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- Gallop WorkoutLEVEL 4Based on Gallop technique mostly. This cool resource is used by many bands in countless metal styles.
- Time To GallopLEVEL 3A riff packed lesson that introduces you to the gallop.
- Rock Gallop #1LEVEL 3Learn how to execute basic gallop licks, often used in rhythm playing by bands like Iron Maiden. Combine gallop and palm muting. Use gallop for some of your solo lines as well.
- Palm Muting TechniqueLEVEL 1Learn how to play the palm muting technique.
- Technique Exercises 1LEVEL 2Essential technique workout lesson for right and left hand that will help you develop your playing skills. Topics covered are left hand positioning and dexterity, right hand positioning and alternating finger picking.
- Guitar Slapping TechniqueLEVEL 5Various progressive exercises to master the Slap & Pop technique on the guitar.
- Intermediate Slap TechniqueLEVEL 4Enhance your slap bass lines with these new and cool techniques!
- Bass Technique WorkshopLEVEL 2Learn some valuable exercises to develop your left and right hand technique and time keeping skills! In this lesson we'll cover string transitions, alternate finger picking and fretting hand positioning.
- Chord MelodyLEVEL 3Practical example to visualize various chord shapes and triads/quad-triads inversions on the fretboard!
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Mike RR2415th February 2012Awesome Pavel. I don't know why I have not found this. I am struggling to learn galloping and the close ups are helping me out a lot. I really needed this lesson. It looks so easy to gallop but seems so damn hard ! Hopefully this will help with practice.
MigeZ29th March 2009Just what I needed (1&2)
Thank you Pavel keep up the great lessons.
Sircraigery9th December 2008COME BACK PAVEL!!!!
mba6412th November 2008Great lesson need practice on this two down pick one up right
AlexLion24th September 2008Great lesson! thank you
Carlos Carrillo26th March 2008good lesson Pavel!!!!!
Qualenp13th February 2008Great lesson Pavel.
Love the Sig Steve Vai guitar too!
Pavel16th December 2007Yeah! We usually miss really simple tricks, don't we? If you have troubles with something - slow it down like dead slow - usually helps to get the idea
Khaos Keith16th December 2007ah this video helps so much... i was trying to do my galloping with alternating up and down strokes each note haha. the two down strokes in a row makes galloping soo much easier haha.
- Nz sXe27th November 2007
Awesome Lesson.
Love it, learning, having a blast well playing it. - Pavel17th November 2007
Hahahaha thanks rmp5s! One day, one day.... Enjoy galloping my friend!
- rmp5s16th November 2007
Your lessons are always so creative...I was expecting some simple gallops and got come well placed artifical and natural harmonics and some interesting power chords. If you're not a multi-million dollar rock star, it's a damn shame!
leedbreak11th November 2007I Had not taken the time to look at these two rhythm lessons, very helpful stuff thanks. And it is really nice with the extra angles especially for the picking techniques. Great lesson.
- Nody30th October 2007
Excellent Pavel. Just what i was after.
Cheers - Pavel26th October 2007
Can you tell me we what video are you talking about?
jammer9126th October 2007Im stuck at this 9it not coming out right).
Lets say we needed to palm mute a 2 note power chord in the last strings and gallop triplets fast (sort of like bullet for my valentine).
Do we alt.pick? (when i do it, it comes out messed up)- ZaKk WyLdE25th October 2007
Cool and heavy...
- Victafor25th October 2007
very cool technique
- GlxyDs25th October 2007
Not a big fan of the power metal but this lesson was definitely a blast to play and not too difficult for me.
Great job! 
Unleash-The-Shred25th October 2007This is a sick technique, I think i'm gunna learn this.
- 1mpr1m1s25th October 2007
Another great Pavel lesson . Thanx
- dante2009025th October 2007
You are amazing at the harmonics man, that is amazing i hope i get that good eventually!
mattacuk24th October 2007Very nice, i love the harmonics too !
drummingguitarist0624th October 2007I agree, love t3h gallops. They are great, thanks Pavel!
Dexxter24th October 2007Great lesson! I love gallops! One of your best sounding lessons IMO!
The Uncreator24th October 2007Very Cool Stuff! Being a giant maiden fan, i love good 'ol gallops!
krudtaa24th October 2007fine lesson. it`s fun to gallop and cool natural harmonics. good job.
SLASH9124th October 2007Great job, Pavel. Man, you come up with some catchy riffs.
Ben N24th October 2007love that heavy stuff
- TheClansmanDK24th October 2007
Great lesson Pavel. Reminds me of my favorite boys Iron Maiden
They use that in some of their songs. Thanks 
Muris Varajic24th October 2007Cool stuff Pavel,thanks!
steve2524th October 2007Nice and very simple, i'm learning this with my personal guitar teacher now
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silentkap24th October 2007very cool lesson, im defintly going to learn this.
symon24th October 2007thanks for this pavel
warm regards symon
Kristofer Dahl24th October 2007Great first gallop lesson Pavel!
- Lesson
- My notes
Welcome to the first galloping lesson at GMC! This lesson will cover one of the very often used rhythm patterns in metal called "galloping"! We will also incorporate natural harmonics, artificial harmonics and other cool tricks for riffing in this lesson so i am pretty sure you will like this lesson and will enjoy playing it with backing track which is made in symphonic metal style, using some orchestra instruments.
The galloping rhythm itself is fairly simple to understand. Imagine to have 1 bar of 16th notes:
E|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|
Having the bar above, you would simply play those 4 group of 16th notes. To achieve galloping rhythm, simply take out each second note of the group (i will mark it with R for REST):
E|-0-R-0-0----0-R-0-0----0-R-0-0----0-R-0-0----|
That's it! Now jump on the lesson and learn it part by part, than have fun riffing with backing track!
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