Printable Version of Topic

Posted by: Zizi Top Apr 21 2008, 02:48 AM

Hey GMCers,
My name is Jad,I'm Lebanese and I live in Paris, France. I'm 20 years old and I'm in the second year of geology in the university of Paris (Université Pierre et Marie Curie). I've been playing guitar for about 4 years (actually i'm going to be 20 this friday, on 25 April, so I wish myself a happy birthday and i think i'm going to have a POD X3 YEAH:P ). I don't think that the number of years is really important though, what counts, is the number of hours I've spent on my guitar, and i never force myself playing, i just love too.

You can skip this paragraph if you want
When I first start playing guitar, I was stuck in one kind of music (wich I like very much), i always listened to heavy metal and hard rock bands, but playing guitar introduced me to a lot of other styles like blues, jazz, funk, fusion,ect ....
I had 5 bands, but now i'm alone, I've tryed to convince my twin brother to play bass, so we can form a band together, but it's quite difficult, and I don't want to force him. So I also learned how to play bass and drum, and now I am my own band (even if I prefer having one with cool people, cause I love contact with musicians).

OK, enough talking about me, let's focus on our lesson. the main goal of my lesson is to show you how you can use the major scale. so you're going to find 2 modes in this lesson, the ionian mode (major scale) and the lydian mode (same as the major scale with a sharp forth instead of perfect forth). You might also find some out notes, even in major scales i like to use 3m and 6m from time to time, so remember that scales are just theory, but when you play music you can do whatever you want to do if it sounds cool



I would also like to add that this lesson contains some fast alternate picking, what i like about them is that they are in a clean sound, practice them slowly in order to play them wright. (playing fast alternate picking with clean sound is better than with distorsion because it lets you focus on the notes you hit in order to see if you're playing too fast for yourself. Practice slowly and then accelerate, it's essential if you want to progress.

Chord Progression :
------------------------
G-C-D
Em-C-Am-D- -Em-C-Am-B7
G-C-D

This chord progression works perfectly with the G mixolydian mode because of the B7, notice that i didn't use too much notes when this chord is played, that's why using lydian and ionian sounds good, anyway that's not important, what's important is that it sounds good, at least for me . If you need more informations, check out Andrew's Lesson : Modal Chord Progressions.

Main Video :
---------------
 main_video.wmv ( 20.99MB ) : 2827

This solo is dedicated to Julie (my girlfriend), she's always encouraged me and she was my source of inspiration when writing it.
Special thanks also to my brother, for helping me working on Vegas movie maker and I hope you'll start taking bass for serious.

Part 1 :
---------
 1_un.wmv ( 11.66MB ) : 1031

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------------------------3/15----------19-17-16---|
g|------------------------------------------------5---------------------------4------16-15-14----------19|
d|--------------------2-------5-4---------------4---3-2-------------------2-5----------------------------|
a|----2-----2-----2-5---5-2-5---------2-----5---------------2-----2-----3--------------------------------|
e|3-5---3-5---3-5-----------------3-5---3-5---3---------3-5---3-5---2-5----------------------------------|

The first part of each lick is a repetitive rythm in order to create a melody that people will remember. As you can notice, i'm using the ionian mode (on the last note of the second lick, i'm using a 3m, it makes the melody a little bit less 'happy', you can train your ear by trying to figure out where are the minor notes)

Part 2 :
---------
 2_deux.wmv ( 8.91MB ) : 529

e|----------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------17-15b-15-14-----|
g|------12-14-12-14b-14b-16-----------------12--|
d|---14---------------------14------------------|
a|16--------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|

This lick starts with a sweeping to create a little tense, and we're also changing mode, we're now using the Lydian mode, it's quite difficult to hear it since there's only one note that differ (the forth is sharpen) but the lydian mode have a lost and mysterious feeling

Part 3 :
---------
 3_trois.wmv ( 11.54MB ) : 649

e|------------------------------------------12-15-14b-14-12-15b-15b-15b-15-14-12------------------|
b|---------------------------------12-14-15-------------------------------------------------------|
g|11h12p11----------------11-12-14-----------------------------------------------16-15-14-7-5-4---|
d|---------14-12-11-12-14-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Allright, so we're still in the lydian mode and that's a fast alternate picking lick, remember , practice it SLOWLY (unleast if you've allready mastered the alternate picking technique, then you can play it fast ).

Part 4 :
---------
 4_quatre.wmv ( 14.13MB ) : 554

e|--------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|
g|------------------2-4-5-7-5-4---------|
d|------------2-4-5--------------/7-5---|
a|------2-3-5---------------------------|
e|2-3-5---------------------------------|

Now we're back to the ionian mode, and that's another fast alternate picking.

Part 5 :
---------
 5_cinq.wmv ( 17.13MB ) : 499

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------12(harmonic)--|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------------12-------------|
g|-------------------------------------------16-17-16-14--------------14--------------|
d|/19-17-19-19-19-17h19----------17-16----17-------------17-16-14-12------------------|
a|----------------------17h18h19-------19---------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This lick is full contains a sweeping and a some hammer ons, it create a fluid sound. At the end i'm using a harmonic on the high E string, but you can also replace it by a 'normal' E.

Part 6 :
---------
 6_six.wmv ( 16.13MB ) : 494

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|x-14b-14-11-12--7-7----------------------------------------------2-----|
d|---------------------------------------------2-------5-4-------4---5---|
a|-----------------------------------------2-5---5-2-5-----5-2-5---------|
e|---------------------5-7/12--3-5/10--3-5-------------------------------|

On the second part of this lick, we're kinda using the pentatonic box (2nd position) of E minor (same as 1st position for G major) and we're adding to it the ionian notes (because the major pentatonic notes are all in the ionian mode).

Part 7 :
---------
 7_sept.wmv ( 9.82MB ) : 444

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3----|
b|3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------/5--/8-7------------------------------0----|
g|--4-3-2-3-4---4-3-2-3-4---4-3-2-3-4---4-3-2-3-4----------5-/12-11----------9------0---0----|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------12-10-12---10-9-----0----|
a|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2----|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3----|

That's another fast lick, so don't forget to practice it slowly, i've added a lot of backing track, the main video is on 105 bpm, but i've added some faster backing tracks so those who have advanced level could practice those fast runs faster (even if the solo is much better at 105 bpm than at 120 bpm, sometimes too much speed kills the songs melody).

Backing tracks :
------------------
 Backing_Track_75_bpm.mp3 ( 1.71MB ) : 573

 Backing_Track_80_bpm.mp3 ( 1.6MB ) : 420

 Backing_Track_85_bpm.mp3 ( 1.51MB ) : 392

 Backing_Track_90_bpm.mp3 ( 1.43MB ) : 402

 Backing_Track_95_bpm.mp3 ( 1.36MB ) : 371

 Backing_Track_100_bpm.mp3 ( 1.29MB ) : 416

 Backing_Track_105_bpm__main_.mp3 ( 1.23MB ) : 413

 Backing_Track_110_bpm.mp3 ( 1.18MB ) : 439

 Backing_Track_115_bpm.mp3 ( 1.13MB ) : 391

 Backing_Track_120_bpm.mp3 ( 1.09MB ) : 467


Guitar Pro 5 :
----------------
 Clean_and_Happy.gp5 ( 7K ) : 390


Gear :
--------
Ibanez RG prestige 1570 MRB with EMG 81/S/85 pickups
Marshall 100MGDFX
Dunlop Jazz III Picks
Audacity
Cubase SX 3.0
FL Studio 5.0
Vegas Movie Maker 8.0

Posted by: superize Apr 21 2008, 06:57 PM

Great lesson man

Posted by: Sam Hook Apr 21 2008, 08:40 PM

Awesome! I can see that you have put a lot of effort into this, well done!

Posted by: audiopaal Apr 21 2008, 09:54 PM

Nice lesson mate

Thanks!

Posted by: Zizi Top Apr 22 2008, 10:44 AM

thx guys, really glad you enjoyed it
if you have any question don't hesitate
Practice good
tchus

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Apr 22 2008, 10:49 AM

Great lesson. I'm much better at practicing badly than good however lol

Posted by: Zizi Top Apr 22 2008, 01:11 PM

what i meant by practice good, is:
- practice slowly and increase speed when you're confortable
-practice a looooot

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Apr 23 2008, 02:05 PM

Very nice and tasty lesson ZiZi- I like your playing, thanks!

Posted by: Zizi Top Apr 23 2008, 03:10 PM

thanks kris for this nice comment

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Apr 24 2008, 12:16 PM

Very well done lesson man !! Good job!

Posted by: Mark. Apr 24 2008, 12:52 PM

Very nice solo!
Me likes it

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Apr 24 2008, 11:39 PM

wow this is really great, you really worked hard for this!

Posted by: Zizi Top Apr 25 2008, 02:14 PM

thanks for these great comments, i'm having a great time when reading them

Posted by: ztevie Apr 25 2008, 04:04 PM

yeah,very nice to hear some clean guitar, we have plenty of distorted shred-solon, so this is very refreshing! Great!

Posted by: Smikey2006 Apr 25 2008, 08:10 PM

cool lession.. lots of licks to learn here

Posted by: Zizi Top Apr 26 2008, 02:57 PM

i'm glad you like my licks

Posted by: Hisham Al-Sanea May 3 2008, 10:24 PM

thats very nice hard work .nice job

Posted by: Zizi Top May 5 2008, 06:33 PM

thanks hisham, i'm happy you like it

Posted by: iainsteward May 5 2008, 09:09 PM

Very cool Jad, Lick 7 reminds me of Zakk Wylde, I like what you have done and will no doubt learn a lot from learning it, I may even post a version up here if I can find my leads to record!! Very nice work man, hopefully we will see some more stuff from you soon!!

Iain!!

Posted by: Zizi Top May 5 2008, 10:59 PM

Oh that was full of compliment, i would be really glad to hear your version of the song , i m really happy that you like it. i may upload new lesson when i'll have some time (cause now my exam period are begining).

Jad

Posted by: Vinod Saranga May 6 2008, 12:31 PM

Great clean solo 
Tone is good too

Posted by: Zizi Top May 6 2008, 08:36 PM

thank you vinod

Posted by: wrk May 10 2008, 09:06 AM

Hi ZiZi,

Thank you for this lesson .. great job, well played and well explained especially !!
It's sometimes just a detail what is of great help for learning new topics .... i like your notation of the box diagrams. Learning the interval with each box is really important, even more as just some dots on the fretboard.

I'm looking forward for some further lessons ... you have some teaching skills i think.

Good luck for the competition ...

Posted by: Zizi Top May 10 2008, 09:32 AM

thank you for your comment, and i hope we'll be able to jam together soon since we live in the same city

Posted by: Mick Hurst May 12 2008, 08:16 PM

Well done this is an excelant lesson

Posted by: Zizi Top May 13 2008, 05:44 PM

thank you mick i'm happy you like it

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Oct 3 2008, 03:22 PM

Good sequences! Keep them clean!

Posted by: Guitarman700 Oct 3 2008, 04:57 PM

ive said it before somewhere else and ill say it again, Great lesson!

Posted by: Toni Suominen Oct 8 2008, 10:22 PM

Great lesson dude, thanks!

Posted by: Nemanja Filipovic Oct 9 2008, 12:14 PM

Great lesson mate,really like the delay you put on the guitar sound,gives it a good effect on this lesson.
Well done.

Posted by: Zizi Top Oct 9 2008, 12:19 PM

Wow, thanks guys ! it's cool to read new comments from an old lesson
My next lesson is about Jazz manouche hope you'll like it

Posted by: Fran Mar 12 2010, 02:02 PM

Just added this one to the knowledge base
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Jad_Diab_-_Clean_And_Happy_SI_Lesson

As usual with these older SI lessons it would be cool if the videos were uploaded to youtube so that we could have them embedded both in the wiki & forums