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Matt2325th August 2008Great lesson Gabe.
Alberto Catasso25th August 2008Great riff!
Gabriel Leopardi28th July 2008Hey great lesson. I was wondering how do you no what chords to use in power metal. Like they are not just simple power chords are they?
They are used like power chords but they theorically function like a complete chord of the tonality. In this style of music you'll find a lot of sons in minor tonalities. This means that the first chords will function like a minor chord even if you play it as a power chord.
sigma728th July 2008Hey great lesson. I was wondering how do you no what chords to use in power metal. Like they are not just simple power chords are they?
Lian Gerbino19th April 2008so, when you said that this one would like me u´re right!
great lesson....
Carlos Carrillo31st March 2008Fantastic lesson Gaby!!!!
- Gabriel Leopardi31st March 2008
Thank you for the comments!
Fran31st March 2008Wow, those sweeps at the end are amazing, you are great Gabriel
audiopaal20th February 2008Great lesson, thanks!
Damn you got great sound on your videolessons
lachi17th February 2008nice lesson
kyldeee29th December 2007Sonata Arctica!!!! WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!
Great Lesson, Awesome mate, thanks 
Chris Evans29th December 2007Simply brilliant! My next lesson for sure!
fox21st December 2007wow, awesome!!! thanks Gabriel
mattacuk20th December 2007Whoah , Gabriel... that blew my socks of !!!
great riffing and the sweep arpeggios sounded just great!! This is on my list to do for sure =)- krawetz20th December 2007
in your sweeps are these all 16th triplets?
- Gabriel Leopardi20th December 2007
Thank you for the comments!
Bedlam: I recomend you to listen to the first 3 Rhapsody albums... they were great!! - Tjchep20th December 2007
Dam Impressive.
Bedlam20th December 2007Nice sweeping. I haven't gotten into Rhapsody, but maybe I should check them out.
Juan M. Valero19th December 2007Yeah, that's really cool !!! some rythmic riffs remind me Angra, and the ending sweep is really cool !!
un excelente trabajo Gabriel, pero este me ha gustado más aún, es tremendo para un tema
David.C.Bond19th December 2007Awesome work Gabriel, keep it up!
Hisham Al-Sanea19th December 2007fantastic Gabe, nice playing
Layzer19th December 2007those chops and sweeps are so clean!!!! amazing!
Power_Arctica19th December 2007Great lesson Gabriel!! There´re many fans of this music, including me!! Amazing Backing track!
Nick32519th December 2007awsome
Smikey200619th December 2007Those sweeps were awsome keep up the great lessions
- Gabriel Leopardi19th December 2007
Hey!! Thanks for the comments! I'm glad that you liked it!
gabriel.- - Maximus19th December 2007
Jeeze Louise! That is awesome!
SLASH9119th December 2007This is great. Good job, man!
Khaos Keith19th December 2007ahhhhhh damn you gabriel hahaha, everything you write is full on amazing haha. im learning this right away haha
- david8019th December 2007
Great lesson again Gabriel
DeepRoots19th December 2007this is fantastic!
Dejan Farkas19th December 2007Wow, great
Bogdan Radovic19th December 2007Great lesson Gabriel!!
Pablo Vazquez19th December 2007Yeah!! Very Epic... and incredible too!!
Toni Suominen19th December 2007That sounded very epic Gabriel, great lesson!
Jerry Arcidiacono19th December 2007Yes, love these sweeps
dango19th December 2007wow!
Muris Varajic19th December 2007Brilliant,great riffing,sweeps, + 1!!
The Uncreator19th December 2007Excellent Lesson, just awesome!!!
Freebird19th December 2007Whoa!! I love Rhapsody and you nailed the style perfectly
Your lessons rock (all of them!)
Pavel19th December 2007Hehehe that's the style i like
Good job! - Lazarus Angelo19th December 2007
Thats awesome, Gabriel.
If it wasn't 3AM where I am I would do it now.
However, when I awake, this is the first thing I'm going to do. 
Kristofer Dahl19th December 2007Sounds beautiful Gabriel - a great challenge for our metalheads!
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Hello GMC! This lesson is a power metal rhythm lesson inspired in the style of Angra, Stratovarius, Rhapsody of Fire and Sonata Arctica. When I finished the guitar work I recorded some orquestra arrangements based in a style created by the band Rhapsody of Fire called "Hollywood Metal". However there are lots of power metal bands that use orquestal instruments in their music.
I created this lesson because it’s an interesting exercise to practice fast metal rhythms with palm and also to practice sweep picking in the style of Yngwie Malmsteen and Luca Turrilli.
The key is E minor and the tempo is 160 bpm. I created 5 backing tracks at different tempos to let beginner, intermediate and advanced guitar players practice this tune.
See you!
Gabriel.-
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