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Bogdan Radovic16th July 2015this is awesome, is there anyway to get the correct backing track for down load? I put them in my line6 for practice.
Hi Noah, thanks for noticing - this should now be fixed!
Noah B15th July 2015this is awesome, is there anyway to get the correct backing track for down load? I put them in my line6 for practice.
Zsolt Galambos25th November 2010No problem, man, glad you like it
I finally scheduled this into my practice routine, loving every second of it
I seriously been looking for a lesson exactly like this forever. I fully intend on incorporating add9 chords into my playing. By the way, in regards to the GP tabs, its the correct one now sorry for the long response.
Mudbone23rd November 2010I finally scheduled this into my practice routine, loving every second of it
I seriously been looking for a lesson exactly like this forever. I fully intend on incorporating add9 chords into my playing. By the way, in regards to the GP tabs, its the correct one now 
sorry for the long response.
Ivan Milenkovic6th November 2010Great job, these cleans are very metal-like, but they can be used for other styles too. Very cool sounding!
- Zsolt Galambos27th October 2010
Thanks for the info, will check it immediately.
I've been waiting for a lesson like this, great tune man.
For some reason when I click on the Guitar Pro tabs I get the tabs for Lians Trivium lesson, which is also a great lesson.
Well it works fine for me, the Guitar Pro tab is the correct one. Will you please try and check it again please?I've been waiting for a lesson like this, great tune man.
For some reason when I click on the Guitar Pro tabs I get the tabs for Lians Trivium lesson, which is also a great lesson. - Mudbone23rd October 2010
I've been waiting for a lesson like this, great tune man.
For some reason when I click on the Guitar Pro tabs I get the tabs for Lians Trivium lesson, which is also a great lesson. - Zsolt Galambos23rd October 2010
Thanks, Daniel
cool stuff in here. Chorus is the savior fx in this type of bnalladsih playing 
Daniel Realpe22nd October 2010cool stuff in here. Chorus is the savior fx in this type of bnalladsih playing
- Zsolt Galambos19th October 2010
Thank you, Juan!
Beautiful tune man! great harmonic sense 
Juan Cortes19th October 2010Beautiful tune man! great harmonic sense
- Zsolt Galambos17th October 2010
Thank you, Vasilije!
Vasilije Vukmirovic17th October 2010Great composition!
- Zsolt Galambos17th October 2010
Thank you, Ben!
Ben Higgins16th October 2010Excellent lesson Zsolt.. beautiful piece of music too !!
- Zsolt Galambos16th October 2010
Thank you, my friends!
Adrian Figallo16th October 2010great zsolt, reminds me of metallica!
Jerry Arcidiacono16th October 2010Love add9 chords. Great job
Denes Nagy16th October 2010great job Zsótiiii!!
thefireball16th October 2010Oh yeah! I was anticipating that distortion!
I really liked this! I'm bookmarking so I can learn some new chords. 
Mate Nagy16th October 2010that sounds cool man !
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VilleFIN16th October 2010Awesome !! And that backround looks like it's taken from Prince of Persia games/movie.
- Zsolt Galambos16th October 2010
Thank you, Lian!
Lian Gerbino16th October 2010love it Zolt! great composition and playing man!
- Zsolt Galambos16th October 2010
Thank you!
playaxeman16th October 2010Great composition. Very useful:Ii have learnt some new chords here. And it a great track to use to improvise maybe add a lesson with that too.
Kristofer Dahl16th October 2010Very cool ballad and great illustration of how add9 can be used!
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Hi GMC'ers! In this lesson I've tried to catch the spirit of early Metallica ballads and compose a Power Metal ballad. I've mainly used add9 chords. These chords tend to sound exotic, and the minor add9s have a sad feel, especially when combined with open strings.
The song is fairly easy to play, although some chords require bigger fret hand stretches. Remember to relax your hands before trying these stretches, and if you feel uncomfortable, warm up your hands further. The distortion part is however very easy to play, and you should be able to play it regardless of your level.
Techniques:
* Add9 chords
* Open stings/ Chords - exotic tone
* RiffsTuning D:
D - G - C - F - A - D
(from thick to thin string)Have fun! / Zsolt
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