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- EVH Delay TrickLEVEL 4Short composition based on EVH's delay trick
- Eddie Van Halen: Beat It SoloLEVEL 7Eddie Van Halen's famous solo from Michael Jackson's "Beat It"
- Eddie Van VaiLEVEL 6In this lesson I´ll show you one of my first songs. I wrote it when I was 15 years old.
- Van Halen RhythmLEVEL 4A song in the style of Eddie Van Halen.
- Van Halen Style RhythmLEVEL 3Rhythm guitar lesson in the style of Eddie Van Halen.
- Van Halen: Ain't Talking About LoveLEVEL 4Classic by Van Halen.
- Van Halen: "Jump"LEVEL 5Different technical elements such as tapping, legato, artificial harmonics
- Greta Van FleetLEVEL 3This young band is ready to save rock and roll. Learn the secrets behind their guitar playing!
- Satch StyleLEVEL 5Let's play some whammy / wah stuff!
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Donrk743rd April 2019great guitar playing iam just enjoying watching you play in the style of evh . i just cant wait to begin learning your lesson! thank you . blown awayhere, wow!
chris422nd July 2017Great !
Manaus15th December 2016Very very cool! Many thans Muris!
- Orb24th October 2012
i love the harmonics very nice
- Ishouldjustquit11th November 2011
oh my god Muris i can't believe that I am actually able to play this at 100 now..woow thank you!!!
don't mean to sound gay but i love you 
zeus11th November 2011absolutely awesome. thank you so much.
- Ishouldjustquit10th November 2011
You are the most impressive guitarist I have ever seen in my entire life... I have 1 question for you though. Do you think that anybody can play like you if they really try? or is it that some people who have less talent just can't do it? I mean I 've been playing guitar for 12 years and I am nowhere near your level.
- Ishouldjustquit10th November 2011
Muris I just joined and I learned that sometimes its just better to give up LOL
Dannyhimself8th November 2011I absolutely love this. Thanks Muris for sharing this with us!
- Vaiman29th October 2011
Hi Muris. I love this solo. The phrasing is beautiful. As soon as I saw this lesson I said I have to learn this one. I can play it now and I owe you a huge thankyou. I had to use my guitarthat doesn't have a whammy until my other one is back in action. So I bend the d string on 3rd fret up to the g note and let off and slide down with a harmonic which sounds pretty good. Not as good as the whammy obviously but until I get my other guitar in action it works. You are a huge inspiration Muris....so very well rounded as a player....my utmost respect man.
Conan19th September 2011Dear God this is awesome. I have been having so much fun playing this and seeing improvement that my fingers are numb and throbbing. Thanks for this lesson!
Ivan Milenkovic28th April 2011Some people that practice flamenco a lot can play level 6 flamenco lessons and think it is level 3, while I would consider any flamenco level above level 3, level 10 lesson, simple because I haven't played flamenco before.
ln other words - Lesson level grading is something that is a bit relative. We are all different kinds of players, and these level gradings are just given as a general categorization factor.- igi26th April 2011
i think this is a mistake, level 4? no way, level 6 at least, i played a level 6 lesson and this one is way more difficult
so what i am actually saying is, greaeaeaeat job !!! - igi15th April 2011
great lesson keep it up !!!
rico13th January 2011Muris you're an Alien !
thefireball22nd June 2010I can't stop listening to this!! I love this!!! Especially your tone! How you ever got it to sound so surround is amazing!
- thefireball20th June 2010
Wow! I think it'd be difficulty 5 - but this is Muris we're talking about. He's the master shredder!!
Muris Varajic19th December 2009Cheers!
Daniel Realpe13th December 2009you captured the essence of his playing very accurately!
Jean-Marc30th November 2009Give feedback on the lesson (166 replies so far)
- Haakond27th November 2009
Give feedback on the lesson (165 replies so far)
- Muris Varajic23rd October 2009
Yeah, rating is hard, for someone it's level 2, for someone it's 15 etc.
- josuegda22nd October 2009
difficulty 4?????
- Muris Varajic21st July 2009
Cheers.
sidewas lightning21st July 2009wonderfully melodic, and beautiful tone!
- Muris Varajic8th May 2009
Thanks Alex.
Alexiaden938th May 2009Wow, this is very melodic ! Really nice composition, Muris !
- Muris Varajic12th April 2009
Probably!
Will think of something, thanks for the input. - inertia12th April 2009
Muris I think it's time for another VH lesson and a Paul Gilbert part 3
I can't get enough of these lessons 
Ivan Mihaljevic1st April 2009Great lesson! Love the tapped harmonics part!
- Muris Varajic8th March 2009
Cheers.
Jesse8th March 2009Great. Still am amazed, bout how well you captured his "tone". This would make a wicked tune!
Joe Kataldo16th January 2009You are the best
- Muris Varajic6th January 2009
Hvala, hvala!!
Young Guitarist6th January 2009Eddie Van Halen should see this
You rock Muris!
Svaka cast!- Muris Varajic6th December 2008
Thanks,probably in 2009.
- Jake375th December 2008
This is really awesome, Muris!!
When's your next album coming out? - Muris Varajic22nd November 2008
Hvala!!
Marijan3121st November 2008Bravo Legendo !
This is awesome- Muris Varajic2nd November 2008
Give it a try tho and let me know if I can help!
- fatb0t2nd November 2008
I still can't get over how awesome this lesson is. Even though I can't play it haha
- Muris Varajic23rd October 2008
Fingers crossed for finding your whammy bar,cheers.
Pedro23rd October 2008Very nice muris, in my opinion the best "in style of" lesson.
I love this one.. i hope i will find my tremolo again :/ would like to learn it. (:
beebo28th September 2008No prob ;D
- Muris Varajic27th September 2008
Glad you like it,thanks!
- beebo27th September 2008
I wish i was better at tabbing by ear since i cant get the whole lesson because this solo piece is amazing!!!! serious no joke!!!
Alberto Catasso25th August 2008Great job Muris!
Exellent!- Muris Varajic19th August 2008
I don't think so,should be regular tuning.
And no worries and triple post. - Jesse19th August 2008
hm... srry for triple post:O sidnt do that on purpose
- Jesse19th August 2008
isit Eb tuning?
- Muris Varajic16th August 2008
Thanks Jesse.
The effect I used is chorus actually
and I wasn't trying to imitate Edie's tone to be honest with you
but if it sounds like him then it's good after all. - Jesse16th August 2008
MURIS!!! Great lesson, I still think you should send this to eddie... this should be a song of his, I mean, you totally masterd some of those techniques:O. Could you tell me, how you nailed that eddie tone? With flanger!
- Muris Varajic11th August 2008
Glad to hear it Nazgul,
have fun practicing! 
Nazgul11th August 2008That just sounds like fantastic rock, the typical rock sound I love. Awesome!
- Muris Varajic8th August 2008
Thanks guys.
audiopaal8th August 2008Awesome Muris, that was fantastic
I don't have a whammy, but I'll practice this without one
That was brilliant!
Matt233rd August 2008Great lesson Muris.
black and white3rd July 2008Well, I agree with everything said above, this is a great lesson, very very fun to learn, and exciting since there are so many different techniques.........Great lesson, thanks for submitting it.
- Muris Varajic24th June 2008
Tapped harmonics are great tool indeed,cheers
Jenkinson24th June 2008I think tapped harmonics is one of the coolest techniques on guitar, when placed properly. Great job Muris, this is on my to do list.
- Muris Varajic25th May 2008
Thanks Ttask.
Add more gain and highs in EQ,
that will help you with tapped harmonics. - Ttask25th May 2008
Awesome lesson! I really love the tune. And it's not *that* hard to play also, which is a plus. Even without the whammy bar (playing it on my new PGM10th!), it sounds really cool. I just need to work a lot on these tapped harmonics (I almost can't get any sound out of it).
- Muris Varajic18th May 2008
Thanks
Plaidman15th May 2008Muris,
This is a FANTASTIC lesson. I was pretty skeptical at first because Van Halen is pretty hard to emulate. You absolutely NAILED many of his techniques all in this one solo. Well done!
I'm about 10 years away from being able to play this but I look forward to being able to do it. Thanks for sharing this one.
Joel
J.T.12th May 2008Didn't mean to be disrespectful or anything... you nailed it very good, lots of fine evh chops inside! Just love his music and playing... hope they'll manage to hit europe this time around
- Muris Varajic12th May 2008
Might be,not sure tho
- J.T.12th May 2008
Great leson... but to me it has a strong Journey vibe too... especially at the begining (or its just me!?)... well two for the price of one
- Muris Varajic25th April 2008
Lester: I just copy the picking as Eddie is doing.
You can do regular picking if you want tho,you wont miss a lot.
But if you wanna do it in his style,then follow my picking hand position.
Pi38: I guess you'll need locking tremolo system for stuff like this,
Start whammy will go easy out of tune,yeah.
sigma7: Thanks!!
sigma724th April 2008yes the video finally works for me... sweet lesson!
Pi3821st April 2008I have a regular whammy. The kind that came with my Strat.
Lester14th April 2008Great lesson!!
But I don't understand the trmolo picking stuff...
what exactly do you do???- Muris Varajic12th April 2008
Glad to hear,let me know if you need any help here!
blazestrings11th April 2008Wow! I love this lesson!
- Muris Varajic5th April 2008
I see...
You have standard tremolo system or Floyd Rose with locking nut? - Pi384th April 2008
Whenever I use my whammy bar my strings become out of tune.
- Muris Varajic19th March 2008
Thanks,will try to bring more EVH in near future.
- Adel Alsayed20th March 2008
oh my gosh, this IS BRILLIANT !!!
please do a second eddie van halen lesson 
Carlos Carrillo18th March 2008fantastic Muris!!!!!
thanks- Muris Varajic16th March 2008
Will try to do something about it,
thanks for the input. 
Dashooter15th March 2008is there any luck there will be a Van Halen style second lesson?
- Muris Varajic14th March 2008
Thanks guys,
let me know if you need any help! 
PhoeniX14th March 2008=D this is amazing!!
really good work- Pi3814th March 2008
Crazy good tapping here.
Kyle Logue29th February 2008this is my favorite lesson on GMC
- Muris Varajic10th February 2008
Well every lesson needs some practicing,at least before recording,
just to make sure everything is working right.
"L" means tied note,extended time duration,it's more related to note sheets and notation. 
shideru_guitar10th February 2008also do u every practice ur own lessons?
jw cos i thought u wouldnt need to as u made it up! lol- shideru_guitar10th February 2008
ok. also what does the L mean in the tabs? :S
- Muris Varajic5th February 2008
Hey,DON'T make a tune from it,it's MINE!!
About these harmonics,we have had discussion about it HERE - shideru_guitar5th February 2008
i have trouble doing the natural harmonics in the third video; how can i overcome this?
this is so cool cos i make a song out of this as well as solos:D
thanks muris:D - Muris Varajic7th January 2008
Thanks
It's my MK Guitars custom model,
more info about it HERE and HERE - The Dark Knight7th January 2008
Will do
Hey I love the look and sound of your axe, what is it?
- Muris Varajic6th January 2008
Thanks a lot!!
But be sure to check out other instructor's lessons as well,
they rock too - The Dark Knight6th January 2008
Hi there, I'm new here, just looking around and bookmarking great sounding solo's/licks/riffs I wanna spend time on. Almost everything I've bookmarked so far is yours dude, you ROCK!!!
- Muris Varajic5th December 2007
Korg Pandora PX4D into audio card
LwShieN5th December 2007awesome sound and tone muris .. yeah i would also like to know what gear you are using
..
Joe902nd December 2007Wow amazing lesson muriz. What gear are you using? The sound was amazing.
- chillax1st December 2007
who da man ? muris da man...this lesson has zing..really nice
- Zephyr28th November 2007
Already said it once, but this is an amazing lesson! There's some pretty complicated stuff here and there, with tapping, harmonics (both natural and tapped), legato - all made ridiculously easy! Only Muris could do that.
This is one of my favorite lessons on this website! - misterj27th November 2007
wow,muris. korg should really be paying you to demo the pandora - the way you can mimic anyone's tone! i just cant seem to get such great stuff out of mine!!
- Victafor26th November 2007
well i just learned this and its a great solo! but
is it ok if i tap in the pattern of 14-11-7-14-11-7
instead of 7-11-14-7-11-14? - Muris Varajic19th November 2007
L means tied note,notation stuff.
Don't pay much attention to it atm,just follow numbers.
- edgor6719th November 2007
I'm not getting that very last note I know its an open G string but what is <>L <>L O ?
- Marell18th November 2007
kick a*s ! :]
- Muris Varajic18th November 2007
Try setting your thumb a bit lower.
That'll give you more space for bigger stretches like here.
Looks like my hand IS big after all. 
The-Levy18th November 2007=) It is a left hand problem, when i do the tapping my small finger hits the strings below and I wont sound clean but freaty and the 12th is almost unreachable. Maybe my had position is no as as front as it should be.
- Muris Varajic17th November 2007
Is it problem in left or right hand?
I guess 12th fret and stretch is related to left hand,from 7th to 12th if I'm correct.
Not sure I got right the tapping issue. - The-Levy17th November 2007
I the tapping to be more than a pain, my hand just barely reaches the 11th fret and it wont reach the 12th. Muris, do you have big hands or is something that I will be able to strech my hand with practice... I can cheat and use my right hand's point and middle finger while holding the pick with my other 3 fingers... maybe I just invented my own tapping technique!!
- edgor6716th November 2007
Ooh..I like it. g
- Muris Varajic14th November 2007
Thanks!
Yeah,they are a bit nasty but give it some time,
you'll be fine,I'm sure of that. - The-Levy14th November 2007
Uh!! those harmonics are a pain!! great lesson tough. One of the best lessons at gmc.
- Muris Varajic12th November 2007
It is the hardest one,indeed.
Add more gain and tap it harder,might comes up. - Victafor12th November 2007
ffs!! i cant hit that last tapped harmonic
- Muris Varajic12th November 2007
Thanks Pablo,it's an honor to hear it from a fellow instructor!!
Pablo Vazquez12th November 2007OH!!! this was awesome!!!!
- Muris Varajic12th November 2007
Glad you're having fun with it guys,thanks!!
- The-Levy11th November 2007
Amazing! My dreamed lesson! I always had so much trouble figuring out Van Halen! Thanks man. Much appreciated.
Ryan9th November 2007Awesome, like always Muris, Keep um commin!!
- RodneyU9th November 2007
Muris,
To me this sounds like a EVH/Vito Bratta mix, very cool!! 
ace_frehely9th November 2007what ive been expecting..fabulous
Cherio9th November 2007zomgbbqw00tness..
Muris this is excellent!!- The Hunk8th November 2007
Wow! I want this one on my Mp3!
- Muris Varajic9th November 2007
There are many threads in my sub-board in forum,for both tapped harmonics
and Pandora settings,be sure to check them ALL out!! - lliber8th November 2007
is it possible when you do a lesson to include your settings used on the korg pandora
- ZaKk WyLdE8th November 2007
Yes,the fact is i don't know how to make em' so could u explain to me?
Thanks
Keep up the work 
shredmandan8th November 2007Good lesson Muris.
- Muris Varajic8th November 2007
Thanks:)
It's my custom model from MK Guitars custom shop in Bosnia.
There's thread about it in my sub-board,check it out. 
ibanez rocker8th November 2007Muris, what kind of guitar are you using in this video. whatever it is it looks great!
- Muris Varajic8th November 2007
You guys are sooo great,thanks!!
blindwillie7th November 2007Oh how Eddie it was!
visi0n7th November 2007very nice muris, i see the style of van halen in it ..
nice lesson ..- lliber7th November 2007
cant stop listening to this
Ben N7th November 2007great as always Muris
love your lessons !!
Francis Viviers7th November 2007Dude amazing lesson.
That axe of yours is simply amazing. The sound of your distortion and guitar is great.
Juan M. Valero7th November 2007Yeah, awesome lesson !!! love EVH style
- Jenkinson7th November 2007
um yes, this rocks waay hard.
- Larn7th November 2007
just amazing, are you sure you dont posess magic powers ?? I mean com on!! :} ;}
- Zephyr7th November 2007
Muris, you're my hero... This is amazing!
- Muris Varajic7th November 2007
You're way too kind guys,thanks so much!!
ZaKk WyLdE,are you having troubles with natural or tapped harmonics? - Rolls7th November 2007
:0
- ZaKk WyLdE7th November 2007
All sounds very cool,but i haven't already learned how to make harmonics so could u explain it to me in few words?Thanks
Keep up the excellent work - Wyvernx7th November 2007
...I'm shocked by the magnitude of this lesson!
But it's really cool, first Paul Gilbert, now Van Halen! what's next!? Can't wait to try this one out! - yuriy_boyko6th November 2007
im not, again great lesson!
Hisham Al-Sanea7th November 2007greart jop muris
Eat-Sleep-andJam7th November 2007I think Muris is the Ultimate Guitarist. Something like YngSlasJHalenVonFriedmanVaughanCooleyJohnsonWinter
- Ayen7th November 2007
Great job Muris! Are you sure you're not really Van Halen?
- RobM7th November 2007
We have grown to expect so much from you Muris and you deliver time and time again. I just love how you can capture whoever it is you're emulating. If I had this one played for me, I'd have guessed EVH for sure. Great Job.
lefty017th November 2007Just when I think you cannot surpise me any further...you do just that. One of the best lessons ever. Great stuff. Rock on!!
Unleash-The-Shred7th November 2007Thanks for completing my request Muris.
I appreciate it.
Nick3257th November 2007very nice
The Uncreator7th November 2007Very Cool stuff!
- Tjchep7th November 2007
You did it again muris.
- Muris Varajic7th November 2007
Thanks Matt,that's too kind.
yuriy_boyko,sadly but you aren't.
Are you ?
David Wallimann7th November 2007You are amazing! Excellent lesson!
mattacuk6th November 2007Muris,
If EVH had heard of you, he would be to scared to leave the house- yuriy_boyko6th November 2007
oh ya very good lesson, i'm big EVH fan, thanks
- yuriy_boyko6th November 2007
oh Muris...my hero... if i was a girl..
- Muris Varajic7th November 2007
You got it Jeff
And you're more than welcome!! 
Jeff7th November 2007Awesome Muris! I've always wondered how Eddie did those cool "dive bomb" effects. I see now that you do a pull off first and then hold down the wammy bar. Thanks for this lesson!
- Muris Varajic6th November 2007 OK
IzzyCom6th November 2007Muris!!!!
Stop the madness!!
Excellent stuff!!- Muris Varajic6th November 2007
Appreciate it a lot guys,many thanks!!
lliber,I used as always Korg Pandora PX4D.
There's a thread about it and review as well on forum,check it out. 
Kosei Kubota6th November 2007Wow, you're genius!
- Giacinto6th November 2007
eddie would be jealous
- Maximus6th November 2007
Fingers don't fail me now. Wow.
SLASH916th November 2007Wow, you captured his sound perfectly. Great job.
silentkap6th November 2007nice lesson and very nice sound.
Slammer6th November 2007Cool Stuff Man
Pavel6th November 2007Kick-ass lesson!
Iluha6th November 2007S*** man,you just outdone you'r Lukathere lesson, and I thought that was the best lesson here
Learning this right away
Stratman586th November 2007OMG. This is one of your best in the styles of Muris! Not only is your EVH method spot on, the backing track is SO EVH!
Marcus Lavendell6th November 2007Fantastic as always Muris!! Wow!
- Wild_Child_776th November 2007
Thanks a lot man, I was really looking forward to this
PolackHax0r6th November 2007THANK YOU!!!!!! that was really awesome! That was prolly the best in the style of lesson I've seen! You did great Muris! Thanks soooo much!!
-Justin- lliber6th November 2007
what effects are you using to get that great sound ?
- lliber6th November 2007
muris the lessons just get better and better,great job
ZakkWylde6th November 2007Best 'in the style of...' lesson so far
Gabriel Leopardi6th November 2007Excelent as always Muris!! Very good job man!
- Muris Varajic6th November 2007
Thanks Matt
And know why?
Cause he surely hasn't heard about me 
loop6th November 2007Always awesome, i love this lesson to.
Thanks Muris!!
Spiderusalem6th November 2007WOOOO its finally here! You nailed it, man! Perfect
- mattacuk6th November 2007
Awsome work as always. I think EVH would struggle to play in the style of Muris
- Muris Varajic6th November 2007
Thanks folks!
Yeah,hope it'll make many EVH fans here happy. 
Jerry Arcidiacono6th November 2007Great lesson Muris. I like the open chords at the beginning.
- spdalton6th November 2007
!!!! wow awesome lesson Muris! I couldn't tell that apart from EVH even if I tried. Everything is just spot on.
DeepRoots6th November 2007Thanks so much this really does rock. Better than EVH!
Kristofer Dahl6th November 2007Aahh!
We finally have an EVH lesson, thanks Muris!!
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- My notes
Hello GMC and welcome to my lesson in the Style of Eddie Van Halen!
I tried to combine many aspects of his playing, not only lead stuff. There is some riffing as well, open chords that Eddie plays quite often.
Speaking of lead part I mixed many things, from his tapping licks, legato, use of whammy bar and up to his really unique tremolo picking. Plus I added a few natural and tapped harmonics, just to get the whole picture. :)
The tune is kind of a hard rocking feel, the tempo is 120 bpm. Scale wise, I used D major scale and D Mixolydian as well.
Hope you're gonna like it and have fun!
Muris Varajic
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