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Feedback
mhskeide17th February 2009gotta love this!
Joe Kataldo17th September 2008Thanks Man! :-)
Marcus Siepen16th September 2008some killer riffs and leads, great lesson
Ian Bushell16th September 2008Awesome lesson Joe:)
RyanS.14th September 2008Very nice Joe! Great solo....Great riffs....Great Lesson!
Alejandro Pinero13th September 2008Awesome man!!
Very good lesson!!
Thanks for this lesson!
Eat-Sleep-andJam12th September 2008That was scary good Joe
- Joe Kataldo12th September 2008
Thanks
I appreciate! 
Danilo Capezzuto12th September 2008Nice lesson Joe! And nice licks too!
John In Socal12th September 2008some really great riffs here !!
zoom11th September 2008Joe I love it really cool. Good inspiration!
Hisham Al-Sanea11th September 2008good fighter man .great job
Toni Suominen11th September 2008A treat for us headbangers, great stuff Joe!
sigma711th September 2008wow, that is awesome, I dont think i have seen this side from u yet. maybe? very cool either way. reminds me of an epic boss battle in a videogame. hehe
- Joe Kataldo11th September 2008
Thanks Guys, I vote for tapping!
kaznie_NL11th September 2008Cool Joe!! Not sure about the competition, tapping has some realy cool things, but so has picking. I don't vote
Trond Vold11th September 2008Great lesson
Ivan Milenkovic11th September 2008Sounds great Joe, good job
Jose Mena11th September 2008I agree with Daniel Robinson on this one, make this a full song, it is great
berko11th September 2008Wow, that tapping was like a little duet when you were switching between the speakers left and right. Cool mixing man
Canis11th September 2008Whoa, awesome lesson!
I think the winner is.... The GMC'ers who learn this lesson! ^^
ItsMe11th September 2008Great, that really rocks.Nice riffing and cool licks
Harris Sopovic11th September 2008Wow, well done Joe. Like this style alot =)
Daniel Robinson11th September 2008Wow, that was awesome dude! You need to make that into a song, that riffing was just plain inspirational!
Daniel
Alex8711th September 2008OMG!
That was sick Joe. Fantastic tapping section at the end!!! Good work mate 
Emir Hot11th September 2008wow excellent. well done
Bogdan Radovic11th September 2008Awesome lesson Joe !! Love the solo stuff !
Fran11th September 2008Really nice lesson, love the tapping there!
Outlaw211211th September 2008Nice... just bookmarked it
Capt.Z11th September 2008This is really cool!! Who Wins??
Nazgul11th September 2008Awesome lesson! When I try to achieve your tone my Palm-Muting is always barely audible, but your lessons sound awesome with this one. Keep up the work!
RIP Dime11th September 2008Top notch quality lesson as always Joe, and nice, creative content!
- Joe Kataldo11th September 2008
Thanks Kris...Thanks Guys
Kristofer Dahl11th September 2008Clever/killer stuff Joe!
- USAMAN11th September 2008
Thats awsome!
Muris Varajic11th September 2008Love it Joe,well done!
Lian Gerbino11th September 2008great licks joe!!! keep´em coming
MickeM11th September 2008That was great, I liked it alot!!
Antipolitik11th September 2008Wow! I really like the riffs here! Nice work!
- Lesson
- My notes
Today I wanna start a fight, Picking Versus Tapping, lick after lick they will duel to be the "king of soloing techniques". Who will be the winner? You guys are the judge!
This Lesson Will Improve
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Palm Muting - Riffing - Tapping - Legato - Alternate Picking.
Speed Metal Riffing - Picking vs Tapping - 120 bmp D minor
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Jokes apart, today study will present powerful speed metal riffing in the first part and some cool licks alternating between tapping and picking in the second one alternating between natural minor and Phrygian Dominant Scale.
Theory Focus
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The Phrygian dominant scale is constructed by raising the third of the Phrygian scale and is the fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant. It has the word "dominant" in its name because like the dominant seventh chord it has a major 3rd note and a flattened 7th note.
It is often known as a Spanish Phrygian scale or Spanish gypsy scale, and is commonly used in flamenco music & a lot of neoclassical music.
Phrygian: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - b7 - 1
Phrygian dominant: 1 - b2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - b7 - 1
Recommended Listening
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Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire & Ice.
Pro Tips
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The study is in drop D tuning, to fast tune any guitar, even those with floating tremolo, simply match the 6th string while downtuning with the 4th one.
See you next techniques battle,
Joe Kataldo
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