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- Shredding the Canon in DLEVEL 9We'll work over 4 variations on the chord cadence of the ultra-well-known Pachelbel Canon.
- Phrasing in D MajorLEVEL 4Example of soloing and creating phrases and melodies over simple 2-chord harmony!
- Blues Solo in DLEVEL 3A classic 12 bar blues solo in the key of D, combining major and minor pentatonic licks. Suitable for beginner players who want to extend their lick vocabulary.
- D Minor bendingLEVEL 3Learn to bend more precisely and also in the minor scale. We'll use the minor and the pentatonic scale here and we'll see the difference between them.
- Velvet Riffing: Drop DLEVEL 4Some heavy riffing using alternate tuning.
- Drop D Heavy TimeLEVEL 4A riff heavy metal track in 12/8 with a short lead section.
- Dropped D Riffing 2LEVEL 4In this opportunity we will study the creation of powerful riffs using dropped D tuning.
- Drop D Heavy FunkLEVEL 5Some cool "heavy" funk riffs & solo with Drop D tuning.
- Country SlapLEVEL 5Country song for slap & hybrid picking technique practice in dropped D tuning.
Feedback
Carlos Carrillo11th May 2008excellent lesson Pavel!!!
Alec A5th March 2008great job pavel! this is a great lesson!
Sami29th February 2008haha pavel your the best, i just started trying to memorize D major all over the neck and this will be a massive help
mattacuk19th February 2008haha no way man, its cause its so cool!
Alejandro Pinero19th February 2008great!!
And Fantastic guitar!!
Pavel19th February 2008
really? I didn't think it was that bad 
Sorry for nightmares...
JOKING!
- mattacuk19th February 2008
I dreamt about this lesson last night, cool eh ?
- Pavel19th February 2008
Thanks guys!
No, the camera is the same as always. Maybe i just hit the right light spots?? I'll make the next lesson with the same lighting position to see the result
SensE19th February 2008Nice "D" !
Gabriel Leopardi19th February 2008That's a great lesson!! The video and lighting quality is also excelent!
Good job Pavel!
gabriel.-- whammysam19th February 2008
Exceptional as always! You're an inspiration to us all.
PacmanProductions Reborn19th February 2008HEEESS BACK!
sweet song dude... and do i spy a new camera??? (very good quality)
Hisham Al-Sanea18th February 2008nice lesson pavel.
g-forcelover18th February 2008nice lesson! (great quality!)
Capt.Z18th February 2008This is an awesome lesson. A little hard for me, but wicked!
- Pavel18th February 2008
Go for it buddy! It's all there
Jenkinson18th February 2008I also would have known it was Pavel without seeing the video, excellent as always, Pavel. You have some nice scale runs in there that I would like to learn.
- Pavel18th February 2008
Wow - really? Now that's really cool and i must say i didn't think it really is that way
RyanS.18th February 2008Very nice. I was just thinking what Mark said above.... I would have known it was Pavel with out even see the video.
Bogdan Radovic18th February 2008Thanks Pavel , really good lesson !!
Ivan Milenkovic18th February 2008Great lesson Pavel!
- Pavel18th February 2008
@Mark: thanks a bunch m8! I really appreciate it!
@Nemanja: fala stari 
Nemanja Filipovic18th February 2008great lesson...bravo stari
- Mark.18th February 2008
You already are really recognizable !
If I wouldn't have seen who played it, then I would have thought "Hey, that must be Pavel ( the best player ever ), or someone who can play one of his lessons perfectly" - Pavel18th February 2008
Thanks to all!
Fkalich: that's really great to hear man! I hope it will get even more recognizable with time 
Stevie-Ray-Vaughn18th February 2008Sounds great, nice melodies!
- Mark.18th February 2008
Yay!! A new lesson from my hero
It sounds great!!! 
fkalich18th February 2008Yes tone is nicer. Tune is pleasing. I feel you hafe a unique Pavel "sound", recognizable to the ear. My bookmarked list just grows and grows.
- Pavel18th February 2008
Thanks everyone!
@jeff: that's my first strap ever
And it's doing it's job! - mattacuk18th February 2008
I really like your approach here pavel! cool licks and great tone - good job !!
Jeff18th February 2008Awesome lesson Pavel. Hey, you have a Fender strap too!
cool.
The Uncreator18th February 2008Awesome Lesson Pavel!
Some awesome licks in there, glad to see another lesson from you.
Joe Kataldo18th February 2008Great Lessons Pavel...welcome back
Marcus Lavendell18th February 2008Great lesson Pavel. I really like the visual quality as well! Great job!
Dejan Farkas18th February 2008Good lesson, well done
Juan M. Valero18th February 2008great one, Pavel
it's a sweet lesson 
Pablo Vazquez18th February 2008Very nice lesson!
- Martin la guitarra18th February 2008
Great lesson Pavel!
David Wallimann18th February 2008Very cool lesson! I've been wanting to get more into that kind of stuff where only 1 guitar foes the job (rhythm + lead without backing rhythm). Good job!
Toni Suominen18th February 2008Great lesson Pavel!
- Pavel18th February 2008
Hey thanks guys!
Kris: i'm glad you see some improvement in my tone. I guess that's what "practice" is all about - it's not just about technique but also the way you deliver and make the tone out of the instrument Thanks! 
Tuubsu18th February 2008very nice!
botoxfox18th February 2008Nice
Muris Varajic18th February 2008Sounds great Pavel!!
DeepRoots18th February 2008cool- lovely melody there, nice to see you back with more lessons
Kristofer Dahl18th February 2008Love it Pavel
- I don't know if it's just me but I can see some great things happening with your general tone, keep up the great work and remember GMC:ers want to see alot more of your lessons!
- Lesson
- My notes
Welcome to the D-mood lesson! In this one we'll cover the key of D-Major and learn some cool licks you can use in this key and also apply to a different key. Techniques which we'll use are Alternate Picking, string skipping and a bit of legato.
Spending a lot of time practicing scales and linear runs made practice sessions pretty boring so now I spend some time experimenting with new approach, which is not that linear and works across multiple strings so you can build vertical runs and go from low to high strings in only a few notes - and that is the stuff you will learn in this lesson :)
Don't go for it at full speed right away as the beginning may seem simple but the real problem comes in the second part of the song where we use vertical runs - clean playing is the most important thing about those :)
Good luck and see you around :)
//Pavel
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