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Alexiaden9320th May 2009Very cool !
Pi381st May 2008Great lesson. Santana rocks!
Carlos Carrillo19th March 2008fantastic lesson Gaby!!!!
thanks
cjay4th February 2008great lesson got the santana sound right
samba pa ti on
jacmoe1st February 2008Thanks Gabe!
Just can't get enough of Santana!
Gabriel Leopardi20th January 2008Thanks Egmond! I use Reason's drum module as a sampler and some wav samples. Then I add a compressor aqnd reverb.
- EGMONT 196320th January 2008
hi gabriel
PERFECTO COMO TODO
que drumm machine you use ?????
I WANT TO BUY ONE
UN SALUDO
UDO 
krudtaa17th January 2008Great Santana style. Cool lesson.
Power_Arctica17th January 2008Ahora si me funciono, antes me bajaba el de 80, no se! Excelente el backing Gab! Da para tocar horas!
- Gabriel Leopardi17th January 2008
Gracias! Me parece que siempre usó una PRS.
Recién probé el backing track y el de 120 me funciona bien. Chequealo denuevo.
saludos! - Power_Arctica16th January 2008
Esto esta genial Gabi! Te falta la Yamaha y estas igual!!
Fijate que el backing a 120 bpm es de 80, subilo rapido por favor q me muero x tocarlo!!!! 
Paul Coutts16th January 2008awesome stuff, really nailed everything. Can't wait to see him next month!
- Gabriel Leopardi16th January 2008
Thanks you for the comments! Adelante Juan con tu visión del estilo de Santana!
gabi. 
Juan M. Valero16th January 2008Que buena leccion !!! no hace falta decir que es muy Santana, muy bien tocado y muy bien metido en ese estilo
Me estan dando ganas de hacer algo tb en este estilo, lo tenia algo olvidado y es muy interesante también !!!- Maximus16th January 2008
Well done as usual!
Marcus Lavendell16th January 2008Wow! Nice lesson Gab!
Tomy Jeon16th January 2008Cool tone Gabriel! Nice lesson!
Vinod Saranga16th January 2008Nice baccking track
Perfect example of Santana style
Kosei Kubota16th January 2008Viva, Santana!
JukeboxHero16th January 2008Edit: Oops I meant MAGIC oh well magic, msgic same difference.
nickmarx1234567816th January 2008Thats sounds so GREAT! I LOVE santana and you really nailed his style
skennington16th January 2008all Santana my man! great job.
- JukeboxHero16th January 2008
This has got to be one of my favorite lessons. Reminds me so much of Black Msgic Woman. Wow I'm going to learn this one for sure. Thanks.
Dejan Farkas16th January 2008Excellent Gabriel
- Erik216th January 2008
Great lesson, incredibly Santana sounding.
SLASH9115th January 2008This is great.
rokchik15th January 2008I've been listening to a lot of Carlos Santana over the last few weeks, thanks to all the talks about him lately on the forum. He has such a distinct style that you instantly recognize one of his songs. Gabriel you have definatley captured his style here with lesson. Great job
The Uncreator15th January 2008JUst Amazing...
Nick32515th January 2008awsome
Man0waR15th January 2008This , as a lesson , is super
But it does remind me again how much subtlety there is in Santana's playing .... I just love guitarists that you can keep learning licks and songs from for ages and STILL not be able to get all the feel down I've been waiting for Santana lessons here for a while hope MORE will come cause the guy deserves lotsa study and restecpa - Joey15th January 2008
I thought i was listening to Black Magic Woman for a second there but then all of a sudden there was a Gabriel twist and it went to a dead on santana style composition
very nice! - Reaver15th January 2008
VERY nice. Thank you!
- FretDancer6915th January 2008
i was going to request a Santana lesson and i got surprised when i saw one on the main page
awesome lesson gabe 
Hisham Al-Sanea15th January 2008perfect Gabe ,,nice latin rock
Gerardo Siere15th January 2008Muy buena gabriel, suena con mucha onda santanera
TortillaShred15th January 2008Got a Black Magic Womaaaaaan (8)
Excellent impro Gabriel! I play that song with a blues band, and the solos in the song make you feel soooo soooo good on stage! Gotta love the bends!
Fran15th January 2008Nice Santana tone there!
I was looking for some lesson to practice Dminor!
Thanks Gabriel.
Toni Suominen15th January 2008Very cool lesson dude!!
silentkap15th January 2008nice lesson and nice sound
- Gabriel Leopardi15th January 2008
Thanks for the comments! That's great Jammer! You know.. The Uncreator started a Santana request tread in my personal forum and many other GMCers said that it would be great... so here you have.
I really like Santana's playing and feeling.
gabriel.-
pd: Thanks drummingguitarist06. I fixed it. 
jammer9115th January 2008You wont beleive this Gabriel. The rain was pouring outside today and all roads were flodded so my dad had to come to school to pick me up since buses were cancelled due to flooding. I turn on the radio and i hear some pop/ rap song with Santana with it (it wasnt the Nickelback one, it had a rapper). I liked the phrasing so my goal today was to practice a good some santana licks. I scanned UG and only found some songs, so i came back to GMC to request a Santana lesson and guess what? I found it on the main page. I really like the way you divided or paused between licks instead of just putting things to flow at once.
If i can save $100 (doubt it) i can see Santana next month.
kyldeee15th January 2008Cool lesson
Reminds me a little bit Black magic woman Great, thanks...
Nighthawk115th January 2008Great idea posting that lesson !!Thanks a lot !
David Wallimann15th January 2008Great one man! Nice vibe, tone and everything. :-)
Ivan Milenkovic15th January 2008Great idea Gab, and great execution of it. Good work man!
Muris Varajic15th January 2008Well done Gabriel!
Pablo Vazquez15th January 2008Cool!! Very Nice Lesson friend!!
Bogdan Radovic15th January 2008Great work Gabriel on this one !! I love this Santana sound
botoxfox15th January 2008Sounds cool
drummingguitarist0615th January 2008Sounds too me like:
B: -----13----------
G: 12b----12brp-10--- drummingguitarist0615th January 2008
Oh, there's some tab missing on video 2. The last bend after 14--13--12, mind putting that in? =)
- TheClansmanDK15th January 2008
Wow! been missing a Santana lesson style. You do a very good job Gabe. Very Santanaish
Thanks! - drummingguitarist0615th January 2008
OMG Gabriel thanks SO MUCH! I have been WAITING for this for so long...
coffeeman15th January 2008Awesom Gabriel.
Kristofer Dahl15th January 2008Just amazing Gabriel - this is soo Santana to me, you nailed everything! Definitely the first lesson of it's kind at GMC - thanks!
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Hey guys! This lesson is a Latin rock style lesson. This music is a combination of rock and blues with Latino American rhythms.
One of the most important Latin rock musicians is Carlos Santana. This Mexican musician and guitarist started in the 60’s doing a combination of blues guitar with Latin percussion. He recorded many great albums during the 60’s and the 70s that influenced lots of Latino American musicians and he is still doing music.
In this lesson I recorded a percussive backing track and recorded an improvisation using some blues and rock licks used in this type of music.
I used D minor scale and the tempo is 120 bpm. You can find the backing track chords on screen.
Saludos amigos!
Gabriel.-
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