Kristofer Dahl16th November 2007This is hilarious Muris
As well as a perfect left hand staccato exercise! Of note - this kind of damping technique is standard for bass players, but for some reason not quite as known among guitarists.
Muris Varajic16th November 2007Thanks Kris
Well spotted tho,bassists use it quite often.
But we are taking it from here!!!!!!!
- Kristofer Dahl16th November 2007
Yes! Let's make it a guitar technique from now!
DeepRoots16th November 2007omg! This is crazy!!!! Thanks
Cant wait to do a similar solo in the middle of a metal song lol !!
KRmachine16th November 2007Haha this is incredibly catchy, great work.
timono16th November 2007ow man, this sounds really funny
can't wait to start practise this
thanks
Gabriel Leopardi16th November 2007Very good lesson for the right hand! Blues Saraceno plays with this technique all many of his songs and sounds amazing. (and also very difficult).
Andrew Cockburn16th November 2007Wow!
Constie16th November 2007This put a big smile on my face
Awesome work
Vinod Saranga16th November 2007Cool Sound muris.Very good technique indeed.
Reminds me My childhood Video games
Love so much cool tune
Can't get rid of listening to it again and again.
silentkap16th November 2007another great lesson, and it sounds so funny
dango16th November 2007Muris, you are amazing! I deffenetly practice on this. thank you.
Jerry Arcidiacono16th November 2007Ahah! Muris, you're my hero! Very funny lesson! Anyway, I defijnateli know what "staccato" means.
peixe16th November 2007Haha this is so cool Muris!
I hope to be playing it soon 
David Wallimann16th November 2007Muris, this is great!
We must be tuned in some weird ways because each time I finish recoreding a lesson, I check the website and you have something kind of similar uploaded...
Excellent job!- Muris Varajic16th November 2007
Thanks everybody!!
David,don't tell me we did it again??
Juan M. Valero16th November 2007Awesome lesson, I love your playing Muris !!!!
really good, congratulations
axelsson16th November 2007Well done Muris!
I love the variety in your lessons man, you always surprise me 
Erik Johnson17th November 2007Oh my gosh.. I absolutely adore this sound. This is definately my favorite lesson on GMC. Period.
Wow.. this is seriously the happiest song I've ever heard in my life. I laughed when I heard it, and so did all of my friends because it's such a HAPPY song!
I'm learning it today! ;D- Muris Varajic17th November 2007
Thanks,guess I'm happy now as well.
WTN17th November 2007You know Muris, this sounds Bosnian to me - and I don't know what that sounds like but I think you have created it. Great Stuff.
- Muris Varajic17th November 2007
That's so kind WTN
mattacuk16th November 2007Fabulous work Muris! And i like the C64 refrence ;o)
Fabian Schulz16th November 2007 I had to laugh when i heard the tune Great one
Layzer17th November 2007HAH AWESOME! love the sound!!!
Pablo Vazquez17th November 2007Muris, your lessons are amazings!!!!
Farbror Kudde16th November 2007hahahha this is awesome! you are definetely one of the best instructors here!
IzzyCom16th November 2007Very funny tune there Muris!!!
No as easy as it looks!!!- Constie16th November 2007
It sounds like in a circus. Or something funny in a cartoon.
Very curious in a nice way. - Muris Varajic17th November 2007
Pleasure is all mine guys,glad you like it!!
The Uncreator17th November 2007Very Cool Indeed!
Xranthoius17th November 2007haha i love this its awesome great job!
PacmanProductions17th November 2007omg i cant stop laughing!!! this is great!!!
great work!
Hisham Al-Sanea17th November 2007nice staccato lesson muris
Unleash-The-Shred17th November 2007Haha, this is great.
Smikey200617th November 2007Muris.. your my hero.. this is soo catchy..
SDMF7517th November 2007Way too cool!! Great work! Has that Carnival feel to it.
krudtaa17th November 2007Cool lesson. really great. thanks.
- Muris Varajic17th November 2007
You're welcome fellas,enjoy it.
- nrpstreetballa17th November 2007
im sorry but i dont understand how you are muting the string. what did u mean when u said " you remove both finger and string off the fretboard" how do u move a string off the fretboard?
- Muris Varajic18th November 2007
By releasing pressure with your finger,
but finger still needs to touch the string to do muting.
Hope this helps. - Capn' Jef18th November 2007
I'm glad I came into guitar with a couple years on bass only. This stuff is useful.
But I'm still learning this one, that's a fun tune! 
Ben N18th November 2007cool
Tank18th November 2007 What a wonderful piece of music.
The technique works well when strumming chords as well, If you hold down the chords for just as long as you need it, you have more control over the tightness of sound, and rhythm quality. And if you strum with your fingers lightly touching the strings (muted), you get a nice percussive sound.- Muris Varajic18th November 2007
Yep
Using staccato over chords might be really cool,specially in high tempo. 
LwShieN5th December 2007ahahahhahaa ..awesome sound muris , reminds me of the carnival
Joe9018th December 2007that's so cool it reminds a bit of borat when I hear it. It's niize!
- Muris Varajic18th December 2007
Thanks
skipdaflip27th December 2007Wow, found this site today and spend some hours to find some cool stuff to begin with.
Well you've done it. Everyone is already asleep for hours, and i'm still practicing this song!
I think I go on in a few hours... first some sleep!- Muris Varajic29th December 2007
Welcome and have fun!!
Fell free to ask if you need anything tho - jhonnylachingas6th January 2008
man Muris... you're full of surprises..! - great tune... it put me in a happy mood..! - thanks..!
it's amazing what music can do..! 
Carlos Carrillo5th March 2008hey muris!!!!!!!!
beutifull job!!!!!!!!
thanks- Muris Varajic6th March 2008
Thanks guys,cheers
Danilo Capezzuto15th March 2008Funny! Good lesson Muris.
- Muris Varajic15th March 2008
Thanks Danilo.
- howermike1st May 2008
hi,Muris,they are very good your lessons...
- Muris Varajic1st May 2008
Thanks and welcome to GMC!
Canis23rd May 2008Hah, I love this lesson
For some reason, I can totally picture a heavy metal band playing the heaviest of riffing, and then in the middle of it all, they suddenly play this, before returning to the heavy riffing
Thanks for the lesson ^^- Muris Varajic23rd May 2008
Cheers Canis,glad you like it.
kjutte29th September 2008Funny one
- Muris Varajic29th September 2008
Yes it is
Alexiaden9330th July 2009Awesome ! You should have an animated mouse dancing next to you in the video to get it more credibility...
- Muris Varajic30th July 2009
Too late for that now.
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Hello GMC and welcome to my Staccato Lesson! As you probably already know, staccato means "as short as possible". :)
Now, there are a few ways to get the note sounds staccato. First and easiest in surely palm muting.
But since this will mute the note we are not going to use this technique.
A second method is to stop the sound by touching the string with the pick. Unfortunately, it'll give us the "pick attack" so this one is out as well...
And the last method is the one we're going to use here. It looks like some sort of small "jumps". :)
This is how I do it:
After I play the note I slightly remove both finger and the string off the fretboard while still gently touching the string with the finger. That helps to stop ringing of open string.
I was thinking a lot about this lesson, what type of backing to make, and note wise in general. So I came up with this a bit funny track. It sounds like Baroque music, cartoon or even music from C64 games, you name it. :)
Anyway, have fun practicing it and let me know if you need any help!
Take care.
Muris Varajic
