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- Guthrie Govan TappingLEVEL 9Exercise based on the style of a well-known guitarist, the great virtuoso, Guthrie Govan
- Guthrie Govan StyleLEVEL 4Lydian progression orchestrated by using arpeggios played in the style of Guthrie Govan.
- Guthrie Govan's pentatonic phrasingLEVEL 6Guthrie Govan is one of today's hottest guitar players. Let's learn how to phrase like the master!
- Phrasing & ImprovisationLEVEL 2How to create phrases and the call & response concept.
- Lydian PhrasingLEVEL 6The Lydian mode is a great way to open up your leads over a Major chord. Let's explore the possibilities of that scale.
- Melodic PhrasingLEVEL 6How to phrase over a pop ballad, using melodic ideas with just one scale plus hitting chord tones.
- Slow PhrasingLEVEL 6Expressive phrasing at a slow tempo is as challenging as it gets!
- Polyphia PhrasingLEVEL 5Get into the phrasing style of one of the most amazing modern progressive instrumental bands.
- Percussive PhrasingLEVEL 5Percussion ads a whole new dimension to your phrasing. Let's break down how to produce sound and go through some killer licks to get you rolling!
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kjutte4th November 2008Loved it. It carried a great feel of Walli too
superb mix!
Hisham Al-Sanea27th October 2008great style David.
ItsMe27th October 2008very nice. Yes thats the Guthrie vibe.
chmilew27th October 2008Oh man I was dreaming about a GG style lesson, and finally we got it !
Great job David
Piotr Kaczor27th October 2008Cool David! Great lesson.
Jerry Arcidiacono27th October 2008Great lesson David. I will check Guthrie's album too.
andrei.sz27th October 2008wow !
great job David , i was waiting for a Guthrie Lesson for long time, and i'm glad to see one, and now that Muris is working on another one it's just Great !
Gabriel Leopardi27th October 2008Great lesson David! Guthrie is great and we needed a lesson in his style!
Pedja Simovic27th October 2008Nice one David!
Alejandro Pinero27th October 2008Awesome !!
well done!
coffeeman26th October 2008Awesome David, thanks a lot for making this lesson.
Ivan Milenkovic26th October 2008Sound very nice David, nice tone as well
Kuba Szafran26th October 2008Great lesson, GG is a top-notch player, I love his blues impros on YouTube
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berko26th October 2008At LAST! GMC lacked a GG style. Until now...
Sami26th October 2008Amazing lesson david!!! GG makes me proud to be British hahah
. This gave me great insight to how to play outside the box! thanks
(Im trying to apply to the school that he teaches at, it would be great if i got in! haha)
Gerardo Siere26th October 2008Fantastic lesson David. By the way if anybody have any extra bucks buy his two volume book Creative Guitar.
David Wallimann26th October 2008Thanks guys, Muris, I am looking forward to your lesson! :-)
Bogdan Radovic26th October 2008Great lesson David !!!
Jose Mena26th October 2008Great David, Guthrie is my current favorite player
Muris Varajic26th October 2008Well done David!!
I had request before and so I'm working
on lesson In Style GG atm,
I'm sure these 2 lessons will work
nicely in combination.
bladzerok26th October 2008yes thanks for this lesson! 1 also really love guthrie's playing, but i find it a bit difficult to play, so this lesson could make a great transition to guthrie!
Emir Hot26th October 2008very cool note choice
Bondy26th October 2008What you never listened to any Guthrie shame on you LOL
Nazgul26th October 2008This is very cool. Gonna check him out!
Marcus Siepen26th October 2008Sounds very cool, I guess I have to check out this guy.
- Bondy26th October 2008
Wow David you nailed it from the first note thats Guthrie all over well done.
kaznie_NL26th October 2008Haha, Rockztar's idol is finally covered
Thnx David!!
rockztar26th October 2008YYYYYEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!
- Lesson
- My notes
Guthrie Govan is an amazing player. Even his on the spot improvisations on the guitar are full with very useful licks and complex ideas. Approaching his style is not an easy task and it's with great humility that I will share with you a few tricks that the master uses in his playing.
Today we will take a look at his approach to playing outside of the box. The idea is to play a part of a lick in the original key and at some point slide a half step up or down to create some tension in the musical idea. Once your tension is built, don't forget to resolve in the original key of the song.
The key of the backing track is in A Dorian. You can also use A minor pentatonic if you wish to give your lead a bluesier feel. Study each lick carefully and spend time studying the rhythm behind each idea. Once you are comfortable with the suggested licks, improvise over the looped backing track and experiment with these ideas.
Make sure to check out Guthrie's solo album Erotic Cakes. It is a great source of inspiration and in my opinion the best instrumental rock album since Steve Vai's Passion and Warfare.
Practice well my friends!
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