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Ishouldjustquit11th November 2011Finally I can play something that Muris plays LOL thanks a lot
Muris Varajic22nd July 2009Could be Alex, could be.
Alexiaden9322nd July 2009Nice lesson ! I guess even more advanced players could use it to improve rhythm placement !
- Muris Varajic12th July 2009
Cheers Pedja!
Strange that you found this one,
ain't that newer. 
Pedja Simovic12th July 2009Excellent lesson for beginners Muris
- Muris Varajic21st June 2009
Feels goood!
Nighthawk121st June 2009Wow, cool beginners lesson Muris ..nice easy progression to jam along a bit also...how does it feel here being on the other pole of the difficulty scale?
- Muris Varajic18th May 2009
Cheers.
Murloc18th May 2009Nice lesson, but the pick is even nicer
- Muris Varajic23rd September 2008
Thanks.
- kclancy23rd September 2008
Nice clean sound. Thanks for the lesson! Clancy
Emir Hot30th August 2008hahah sexy pick
cool- SirEld30th August 2008
Very nice lesson, having really fun with it
Barenaked Ninja27th August 2008Nice lesson Muris! I can't remember the last time I focused on chord changes and arpeggios before like this. Probably because I never have! Thanks for giving me a reason to do so because as simple as this is, it didn't go so smooth the first few times through!
- Muris Varajic11th August 2008
Thanks guys
Joe Kataldo11th August 2008Great Lesson
Kristofer Dahl11th August 2008You did fantastic job in keeping this lesson simple while still including variations to make it interesting - awesome Muris!
Sergio Dorado10th August 2008Very useful lesson. Excelent!
- Alex8710th August 2008
Very nice lesson Muris. Useful for everyone
Juan M. Valero9th August 2008cool lesson Muris, really useful for beginners, although everybody should practice it
- Muris Varajic8th August 2008
Thanks
kaznie_NL @ both versions are fine actually,
there is no better one.
Still,many players use it with
note D on 3rd fret B string more often
comparing with using open B string.
I believe the reason is 6th interval
that appears between open B
and note G on high E string,3rd fret.
Interval of 6th isn't that often found
inside the chord played on guitar,
larger interval we have
between two notes is usually 5th interval,
so that might be the reason. 
Carlos Carrillo8th August 2008It is simple but important! Very good lesson Muris!!! Great idea to help beginners!
mattacuk8th August 2008Is that a UFO in your hand muris ?
Great lesson!
kaznie_NL8th August 2008Sorry, for this second comment, but little question
Why is it that sometimes a Gmaj is played with a 3rd fret B string, and sometimes without? Also, which is better, with or without?- kaznie_NL8th August 2008
I think this might be easy for me, but still I'll do this lesson, just to get things right
It's good to see a very advanced player like you, doing beginner lessons! Thumbs up Muris!!!! 
chmilew8th August 2008Nice lesson Muris ! Well done
Vasilis8th August 2008At first I thought it was an e bow
Nemanja Filipovic8th August 2008Nice lesson Muris.
- Muris Varajic8th August 2008
Thanks everybody!!
Gus,it's The Light Pick,check it out. 
Hisham Al-Sanea7th August 2008cool beginners lesson Muris.
SensE7th August 2008MURIS ! MORE STRUMMING LESSON PLEASE. Thank you
- Maximus7th August 2008
Great basic lesson.
Bogdan Radovic7th August 2008Perfect lesson to start up with chords!
Toni Suominen7th August 2008Useful lesson Muris!
Gus7th August 2008I think this will help lots of beginners, and lots of people have been asking for classes for ultra-beginners.
By the way, is this the v-pick? which one? sound is really bright and free of pick noise. (nice for acoustic playing)
Trond Vold7th August 2008Excellent
Perfect for beginners
Lian Gerbino7th August 2008cool muris!
TreyDeschamp7th August 2008Awesome lesson I've been waiting on something like this
Nick3257th August 2008useful lesson muris
Alejandro Pinero7th August 2008Usefull lesson!
I want this pick!!
Marcus Siepen7th August 2008cool lesson Muris
Danilo Capezzuto7th August 2008Useful and smart! Great topic Muris!
Praetorian7th August 2008Muris...you have the best beginner lessons on the site! THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Storm Linnebjerg7th August 2008Nice lesson, Muris! For once you didn't throw in some difficult lines!
I'm sure this will be of great help to beginners!- Muris Varajic7th August 2008
Thanks guys,
I hope this lesson will help our GMCers beginners! 
Nazgul7th August 2008Cool pick!
and nice lesson. Surely useful.
Bedlam7th August 2008Great beginner lesson. Glad to see the light pick has made a comback!
Pablo Vazquez7th August 2008Cool lesson Muris!!!
Magic pick???
Capt.Z7th August 2008Where can you get that pick?
Cool lesson
Ivan Milenkovic7th August 2008Nice lesson, great pick
kyldeee7th August 2008Very useful, love the pick
besip7th August 2008cool
botoxfox7th August 2008Very useful
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Hello GMC. This lesson is for our beginners, it contains some ordinary chords from key of A minor using most common techniques like strumming and arpeggiato. Arpeggio means chord broken in single notes and that's what we're going to do here, to strum a chord and then play it note by note which is arpeggio.
Tempo is 72bpm, key of Am.
Have fun!
Muris Varajic
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