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- Dorian FunkLEVEL 5Analyzing the fusion of the Dorian scale with the Blues scale.
- Vibing DorianLEVEL 8Learn a solo over a modal progression where all chords are on the dorian mode.
- Dorian PhrasesLEVEL 5This scale sounds funky and bluesy. Many guitarists use the Dorian mode in their solos, such as Vaughan, Santana, Eric Johnson, among others.
- Rock Ballad Solo in A MinorLEVEL 4A melodic hard rock ballad solo in A minor.
- Modern Rock SoloLEVEL 8This solo illustrates how to put your licks together and produce a modern solo which has a melody rather than just random thrown licks.
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iamblackmo7th September 2009Talk about Dr. Jekkel and Mr. Hyde.
This is a composition and nice feeling on the hard rock!
Pi3817th August 2009I can't imagine a more awesome surprise than that.
Toni Suominen11th August 2009Excellent lesson Sergio!
Emir Hot10th August 2009hahaha what is this man? Flamenco appreciation failed? I was so nicely surprised to see you rocking on this lesson. Of course I remember you did great jobs on collabs so I know you can do it. To be honest I have never seen a guy that plays flamenco like you and rocks like this at the same time. Well done
Ian Bushell10th August 2009Wow!! haha
Awesome stuff Sergio! Just incredible!
Rock on!
Janos Kallai8th August 2009Great lesson in two style!
Ramiro Delforte8th August 2009You can rock pretty hard Sergio!
Amazing!
GGTopGuitarist7th August 2009awesome surprise :-)
Stephane Lucarelli7th August 2009Great playin' Sergio!
ItsMe7th August 2009wow great playing on nylon and electric. You are a real master.
Sinisa Cekic6th August 2009Great mix and playing Sergio
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NoSkill6th August 2009A master at your instrument, Sergio! Both pieces were awesome!
intemperateControl6th August 2009Bitch*n... That pinky nail is something else - talk about dedication. Ha! Love it...
Zsolt Galambos6th August 2009This is just amasing! Well done, Sergio
glowshadow6th August 2009lol awesome story
Jerry Arcidiacono5th August 2009Awesome combo and lesson Sergio
MigeZ5th August 2009Hehee
First I though you had messed up the videos But well how wrong can I be 
Absolutely awsome nice to see you on electric too
Cheers mate
Laszlo Boross5th August 2009Amazing lesson! The style change is awesome! Congrats!
Sergio Dorado5th August 2009Oh so very cool. I am curious about whether your fingernails on your picking hand get in the way or not.
Thanks! No, I´ve not used fingernails for this lesson. All notes are played with pick. Actually I think nails are not necessary for electric guitar; however for flamenco and classic guitar yes, because of the sound qualitywhy isn't there a lesson on the acoustic part?
The acoustic part is a toque of Granaina style. May be I will do a lesson with it in the future. If you want got it, send me a personal message and I will send you... but I´ve not write it yetAwesome lesson, and awesome story
It's like some sort of superhero introduction; Starts out living his normal life, when a lightning stricks him! He suddenly became aware of new perspectives in life, and noticed he had new, supranatural powers!
Ja, ja, you´re right, great thought! Unfortunately I don´t know anyone that plays guitar thanks to supernatural powers, but because of passion, enthusiasm and hard work!
Chokehold5th August 2009why isn't there a lesson on the acoustic part?
Canis5th August 2009Awesome lesson, and awesome story
It's like some sort of superhero introduction; Starts out living his normal life, when a lightning stricks him! He suddenly became aware of new perspectives in life, and noticed he had new, supranatural powers!
Alexiaden935th August 2009W O W !
Sergio, I became a bit confused when I saw the acoustic guitar in the beginning, but man ! Your electric guitar playing sounds insane !- Sergio Dorado5th August 2009
Thanks friends! I´m really happy to participate in this kind of lessons, among the others amazing electric guitar instructors at GMC!
Bogdan Radovic5th August 2009Wow this was amazing! Very cool to see an electric lesson from you!
TheOldOnes5th August 2009Oh so very cool. I am curious about whether your fingernails on your picking hand get in the way or not.
Piotr Kaczor5th August 2009You're great! Amazing lesson!
Sensible Jones5th August 2009Hahahahaha!!! Great lesson Sergio!!!
Dexxter5th August 2009Great to see you doing a lesson (hopefully more
) on electric guitar, I've seen/heard you shred and play some damn cool licks on at least one collab 
Muris Varajic5th August 2009Nice surprise, well played Sergio!
playaxeman5th August 2009Great first acoustic flamenco and the electric hard rock.
I was surprised.
Great concept- Deadevil5th August 2009
Absolute rocking!!! well done
kaznie_NL5th August 2009Cool song, and very nice story! This shows how versatile you are, very very cool solo!!
gibsonmatte5th August 2009Dude! That was amazing!
berko5th August 2009This is just pure awesomeness....
Jesse5th August 2009yeah I noticed:D
Fail.
Nice playing dude!
somewhere online5th August 2009He starts playing electric at 00:52. Great lesson.
- Jesse5th August 2009
Kris, I get another video lol, him playing acoustic!
Kristofer Dahl5th August 2009Now that was quite a surprise - coming from our Flamenco instructor!!
I can tell you spend a lot of time with your instrument(s) - your rock Sergio!
- Lesson
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Hi GMCers! Although the weather on the mediterranean coast is very pleasant in all seasons, we may be surprised now and then. One day, I was recording a lesson for Guitarmasterclass in a a peaceful atmosphere, when a usual summer storm broke out.
The sky was getting dark while clouds started to crash, when I started to hear hair-raising thunders. Then one of those thunders shook one wall of my house and I realized that my guitar had blackened like a burnt tree. I felt some electricity running all over my body, especially over my fingers. Until then I had been thinking about concepts such as “thumb”, “rasgueo” and “picados". However, at that very moment I started to think of concepts such as “distortion”, “muting”, “alternate picking” and “pinched harmonics”.
It was a very strange happening.
The lesson is a solo in A dorian key, in the style of hard rock/heavy guitar. The backing is a simple chord progression, with three chords (A5, D/F#, G5). This backing allows you to practise some pentatonic blues ideas, so try to find your own licks and may be mix they with licks of the lesson. Also revise the dorian scale throughout the neck, that sounds great in this context, and is a good way to practise some fast licks with picking or legato.
For this lesson I´ve used Pod X3 live with this preset:
Amp: Line 6 insane Cab model: 4x12 Green 25s
Drive 29 Bass 44 Middle 23 Treble 85 Presence 52
Stomp: Screamer -Drive 50 Gain 50 Tone 50
Sine Chorus - Depth 50 Mix 39
Stereo delay -120 tap Mix 28
You can find the guitar pro tablature and some backing tracks.
PD: Be careful with summer storms. See you!
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