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Feedback
Cosmin Lupu6th August 2012Haha
Thank you Grace!
Grace6th August 2012I could marry this song
- Cosmin Lupu5th August 2012
Hey Grace
Thank you - we can go for this one if you would like it! - Grace5th August 2012
Omgosh I love this one!!
Dinaga29th September 2011This is definitely one of the lessons I found most fun to play! The sound you achieve is just awesome! I'm really starting to dig modern metal thanks to your lessons, and it presents some very, very interesting rhythm patterns! Thank you
- Cosmin Lupu14th August 2011
Thank you Adrian
Adrian Figallo13th August 2011i love this lesson and your PRS cosmin, very nice!
- Cosmin Lupu27th February 2011Love that dissonant licks!
Thank you mate!
Jerry Arcidiacono26th February 2011Love that dissonant licks!
- Cosmin Lupu20th February 2011
Thank you Ivan
I was just checking out your awesome solo already found my favorite licks in there! Excellent take mate! 
Ivan Milenkovic20th February 2011Sounds awesome man, very interesting!
badfingers9319th February 2011gotta love this one! and gotta love the hair too man =)
- Cosmin Lupu19th February 2011
Thank you everyone!
Piotr Kaczor19th February 2011Great riffing and harmony!
thefireball18th February 2011I like this!
Daniel Realpe18th February 2011excellent riffing! I love the sound of it!
Bogdan Radovic18th February 2011Awesome lesson Cosmin! Love the middle part!
- Cosmin Lupu18th February 2011
Thank you Zsolt!
Zsolt Galambos18th February 2011Wow, killer riffs, man
- Cosmin Lupu18th February 2011Excellent lesson and composition as always Cosmin ! I wondered about the sweatband high on your forearm - I've noticed a few bands doing it. Is it a fashion thing or has it a functional purpose ?
hey mate! Well, it serves both purposes - besides that it is fashionable ))) it keeps my inner forearm from being bruised. Sometimes I lose myself and end up playing in a very aggressive manner. To most wrist band bands ) I guess it's just fashionable.
cheerios donut king!I use the sweatband on the forearm to have a better mobility for the right hand, otherwise it becomes sweaty and sticks to the guitar so i cant move it smoothly. Mabye thats the case for Cosmin too...
Great lesson, comes handy. I tuned my guitar to Drop C yesterday
Good point, sweaty hands are usually slow hands 
Sentenced18th February 2011I use the sweatband on the forearm to have a better mobility for the right hand, otherwise it becomes sweaty and sticks to the guitar so i cant move it smoothly. Mabye thats the case for Cosmin too...
Great lesson, comes handy. I tuned my guitar to Drop C yesterday
Ben Higgins18th February 2011Excellent lesson and composition as always Cosmin !
I wondered about the sweatband high on your forearm - I've noticed a few bands doing it. Is it a fashion thing or has it a functional purpose ? - Cosmin Lupu18th February 2011
Thanx guys
Gitarrero18th February 2011"Music is Math with a soul" that is one of the best phrases I've ever heard!
I Great lesson, I'm checking out Soilwork as I'm typing this, so thanks for this tip. Keep these modern metal lessons coming! Christian
Kristofer Dahl18th February 2011Mind blowing lesson and arrangement as usual Cosmin. You are a big inspiration!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hey GMC’ers! Are you ready for some metal? I’ve created today’s lesson with the intention of giving you a better perspective on riffing and the building bricks of a breakdown!
As you’ll hear in my spoken presentation, the breakdown is the middle part, encountered in a lot of situations, in the context of modern metal music. It is made up of a complex combination of rhythmic subdivisions and in most cases it’s played as aggressive as possible. It has to be alive, like a soulful mathematic formula!
You shall be able to improve your rhythmic perspective, gain a better understanding of subdivisions and metrics, and become a better metal riffing machine.
Influences:
* Soilwork
* A Day To Remember
* MeshuggahMeter:
4/4Tuning:
* Drop C
* C - G - C - F - A - D
(From thick to thin string)Tempo:
115 BPMScales:
Minor (1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7)If you have any questions:
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* General ForumRock & Roll/ Cosmin
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