: Gitarrero Mar 26 2010, 11:16 AM

Very nice lesson, I really enjoyed it!

Posted by: Fran Mar 26 2010, 01:33 PM

Excellent job Maharzan, I'll add this to the knowledge base now

Edit: uploaded!
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Maharzan_-_Rabina_Eb_Major_Piano_Ballad_SI_Lesson

Posted by: maharzan Mar 26 2010, 06:43 PM

Thank you Guitarrero and Fran. very much appreciated.

Posted by: Piotr Kaczor Mar 26 2010, 06:55 PM

What a great stuff! Beautiful playing, cool tone and professional explanation!

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Mar 26 2010, 11:52 PM

Great lesson man, looks really good, and the videos are great!

Posted by: maharzan Mar 27 2010, 01:25 AM

Thank you Piotr and Ivan. Really appreciate your compliments.

Posted by: savagejt May 29 2010, 05:56 AM

I think you did a great job on this!!!!!

Posted by: maharzan May 29 2010, 07:22 AM

Thanks you savagejt.