Chris Evans - MTP Compilation Exercise SI Lesson

Introduction

Been a little while since I uploaded a lesson onto the boards, as you may know I`ve been working with a great group of guys on the Mentor Training Program, it struck me early on that I could try and do a lesson that incorporated aspects and exercises of Instructor lessons that we`d been looking at and compile it into one compact lesson for the guys to include as part of their practice routines to save a little time allowing them to concentrate on other lessons as well user posted image

Hopefully I`ve managed to achieve what I started out to do, this is a perfect place to upload the lesson as hopefully it will benefit anyone else on GMC as well user posted image

I`ve tried to cut the lesson down into small sections so that you can work easier on each section at a time user posted image

The Lesson

Main Video:

Main Video

The exercise consists of elements of lessons from Instructors, Gabriel Leopardi's Judas Priest style lesson, Marcus Siepen's Metal rhythm, Muris Varajic's alternate thirds and Joe Kataldo's tapping lesson, I have changed bits and transposed parts to fit in with what I was doing (E minor btw)

Parts

Part 1: Part_1.mpg ( 8.87MB )

E||------------------------|-------------------------|
B||------------------------|-------------------------|
G||-------12----11----9----|-------12----11----12----|
D||------------------------|-------------------------|
A||------------------------|-------------------------|
E||--0---------------------|--0----------------------|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------10----------------|-------------------|
|--14----------12----11----|--9----------12----11----|-------------------|
|--------10----------------|-------------------------|--9----------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------12----10----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|

A slight variation on the Judas Priest Style lesson, a simple intro, but concentrate on timing and vibrato.

Part 2: Part_2.mpg ( 9.96MB )

E||------------------------|-------------------------|
B||------------------------|-------------------------|
G||-------12----11----9----|-------12----11----12----|
D||------------------------|-------------------------|
A||------------------------|-------------------------|
E||--0---------------------|--0----------------------|

|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------
|--------------------------|-------10----------------|------------------------
|--14----------12----11----|--9----------12----11----|--9---------------------
|--------10----------------|-------------------------|-------12----10----9----
|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------
|--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------

|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|--12----10----9----7----|--9----6----7----|
|------------------------|-----------------|

A straight repeat of the first pattern with a slightly different ending.

Part 3: Part_3.mpg ( 9.54MB )

This pattern above is repeated twice.

Into a variation (although ver similar) to Marcus Siepens Metal rhythm lesson, palm muting and some pull offs in the middle of the riff are the things to watch out for in this section

Part 4: Part_4.mpg ( 9.55MB )

This part is played a lot easier if you just down pick only, downpicking will also give more attack on the notes.

Part 5: Part_5.mpg ( 10.53MB )

Using an idea from Muris`s lesson that we looked at, I just made a longer slightly more repetetive pattern out of it, palm muting on the first notes gives this pattern more feel, not too tricky more about timing here.

Part 6: Part_6.mpg ( 8.03MB )

E||--15----12----14----------|--12----------------------|
B||--------------------15----|--------13----15----12----|
G||--------------------------|--------------------------|
D||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--13----------12----------|--------------------------
|--------14----------12----|--14----11----12----11----
|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--------------------------|--------------------------

|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--14----12----10----------|--------------------------
|--------------------14----|--12----10----------------
|--------------------------|--------------14----12----

|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------|
|--------------------10----|--12----14----12----10----|--------|
|--10----12----14----------|--------------------------|--12----|

Another Muris lesson here (alternate thirds), I`ve kind of chopped the pattern that Muris used in half here, thought it might mix things up a bit.

Part 7: Part_7.mpg ( 7.63MB )

E||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------7----|
G||------------4----5----|--7----5----4---------|-------7----9---------|
D||--5----7--------------|-----------------7----|--5-------------------|
A||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------
|--8----10----8----7----|------------------------|--12----13----15----13----
|-----------------------|--9----7----12----14----|--------------------------
|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------
|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------
|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------

|--------------------|
|--12----------------|
|--------14----12----|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|

Some more alternate picking, just a quick scale exercise moved around in different positions on the neck, you could chop it up a little and use pull offs/legato on the way back down as well.

Part 8: Part_8.mpg ( 9.45MB )

|--------------------------|--------14----------15----
|--------15----------17----|--------------------------
|--16----------16----------|--16----------16----------
|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--------------------------|--------------------------

|--------17----------19----|--------17----------15----
|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--16----------16----------|--16----------16----------
|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--------------------------|--------------------------
|--------------------------|--------------------------

|-------------------------------|--------------|
|--17br----15-------------------|--------------|
|----------------16~----14br----|--12----------|
|-------------------------------|--------14----|
|-------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------|

First half of this pattern isn't too difficult, just palm muting on the 12th fret of the D string is important, the second half is a little trickier as you anchor on the 16th fret of the B string with your middle finger and skip on the other notes, I find picking down on the anchor note and picking the changing notes on the upstroke works the best for me in this section.

Part 9: Part_9.mpg ( 9.48MB )

Apologies for the vid quality on this video, I had a mishap with my halogen light and had to make do with the available light I had in the room, played appaling on this one too.

Probably the hardest part of the whole exercise, all tapped, the pattern itself is very easy, its mainly the timing and moving from string to string that makes this the trickiest part imo, inspired from our tapping assignment looking at Joe Kataldos tapping lessons.

Part 10: Part_10.mpg ( 5.09MB )

E||--19p----17p----15----19h----|--17p----15------------------|
B||-----------------------------|---------------19p----17h----|
G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|----------------------------|-----------------------------
|--15----19p----17p----15----|-----------------------------
|----------------------------|--17p----16p----14----17h----
|----------------------------|-----------------------------
|----------------------------|-----------------------------
|----------------------------|-----------------------------

|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--16p----14----------------|--------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------17----16----|--14----16----17----16----|--14----13----14----|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|

Finally our last section, this part almost feels like a breather after the tapping section, legato on the first three strings, finishing with alternate picking, this gives the last little run some more clarity and a better finish to the whole piece.