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PhilRocks26th February 2009Awesome, Dude. Thanks for the lesson. Great Riffing!
kahall10th August 2008How did I miss this one. Love it, learing it and rockin on with it. Thanks so much!
Jon Lambo9th April 2008Probably my favourite lesson just for it's allround coolness.
Carlos Carrillo4th April 2008nice lesson Gaby!!!!
Danilo Capezzuto25th February 2008love your rhythm playing!
Gabriel Leopardi30th January 2008Thanks SMX! Check this lesson to know more about pinch harmonics Pinch Harmonics
- SMX29th January 2008
I like this one and play it often.
Gabriel : How do you force this "screaming" sound in the middle of the solo? Sounds fine ! - Gabriel Leopardi24th January 2008
That's great! Keep on practicing!
somecrazyguy0924th January 2008man this is some good stuff. i'm self taught and have been using pentatonics a lot but since i've been studying here i've found i was using them all wrong. after a couple of days learning your lessons i've already fixed my mistakes and gotten a whole lot better.
- Gabriel Leopardi9th January 2008
great to hear that wahoodoss! Thanks guys for the comments!
wahoodoss9th January 2008This is my first "comment" on a lesson, which means that this must be an awesome rock riff in order to get me off my butt to make a comment.
andrei.sz4th January 2008man !! i know this lesson is pretty old in hear , but just now i'm practicing it, and i must say :This is Awesome. such a great groov', playing it with a less distorsion it reminds me of Zappa.
Great lesson Gab !
I WILL rock you15th November 2007YES YES YES more please more, this is great! THANKs!
- krawetz16th September 2007
how do u make an artificial harmonic?
- dave42027th July 2007
just learned most of this one, great job man...
- Gabriel Leopardi20th July 2007
Hi John Crow! You can find an interesting explanation about hamonics in the last Pavel's lesson!
gabriel.- - rock-on20th July 2007
this is so awsome i love it u make it so easy
thanx a lot 
John Crow9th July 2007Very awasome lesson
hey Gabriel could u explain me a little how do u do AF on the 10 fret of the A string?? I try do that, but cannot achive that sound u made on the video. Suprising is that I can do screaming sound on the higher strings but not below D (btw i use Ernie ball super slinky) 
thx in advancerobostrat7th July 2007
i love it i love it i love it
- Gabriel Leopardi6th July 2007
Hi Jonathan! You can listen to some Cirse's songs in www.purevolume.com/cirse.
Thanks Ezravdb! I will correct it. 
ezravdb6th July 2007It's this in video 2
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jonathan6th July 2007awesome lesson man! i would like to hear a song of your band yo soy de colombia y el rock q usted toca es muy bueno
ibanez rocker5th July 2007my type of music. excellent work gabriel!! I will have to try this!!!!
Smikey20065th July 2007Yea im loven this 1 . the solo is just wicked
Thanks Gabriel- Gabriel Leopardi4th July 2007
Yes, the whole thing with E minor pentatonic + blue note and some cromatic notes as passing notes.
- sb814th July 2007
awesome sir, this whole thing done in E minor pentatonic blues?
- Gabriel Leopardi4th July 2007
Thanks guys! I promise you that we'll have more lesson like this one!
Hi Ben C! I have the new Velvet Revolver album!
These are my settings for this lesson.
Guitar: Gibson les paul studio (Bridge pick-up)
Amp- Marshall Valvestate mod.8080
Bass- 7
Mid 6
Treble- 5
Gain- 7
Reverb I used the Medium Hall preset of a software plug-in called Waves Rverb.
... and lots of pentatonic licks. - Ben C4th July 2007
if you dont mind telling what is your setting for:
Bass-
Mid
Treble-
Gain-
Reverb (if possible)-
Thanks. you ROCK dude! 
Stratman584th July 2007Great stuff man great
Aaron4th July 2007its a pretty sick lesson.
(i knew dat rokchik would be here cuz its got a rage feel to it)
No Payne No Gain4th July 2007Dude, I like this one... Rocker lesson II?
shredmandan4th July 2007Good Job
Edited for spam : Andrew- stratman333rd July 2007
THIS IS AWESOME!!!
- Gabriel Leopardi3rd July 2007
Jeje... that's very nice to hear Andrew!! Thanks.
Andrew Cockburn3rd July 2007Cool - I guarantee you'll get a lot of sales from GMC including me
- Gabriel Leopardi3rd July 2007
Hey! Thanks for your nice comments!
Gustavo: I'm glad to tell you that Cirse's first album will be available very soon! The recording/mixing/mastering process is complete. - Gustavo3rd July 2007
muy weno gabi
cirse tiene cd? - nrpstreetballa3rd July 2007
i like it alot
funkymilk3rd July 2007Good job Gabriel, this sound really amazing^^
ace_frehely3rd July 2007sweet
Eat-Sleep-andJam3rd July 2007Great stuff. Maybe your next lesson could be just like this with maybe a speed run or twp ?
-John
Luciana Segovia3rd July 2007creo que conozco esa cancion!!!!
jammer913rd July 2007Awesome!!!! Sounds mind blowing!!!
Gonna start practicing immediately.
The Uncreator3rd July 2007Ha, that is just cool, great riffs, great solo!
- Andrew Cockburn3rd July 2007
Nice clean lesson Gabriel - really brings out the basics of the sound and riffs making it a great teaching tool, thanks!
- Amarok3rd July 2007
yeah realy awesome!!! m/
- ezravdb3rd July 2007
i love RATM
Robin3rd July 2007Awesome!
ZakkWylde3rd July 2007Hell Yeah
Thats what I call Rock
- Lesson
- My notes
Hey GMC!! Welcome my new rock lesson. This lesson is an extract of a Cirse’s song (www.cirse.com.ar) that we recorded in our first demo. This one was called “Para que veas!”. It begins with a “rocker riff” in the style of Audioslave or Rage against the Machine and then we have a nice and not too difficult solo in E pentatonic minor scale that includes many interesting rock licks.
In this lesson we will explore different techniques as vibrato, bending, legato, artificial harmonics and double string licks.
I recorded two baking tracks as a loop at different tempos to practice the lesson.
Tempo: 100 bpm
Enjoy the solo!
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
