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- Modern Ballad SoloingLEVEL 4The application of taste, vibrato and bending are fundamental and important elements for all styles. In this style it is especially obvious.
- Modern BluesLEVEL 4Today we will study a bit of blues, the soul and foundation of rock guitar.
- Modern Fusion SoloingLEVEL 8Melodies connected with modal harmony & fast changes.
- Modern Blues LicksLEVEL 7Through subtle stylistic variation, new blues styles are born. This final installment analyses how to apply your knowledge to recreate modern blues styles - in order to start working on your own.
- Modern Blues BebopLEVEL 6Modern Blues mixed with various Jazz Bebop phrases - broaden your palette of licks!
- Modern Rock SoloingLEVEL 8A short solo lesson of how I would approach these kinds of backing tracks. Including different techniques, melodic ideas, some licks that I wrote myself & how I manage to make them musical.
- Modern Minor BluesLEVEL 5This lesson is about modern blues patterns, and soloing.
- Modern Blues in G minorLEVEL 4We will learn a progression and a solo in modern blues style.
- Drunk Blues SoloingLEVEL 5A blues solo with grooving speed changes.
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Muris Varajic6th July 2009Cheers Fusion, glad you like it.
Fusion5th July 2009AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Just awesome man, youre GREAT!- Muris Varajic15th May 2009
Thanks Alex.
Alexiaden9314th May 2009Awesome composition, Muris !
- Muris Varajic11th December 2008
It does remind of Gary Moore a bit,true.
Jesse11th December 2008I mightlearn this! I never tried this kind of blues. Only srv style:) This remembers me of gary moore!
- Muris Varajic19th September 2008
Thanks Kuba
Kuba Szafran19th September 2008Awesome lesson, lick number 5 sounds so pretty!
- Muris Varajic3rd September 2008
Cheers Xose.
Xose Pineda1st September 2008Nice tune! Lot of "feeling"...
Congrats on the lesson Muris.- Muris Varajic29th August 2008
Many thanks guys!!
Alberto Catasso28th August 2008Cool!
It sound like Gary Moore!
Pi3829th May 2008Man, this is really awesome. Every time I listen to it, a smile appears on my face.
- Muris Varajic11th March 2008
L means tied note,extended duration,nothing else.
If you listen to what I play and understand bars and beast,
you'll understand L in a sec.
Let me know if you need anything else tho.
- Allan11th March 2008
can you give me a run down on the tabed letters like L and a few uncommon ones please ty
- Muris Varajic10th March 2008
Glad you've found it helpful Allan,cheers.
- Allan10th March 2008
hi again just great fingers now sore you will make me the player i always wanted be i look for all your lessons your the best
- Muris Varajic26th January 2008
You're welcome Ray,glad you like it.
You pointed it well,playing stuff you know already is cool,you enjoy it and you're sure with it.
But keeps you in place,no progress as you said.
As always,cure is to listen/watch a player you admire,
feel the boost,set up your goals and go for it. 
Sugar Ray25th January 2008Wow, nice one Muris - you make me feel like burning my guitar. (Is that a good thing??).
As I am finding it very hard work to get the hang of these riffs, which can only mean that I have at last found something challenging. It has made me realize that I have spent a lot of time going over the same old stuff, while not really progressing.
Anyway, I am now improving slowly but surely.
Thanks again for an excellent lesson.
Ray- Muris Varajic20th January 2008
No amp,just Pandora PX4D into audio card.
More info on unit HERE
- villanovablues0420th January 2008
Wonderful lesson(as usual). I love your sound, what amp do you use ? What settings (bass, mid, treb,reverb...) ? And which effects ? I will really appreciate if you answer, thanks.
- Muris Varajic17th January 2008
Thanks for the input,will do my best!!
- HKM6717th January 2008
Perfekt, I also hear some Lukather here
You are a great player. I really like all of your work here. Please keep it up and of course all the other teachers here are great also. This site is a blast. - Muris Varajic12th January 2008
Thanks
kyldeee12th January 2008Oh sorry, they work just fine
my bad... and as always an excellent lesson although I probably mentioned that in the earlier comments, but who cares right cause this is so cool - kyldeee12th January 2008
The backing tracks aren't working for me
I was so ready to jam along with it - Muris Varajic11th January 2008
Thanks mate,it's an honor to hear it from you!!
David Wallimann10th January 2008Wow!
How did I miss this? This is awesome bro, great feeling!- Muris Varajic4th January 2008
Dobar Dan to you as well!!!!!!!
Glad you've picked guitar again,it's never late
Those symbols mean that notes are in triplets,so it's related to rhythm and timing.
To more info on it I suggest you to check out Andrew's theory lessons,HERE - EGMONT 19634th January 2008
DOBRIJ DAN MURIS
I AM A NEW MEMBER FROM BELGIUM
- I HAVE A LOT OF TIME NOW TO LEARN THE THINGS WHAT I WANT TO PLAY SINCE 40 YEARS
(Iam 61 and I stopped to play 1970 ...)
CAN YOU EXPLAIN ME WHAT DO THE SYMBOLS |--3--|, |-3-|, etc. ABOVE THE TABS MEAN?? - Muris Varajic26th December 2007
Glad you joined,thanks and enjoy the blues
- dwayne26th December 2007
I am new member and i am glad i found this site. I am impressed with this blues riff cant wait to learn it .GOOD JOB
- Muris Varajic22nd December 2007
You're welcome,glad you found it after all
JukeboxHero22nd December 2007Aww man i wish i found this earlier cuz it rocks. thanks muris.
- Muris Varajic16th December 2007
I'll take that as a compliment then
- Kevin9849716th December 2007
omg hes got one of andy timmons tones!
- kyldeee8th December 2007
You're my hero
love the tone of your guitar, just great... - Muris Varajic8th December 2007
Glad you like it guys,thanks!!
If you have any questions,hit me please 
adam13021st December 2007ye a lot like still got the blue nice lesson
Paul Coutts29th November 2007fantastic tone, absolutely fantastic
Seriously got me thinkin about Still Got The Blues, Gary Moore with the bends.
Awesome, cheers for this- Robert29th November 2007
plaese... what is Your gear effect (settings..?) sorry for my english.. Thanks
- misha28th November 2007
that's a real gary moore style lesson...
lick no. 6 reminds my on one of slash licks... i think it's used in sweet child of mine...
great lesson i hope there will be more of them!;-) 
MickeM27th November 2007It's got Gary Moore feeling alright! Great one!
- summers-old27th November 2007
Full of Technique, full of Taste, full of talent, & full of soul, Muris you are an Amazing naturally talented player, *****
Jenkinson27th November 2007Thank you for reminding us about how much the blues can say.
Eat-Sleep-andJam26th November 2007So stylish, so smooth. I love it !
Ben N26th November 2007great Muris you really feeling the blues
and excellent vibrato!!
Hisham Al-Sanea26th November 2007very exellent muris
Juan M. Valero26th November 2007Yeah, another amazing lesson !! love your vibrato
- The Hunk26th November 2007
What does L mean? I never learned that..
By the way! No one will stop you from doing a follow-up to this lesson - Rolls26th November 2007
WOW, just amazing! My favorite blues lesson by far!
ezravdb26th November 2007Amazing!!!
Jerry Arcidiacono26th November 2007Great tone Muris!
Pablo Vazquez26th November 2007Muris, you are incredible. Excellent Lesson!!
- Tjchep26th November 2007
Muris.. how do you expect us to keep up!!
Thanks man!
LiLBlaZer26th November 2007Omg Muris that was just breath taking excellent work on that piece i love that kind of bluesy stuff
Keep on Rockin.. peace
The Uncreator26th November 2007Great lesson muris!
Iluha26th November 2007Once again, incredible Muris
I think this is the first day Iv'e put two lessons in my to-do lesson's list, your's and kosei's- Maximus26th November 2007
Awesome!
- The Hunk26th November 2007
This is huge
love it! exactly what I wanted.
Thanks again! 
Andrew Cockburn26th November 2007Wow - all I hoped it would be! Garry Moore meets Muris, amazing, thanks!
mattacuk26th November 2007I think Magic is the word im looking for
Gabriel Leopardi26th November 2007Excelent as always! Good work Muris!
Ivan Milenkovic26th November 2007Hey, it is in the style of Garry Moore
Thats a great piece of playing Muris. Rock it on! Nice bending lick on the 0.23-0.26 - kyldeee26th November 2007
This is sooooooooo cool
love it, although I can't play this just yet, but can't wait to learn it someday
Thanks
See you - yuriy_boyko26th November 2007
thanks muris, lesson is brilliant as always:P
Gen26th November 2007Perfect lesson, i can feel a little bit of "still got the blues" by Gary Moore, just what i like !
I Love it, thanks man.
Kristofer Dahl26th November 2007Your tone and phrasing is absolutely breathtaking - this is very inspiring - thanks!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hello folks and welcome to another Blues Lesson at GMC!:)
This one is bit modern I believe. I say this because it's not a type of B.B.King, Robert Cray, Muddy Waters etc. It's more like High-Gain blues, typical to players like Gary Moore, maybe Satch and even Andy Timons, many others as well.
I wish I had a Les Paul for this one but luckily Stan's customized Desperado single in neck
and my custom did it quite nicely. :)
So, it's in key of C minor, lots of bends, few double stops, hard picking etc. Scale wise I used C minor pentatonic mostly, with few blue notes here and there, plus D minor pentatonic over D7 chord. This might sound odd but using minor scale over major chord is a cool feature in blues, I love it.:)
Tempo is 95 bpm, time signature is 6/8.
Have fun!!
Muris Varajic
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