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Gabriel Leopardi29th April 2014Very very good riff! There is a big shortage of riffing lessons. Hope you will fill up this gab? :-)
Hi Robert! Thanks for the comments. What type of riffing lessons are you looking for? What styles?
RobertAtGmc29th April 2014Very very good riff! There is a big shortage of riffing lessons. Hope you will fill up this gab? :-)
- AstralkinG24th January 2013
Really love the sound of this.
Daniel Realpe23rd April 2010This sounds very good! surprising notes is where the emotion is at
Muris Varajic4th October 2008Hi
This slide+scrap is typical add-on and I slide up to random fret,above 12th.
JamesT4th October 2008Hey Muris, when you do that slide in the beginning, do you slide to a particular fret?
Looks and sounds like you slide up on the e string, and then back down on the a string. I like the way you scrape the pick on the start of the downslide. :-)- Muris Varajic1st October 2008
No problem.
Sentenced1st October 2008Muris thank you very much for your fast answer. I will try them out.
- Muris Varajic1st October 2008
I wish I could remember the settings.
But it's probably something similar to this:
SGL > HUM 10.0
US HI-G Gain 6.3 Bass 2.0 Middle 0.7 Treble 5.0
JAZ 1x15 8.0
No Mod Effx
PPDLY3 5.3
PLATE 1 1.7 - Sentenced1st October 2008
Muris could you please post your presets on this one if possible? It sounds just really metal
Sergio Dorado3rd June 2008Awesome riffs, I really like this style. It sounds metal progresive.
- Gabriel Leopardi3rd June 2008
wou! those are really fresh riffs! excelent stuff! Thanks Muris!
Lian Gerbino3rd June 2008really good, u r awesome muris!
- Muris Varajic3rd June 2008
Thanks Nick.
Praetorian,it's just pinched harmonic,
of course it requires hi-gain
and a bit more highs in EQ. 
Nick Kellie3rd June 2008very enjoyable!
Praetorian3rd June 2008How the heck do you get that Zakk Wylde sound F# at 19 seconds on the video...I can't duplicate it!!
- Muris Varajic3rd June 2008
Thanks everyone!
Antipolitik3rd June 2008Great lesson! Fun to play! Keep it up!
Jerry Arcidiacono3rd June 2008Awesome riffing style Muris
Carlos Carrillo3rd June 2008very nice lesson Muris!!!
Pablo Vazquez3rd June 2008WOW!!! Awesome riffing lesson Muris!!!!
David Wallimann3rd June 2008Excellent work Muris, I love the Vai sound of this. Great!
Dejan Farkas2nd June 2008Me like it, cool riffs mate
Pi382nd June 2008Oh, man, this is just my style. Muris, I've got to say, lately your lessons have been especially awesome. I mean, your lessons are always great, but as of late, you've really stepped it up.
Hisham Al-Sanea2nd June 2008great riff Muris.wonderful bro
- Muris Varajic2nd June 2008
Thanks guys
ZiZi ,
you have to dive a bit more into theory,
specially into diatonic world as Lydian is
another diatonic scale.
So,main notes are C D E F G A and B
Notice that 4th from E is A
and 5th from E is B.
Notes in E Lydian are:
E,F#,G#,A#,B,C# and D#.
E-A# = sharp 4th
E-B = perfect 5th
E- Bb = that would be flat 5th tho. 
Nick3252nd June 2008nice riffage muris
TreyDeschamp2nd June 2008This mad the hair on my arms stand up it sounds so good!
Toni Suominen2nd June 2008Great lesson Muris!
Zsolt Galambos2nd June 2008Now this is awesome!
I really like the sound of it, the Lydian scale always reminds me of Satriani!- inertia2nd June 2008
Thanks sooo much Muris, I love the Lydian mode!!!
Jad Diab2nd June 2008By the way, I've forgotten to ask a question : Bb and A# are the same note (same sound) so what are the difference, when do we call it a A# and when do we call it a Bb ?
Thx man
Nemanja Filipovic2nd June 2008Great lesson Muris.
- Jad Diab2nd June 2008
wow muris, you're amazing as always
I love it man 
Trond Vold2nd June 2008Love it!
Had a really neat prog-metal feel to it.
Harris Sopovic2nd June 2008Nice prog chops Muris. You can really get the dreamtheater feeling from this. Dobar si ! =)
rmangini2nd June 2008you have the most amazing tone and your pinches are spot on. thanks for another great lesson muris!
chast2nd June 2008Sounds awesome
Reminds me of Petrucci
- Muris Varajic2nd June 2008
Thanks guys!!!
Steve,I was trying to explain that in text,
those 2 notes sounds just the same
but when you write it in notation
it's totally different thing.
And in Lydian we have sharp 4th
and perfect 5th as degrees inside. 
Danilo Capezzuto2nd June 2008Nice lesson and riff!
steve252nd June 2008Isn't sharp 4th and flat 5th the same? The flat 5th of E is A# as its 5th is a B?
- Alex872nd June 2008
Great riffing Muris, great use of Lydian
Juan M. Valero2nd June 2008Cool lesson Muris
Bogdan Radovic2nd June 2008Lots of great riffin' ides here ! Cool lesson Muris !
eddiecat2nd June 2008Oh man! I remember asking you for this serial
in your "suggestions" subforum, and here we are!
Can't wait to have the whole modal serial
to practice modes seperately and in different keys
over exciting backing tracks!!!
Thank you Muris, now I've got mixo and lydian...
Oh, and I love the sound of that +4 chord!
Super rock!
Cheers, Eddie
Ivan Milenkovic2nd June 2008Nice idea Muris, tight riffing as well. Great job!
timono2nd June 2008once again awesome
Joe Kataldo2nd June 2008Nice riff!
at lights end2nd June 2008sounds awesome
axelsson2nd June 2008splendid!
kyldeee2nd June 2008Awesome riffing
DeepRoots2nd June 2008Awesome Muris! I have never riffed in lydian!
I can't wait to see the rest of this serial- your mixolydian serial was epic!
Thanks again
Kristofer Dahl2nd June 2008Wonderful Muris - these riffs had something very fresh over them, great to see more of your metal side!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hello GMCers and welcome to another serial, this time it's all about Lydian Mode.
As you probably know, Lydian mode is almost the same thing as major scale/ionian mode. The only difference is sharp 4th in Lydian mode.
Now, here we have two keys, key of E and key of Bb, both Lydian of course. These 2 keys are the most distanced ones because the interval between E and Bb is flat 5th OR sharp 4th. Devil interval, also called Tritonus cause it contains 3 whole tones inside. So we are modulating from E into Bb. A# is 4th degree in E Lydian but then we reverse it into Bb when playing in key of Bb, simple as that.
Then we come back from Bb to E using same formula. Note E is sharp 4th in Bb Lydian and root note of E Lydian.
This part of serial is riffing only, we'll be playing using downstrokes only most of the time, that way we'll get that powerful sound, metal like.
In next parts of this serial we'll do some soloing over this riffing, on different levels on course.
Tempo is 90bpm.
Have fun! :)
Muris Varajic
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