Oriental Shred Lesson

Is there anything you can't do on the guitar? woow I hate you why are you so awsome? and why is that every amazing guitar players have awsome names? LOL yngwie malmsteen, kirk hammett, jason becker, MURIS VARAJIC lol

loool i just found a easter egg if you watch the whole lesson then jum back to 44 sec Muris will ne playing in slow motion

beautiful

jaja so awesome muris

i think tabs and videos which ones show how to play, dont match. I got confused. Can anyone help me? ( by the way i am sorry about my english(: )

Hey Muris fantastic lesson , my favourite:) , and i see that it's possible to play ;d

I saw Marcus Lavendell's take on this lesson Muris, so I had to check it out... AWESOME !

I listen to this so often that I wanted to ask you if I can get this on mp3! ...great job...I hope some more of this to come!

Pozdrav!

i love thiss , it sounds alot like the albanian music my dad listens to =], awesome dude

Evo reko ti je Almir "You can't play that without a bottle of rakija"

zivio

... Muris, why arent you famous? Your an friggin guitar hero!

what a unique shred!

No need to apologize, I just wanted to make sure I learn it correctly.

Sorry, the above post was concerning video 6.

Hey again Muris.

I think theres an error in either the tab or the video. It's in video 7 when you play that hammer-on and pull-off thing in the 2nd section of the tab. It says: 11h-12-12p-11-12p-11, but where the tab says 12p-11, you hammer-on from the 11 fret to the 12 again, so it's two hammer-ons in a row. Which one is correct?

ahhh...this lesson has really become a GMC classic !I often peep in just to listen because it sounds so great.

its called "hicaz" maybe if you interested in this... It's so simpleee to me:D naihauhauh im %100 turkish

Ahh, gosh dang it... Never mind, I figured it out.

Sorry for spamming you lesson.

Oh, sorry, the above post was concerning VIDEO 5, not 4..

Hey Muris. Finally taking the time to learn this godly piece!

However, I think there is an error in video 4. Either you tabbed it wrong and played it right or the other way around. But it could also be me who doesn't quite understand it. (which is very likely )

Well, to my question, heres the tab:

Eb

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--11s-15-15-15g13-13----------------------------------|
---------------------15-15-14-15-15g14----------------|
---------------------------------------17-17g16-13----|
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The G on the D-string 17th fret shouldn't be there should it? I mean the one I marked with bold.
Because I simply can't sear/hear you playing it, so please help me.

I see!!
Well Thanks for the explanation
I think I will get back to practice then...
I'll try to upload a video of it when I can play it, in a year or so...

Hey Muris,
Great lesson you made here!!
I have one question though:
I'm getting stuck with the grace note's.
You have this in the tab, first video:
13-13g12-12
so i geuss you do a short pull of here because it says 13 first and then 12, but it seems that in the video you are doing short hammer ons...
Maybe I am not looking right, could you help me out?
Thanks,
Lester

Woah! I'm from Bulgaria, and this reminds me of something that would be playing at one of my parent's parties. My mother would faint if I played this for her. Great work!

Nice lesson Muris!!!!
Question: How exacly do you play the grace note?

nice sounds!!!!!

thanks Muris!!!!!

Yeah! Pretty much what we've got here. I usualy hate it but on guitar it sounds great

Wow, I have some Greek relatives (pretty much all of my relatives) that'd love to hear me play this. Thanks Muris!

Maan after I heard this I checked your profile again to see if you're not from Bulgaria

I think i'll stop watching your lessons...

d.

Woah, ive been working with oriental/arabic scales for a while now, intergrating them into my solos and general writing, and this is a great piece!

uuuuuuuoooooouuuuuu...this is the first time i look at your leson....sjajan forspil...like Ivan says this music is on the bad voice...but this is great..

This is definitely one of my favorites here on GMC, although there is no way in h*ll I am able to play this, but I just love the sound of it Great job.

muris is the MAN!

this is really cool and very different nice job

Wow, oriental Unfortunately, because of some musicians, this kind of music has gone on bad voice where I live, but you succesfully made an extra good sounding shred lesson out of it. Great idea, and nicely done THe end is very efective

Man... i can see you're committed to excellence and nothing less... i love your lessons man.. truly..
and another thing...
i realized that when watching your lessons i gotta start wearing a diaper..! ja..! :-)

Amazing work , man. A delight to the ear to be honest. I wanted to come to GMC for a while , was planning to get another few drinks this weekend but I saw your lesson and joined on the spot. I'm from Romania and oriental rhythms have been copied into some cheap uninspired vuglar commercial music we've got around here, but this kind of lesson reminds me where our crappy adaptation of oriental sounds originated from.

Cheers Muris !

Sorry Muris, I have the feeling its quite a stupid question, but what exactly does "g" mean in the tab?

Great solo btw!!!

Just sick man, rip it up Muris. Nice work

I know that about the triplets, but what are grace/ornament notes? =P

Thank you Muris for explaining. That makes a lot of sense, and explains why it only starts after a while. I guess I should have paid more attention.

I think this is one is going to be hard for me. A lot of feel involved in it, difficult to play feeling or no, but the two added together, ouch.

I love it, keep it up.

Great track, next on my list to tackle.
Jeff was asking if anyone plays this kind of style, I would recommend Kevin Ferguson. One of his albums does delve into these styles.
I don't have a problem with the backing tracks and the guitar volume, but I did notice that in the 100bpm version there is no guitar (which is what I want) but in the 130 bpm version there is guitar playing what I would like to be playing. Is this a mistake and if so, could you please post a 130bpm version without the guitar?

Thanks.

Great muris, i definitly hear the groove of Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Albania, Greece and Bosnia music ..

Ah, just another typical Muris lesson,

DAZZLING work my friend.

Man, I love your playing.

i love this man, i always wanted to play music that sounded "from somewhere". this inspires so much to do it. Thanks muris

Oh, but I saw that you did some kind of triplets where they were written, are those grace notes?

in what kind of equipment you using????
you have a great sound

wow!!!! that is wonderful muris!!!
in every style you rock man i love it
this realy sound cool..
great job

And one more thing.. What's with the g's between the tab numbers? What do they mean?

I was in Palestine and Egypt this summer vacation, and this gave me good memories =D

Nice lesson!

i loved it

Simply awesome.

I guess Muris ment the Ottman Empire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire

which ruled all the countries Muris mentioned previously.

In the general direction Jammer. You would not call Turkey or Persia(Iran) Arabian, because they are not. And certainly there was no Turkey at the time you mention. But correct, the Indian connection is there. I think you are referring to the Mughals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire

But anyway, I am delighted with this lesson, sounds good, and different, always a good combination.

Great lesson Muris!
I have scheduled some oriental and unusual lessons but you preceded me!!
Anyway, I'm a real fan of your playing.

Very nice. I really enjoy the atypical lessons. Great backing track and tone!

This is great. I love the sound!

i knew i liked this lesson before you even played. rich backing track as usual!!!

By the way most of arabian music was influenced by Indian music. A little history lesson here, turkey, Iran and many other arabian countries invaded India long before 400AD. They later of course left after trading things like spices but took along the music with them. Then the people who are ancestors of the people who invaded are formed their own country called pakistan which was part of india 60 years ago (most of the went to pakistan but many still stayed back in india during the partition).

Nice!!

I like this Muris.You know this is the kinda stuff that helps me make my own style of music.Its so different from what we here alot but mixing this up with metal and blues ect ect is the only way i know that other's can find there own playing style and be unique.Thanks for bringing this to GMC

Great stuff Muris

Nice one Muris! You said that there is more oriental to come, will that be at the same dificulty level or will there be some that are a bit easier?

If it were up to me we would have lots of lessons from "exotic"/foreign stringed instruments. As opposed to wind instruments - it's so easy to "steal licks" from another stringed instrument.

And just as this lesson illustrates - getting a unique sound is very much about getting away from scales/licks cliches of western music! So in other words...more!! more!! more!!

Cool stuff.
And I dont have any problems with the loudness of the guitar :S
I can hear it very good and clear

Muris,

I love this lesson. Is there any bands that play this type of style that I can listen to?
Also, I agree with Pavel in that I wish the guitar was a little louder in the mix. Obviously, it can be heard with the individual videos, but when I listen to the whole song, the guitar could probably be a little louder. IMO
And David is right, that last lick is just unbelievable!

I was just kidding.
It was just to tell you how impressed I am.
"What was that?" is what people say
when they see a UFO!!!

You play some awesome licks there and it would be cool to hear it better

Dear Muris... WHAT WAS THAT?!?!

I don't mean taking out the backing track, just make guitar a bit louder! This is a LESSON after all

Wow!!!!!
That last lick is Killer!!!!!
I Love it!!!

Im with muris on this. I also like the guitar to blend into the song instead of overpowering it. Gives a more tastefull feel to the solo being played.

Muris i dig your guitar, i think i must travel 10000 miles and come and take it for me

Great one, Muris!

I only wish the volume of the guitar was a bit higher, it totally blends with the backing track and you almost can't hear what guitar is playing

Muris is just too cool!! I love it

Thats awesome! Those oriental melodies sounds really cool! Exellent lesson!

Muris did it again

This is so cool, Muris! Awesome lesson!!

Oh man, i love this kinda stuff, thanks for doing this lesson!!

sounds very awesome

WOW..u nailed it Muris.I'm from Saudi Arabia n you sound just like the music played here..I not actually fond of it but when u played it,mixing it with the guitar,it just sounds beautiful.I have to be able to compose this kind of music I'll study this piece n steel some licks from it
@ Kristofer: I'm proud to be Saudi

I am trying to find the pieces of my jaw that just hit the floor. So many things to steal from this lesson Muris - I am proud to be half Greek!