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Gabriel Leopardi14th January 20192019 here
Hi!
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Muris Varajic10th August 2009Rock it out.
GGTopGuitarist10th August 2009aaah now this has got to be my favourite
well done on this one
can't wait to start it
- Muris Varajic4th February 2009
Give it a shot Jeff and thanks for your kind comment,
glad you like the lesson!
Jeff4th February 2009Muris,
I've always been amazed at your ability to play guitar. All of your lessons are incredible. But this one is just unreal. In my opinion it is the best. Played so perfectly. Hats off man! I really want to work at this. Even if I just take away only a few riffs it would be worth it. Thanks so much, man!
David Wallimann20th January 2009Thanks David, means a lot!
Please, would like to hear/see your take when you're ok with it.
Yeah, I'll post a vid when I'm done.
Might be in a while though, unfortunately I get very little quality guitar time for myself these days.. But when I do it's on this! :-)- Muris Varajic20th January 2009
Thanks David, means a lot!
Please, would like to hear/see your take when you're ok with it. - David Wallimann20th January 2009
Still working on this one, there are so many amazing ideas in there.
I don't understand how you come up with stuff like that bro, but I love it. - Muris Varajic29th October 2008
That's great Eric,
let me know how it's going! 
ErikEklund28th October 2008So Awsome muris!
Just finished the intermediate so I guess I am going to give this one a try
^^- Muris Varajic25th October 2008
Svaka zica je ostra,vise-manje.
To rezanje takodje ima veze i sa visinom zica,tj akcijom.
Al generalno tanje zice se lakse urezu u kozu,deblje teze,logicno.
Dakle,probaj sa debljim zicama za pocetak,neznam koje trenutno sviras,
ja sviram 009-042 i nemam nikakvih problema,
sve je stvar licne prirode.
Takodjer mozes probati Elixir zice,one su oblozene
sto sprecava koroziju al i ispod ruke su dosta "mekse".
Moras malo experimentisati sa time
dok nenadjes ono sto ti najvise odgovara.
P.S. sorry for foreign language guys,
we spoke a bit about strings and gauge. 
bosanac25th October 2008murise mozes li mi molim te reci koje zice za gitaru da uzmem,ove zice su mi ostre tako da ne mogu dugo da sviram,ogule mi se prsti pa me bole.Mozes li mi reci koje zice da kupim al da nisu ostre??? hvala unaprijed
- Muris Varajic18th September 2008
Cheers mate
Pedja Simovic18th September 2008Muris I love Greg Howe style tapping in this one.
Brilliant !- Muris Varajic4th August 2008
Thanks a lot guys.
Noangels4th August 2008faultless playing
FrankW7th May 2008You're a truly gifted player, Muris. If you don't have a cd out, you need to make that happen. You're a player's player and people need to hear what can be done with the electric guitar if they practice real hard and eat their cornflakes
- Muris Varajic19th April 2008
Hey,glad you're having fun with it,you're welcome!!
- KWEST18th April 2008
I'm just trying to make you laugh, but this is about the coolest thing I've ever learned! Thanks for the great lesson, you're the best!
- KWEST18th April 2008
I recorded the backing tracks off so I could practice with them. The first one I called "slow," the second one is "faster" 100 is "about right for me, anyway" and 110 is "too fast" and 120 is called "MURIS." My fingers feel horribly insufficient when they watch you play.
Young Guitarist18th April 2008hehe! Great job Muris
- Muris Varajic5th April 2008
Wow,now that was loooooong post,thanks!
- jstcrsn5th April 2008
how do you know when to change modes so that it doesn't feel like you are playing out of the key or change keys so smoothly so it doesn't seem like your changing keys p.s. you rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Carlos Carrillo3rd March 2008hey muris!!!
perfect lesson!!!
thanks- Muris Varajic14th February 2008
Thanks Al,it's a pleasure to see you back!!
al christie14th February 2008You the Man!!!!!!!What a sound!!!
- Muris Varajic11th February 2008
So you were actually typing same thing twice??
Thanks Frank,appreciate it!! - Frank11th February 2008
LOL I just see it now that I send twice the same think .What post did I copy?Truly you are a grate guitar player .
- Muris Varajic11th February 2008
Why did you copy WHOLE post?? - Frank11th February 2008
Muris you are truly amazing the way you play the guitar. I wish I can play like that .
- Muris Varajic10th February 2008
Thanks Frank
It needs some practicing nonetheless but it's NOT impossible,
don't ever give up and say I WANT to play like this,then go for it!
Let me know if you need any help tho. - Frank10th February 2008
Hi Muris you are truly amazing the way you play the guitar. Congratulations i wish i can play like thate.
- Muris Varajic6th February 2008
Dumpener is quite well known thing in certain circles of players.
No,I didn't invent it as a tool but I made one by myself on quite specific formula.
Check out my gear sub board,there's a thread about it.
In a meanwhile you can have one by using hairgum.
When you want to play open strings you just move it behind the nut,
simple as that. - ScoJoh6th February 2008
Muris, this dumpner as you call it, is this type of thing used by other players or did you come up with it? If you could find a way to do this and still play the open strings you would rich.
- ScoJoh6th February 2008
- Muris Varajic5th February 2008
Doing my best guys,thanks a bunch!!
Unleash-The-Shred5th February 2008Muris you never seize to impress haha.
GroovinMastiff5th February 2008Man Muris, you can definitely play with the best of them.
This makes me more eager for your new album to come out
- Muris Varajic4th February 2008
Thanks guys.
visi0n4th February 2008great job Muris.. gehehe !!
Kizaze444th February 2008WOW, Muris, you are a guitar GOD!
- David Wallimann4th February 2008
Beautiful, this is so usable. Thanks so much Muris!
- Muris Varajic4th February 2008
Thanks guys,appreciate it!!
ScoJoh,yes,I'm using my homemade dumpener to prevent some strings from ringing.
Actually I can play most of those lick clean without it
but it's there just in case to be 100% sure and make things easier and more
comfortable to play.
If you wanna make something similar,HERE it is. 
Jerry Arcidiacono4th February 2008Awesome solo!
Kosei Kubota4th February 2008Wow!
Tour de force!- ScoJoh4th February 2008
Muris, You're playing has inspired me.
On frame 5 two handed tapping, you don't seem to need to mute behind the notes. But I get all that ringing from the other side of the string.
Are you hanging something over the guitar to dampen the strings?
Thanks for the awesome lessons! 
ballistic314th February 2008sooooooo muris i guess the timeing lesson........was to prepare us for this...well um ok i will give it a shot.....but i cant say its going to sound the same lol.... you totaly rock
- Muris Varajic4th February 2008
Thanks guys,thanks a lot!!
Specially Andrew,you're way too kind my mate
Gerardo,Frank's son is surely awesome player,
I haven't heard a lot(maybe record or two) but will check him out in details,thanks. 
Hisham Al-Sanea4th February 2008nice jam muris ..perffect job
The Uncreator4th February 2008Good god, all my effort is going into learning this.....Now....
Nick3253rd February 2008awsome
Gerardo Siere3rd February 2008Wow dude, check out his solo (D. Zappa)
Dejan Farkas4th February 2008Simply fantastic
Ivan Milenkovic3rd February 2008Great fusion chops Muris. You are slowly becoming my musical influence my friend.
Andrew Cockburn3rd February 2008
^^ My face throught that solo - wonder, laughter, a little bit of jealousy, and total amazement!
I have this vision of you taking on the guitar greats of the world one by one, and ticking them off in your GMC lessons - they should all come and try to post video responses!
Juan M. Valero3rd February 2008You are incredible Muris !!! excelente technique and most important: excelent music taste
Love this one !!
Lester3rd February 2008Awesome!! Amazing!! Great!!
- Muris Varajic3rd February 2008
Thanks everybody!!
There are slow backings,bunch of them,please try it and don't just watch it!!!
Joe,no it's not Triaxis,it's Pandora like always 
Eat-Sleep-andJam3rd February 2008Man not only does this look hard, but it is . Maybe in a year or 2 :/
Tuubsu3rd February 2008Un-freaking-believable!!! Probably the greatest lesson on the whole site!(IMO!) And thats hard to achieve...
- Eat-Sleep-andJam3rd February 2008
Wow
.....Looks really hard ! 
Joe Kataldo3rd February 2008Cool Chops and sound too! Let me guess is that a Mesa Triaxis?
- wylde guitar3rd February 2008
I wish i was good enough to play that! That was incredible.
Toni Suominen3rd February 2008Awesome lesson Muris!
I can definitely feel the Guthrie vibe here! 
Luc Hébert3rd February 2008Awsome
Freebird3rd February 2008That was amazing!!!
All those chops so flawless... Excellent job!! (as always )
Bogdan Radovic3rd February 2008Great one Muris !!
Pablo Vazquez3rd February 2008Awesome!! Incredible Lesson!!
- dreamtheaterfreak3rd February 2008
sweet lessson
at lights end3rd February 2008
how do you do it!?
these licks sound so cool!
Stevie-Ray-Vaughn3rd February 2008Muris, you've, once again, outdone yourself
mattacuk3rd February 2008Your my hero !!!
DeepRoots3rd February 2008awesomly done yet again.
- Gabriel Leopardi3rd February 2008
This is excelent! Thumbs up to the great Muris!
keep on the great work! 
botoxfox3rd February 2008Wow, awesome.
SEANCD20053rd February 2008Your just amazing!
- USAMAN3rd February 2008
Get down wit your bad self...A+ stuff
- Ralleliciouz3rd February 2008
great job muris it sounds amazing!
Kristofer Dahl3rd February 2008Muris you are the man!
So many over-the-edge techniques in one place - still it's all 100% music. Hats off to you!
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- My notes
Hello GMC! :) I started another lesson serial and I called it "Fusion Jam". This part is on advanced level, some tricky chops inside. ;)
Inspired by great fusion players like Greg Howe, Guthrie Govan, Bret Garsed etc I tried to combine many techniques, timings, odd grouping, smooth phrasing and on and on...
It's in key of B minor and I used mostly B Dorian mode, plus B Blues scale and some "out" notes, as you'll see. At the end of the piece it modulates into Cm key, so pay attention on that moment.
Tempo is 120bpm, there are many slow backing as well, have fun and let me know if you need any help! :)
Muris Varajic
P.S. Use of dumpener might come useful here.
Links:
Fusion Jam-Beginner
Fusion Jam-Intermediate
From this course:
- Fusion Jam - IntermediateLEVEL 5In here we are going to explore phrasing using wider intervals to give more color to our playing. Scale wise it's still B Dorian basically, B Blues scale here and there, a few neighbor notes and that's all.
- Fusion Jam - BeginnerLEVEL 4Smooth phrasing, left-hand vibrato, dead notes, legato, alternate picking, bending, staccato etc. Scale wise it's the same as in other levels, B Dorian, B Blues Scale and C Dorian at the end when it modulates into Cm key.
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