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David Gilmour Guitar Lesson (Pink Floyd) – EP105

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David Gilmour (guitar player and vocalist for Pink Floyd) is one of my all-time favorite guitar players and I’m actually surprised it’s taken me this long to put together a lesson showcasing his style. One of the reasons it’s taken me so long is because he has SO much depth, it’s actually overwhelming to try and boil things down to a single lesson. I suppose I’ll just have to do others. In this lesson you’ll learn how to play a David Gilmour style lead in the key of C, using the C major scale.

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  4. Toni Spacek says

    Hi Brian!

    Thank you for this great lesson. It is full with typical elements of David Gilmour and I can’t wait to play with it!!!

    Toni
    (Austria)

  9. jg21 says

    Thanks for the Gilmour!  I suppose there’s a place for Malmsteen-like speed, but I’ll take the melodic, ethereal sonic Floyd sound any day.

  12. MJR1164 says

    Thanks Brian.  That was superb and definitely one of those lessons that left me feeling I’d made a quantum leap forwards in my abilities as a player.

    If anyone’s feeling like they might want to be a bit adventurous and jam with the man himself, try looking up Pink Floyd’s Coming Back to Life on YouTube. 

    It has a few extra chords bu the rhythm part is quite easy.  All the stuff in Brian’s lesson fits in here.

    OK.  1.15pm here in the UK and I’ve been doing this for 5 1/2 hours.  Probably ought to think about breakfast. :-)

  15. stardoc1 says

    Brian, another home run! Thanks for an outstanding lesson. Maybe at some point in the future you could do another D.G. lesson so we could string the two together.

  22. maradonagol says

    In addition to the massive and usual THANK YOU’s, I have to yell out….I got blisters on my fingers!!!!  great lesson, and couldn’t stop jamming with it…….

    be well, Brian!

  24. Sunjamr says

    Wo…twice now the amazonaws.com files (for the SoundSlice) have totally crashed my Macbook Pro while they were downloading.  Strangely, after I re-boot, I’m still logged in on ActiveMelody and everything works fine.  It doesn’t seem to cause any harm, just a delay in order to re-boot.  Am I the only person to experience this?

  25. maradonagol says

    Simply awesome lesson, you were able to include key aspects of DG’s style……I have to say….I got blisters on my fingers!!!!!
    Thanks Brian…

  29. fwildi says

    That is a BRILLIANT lecture. You really did catch his signature sound and licks. I am looking forward to be reunited with my guitar Friday. Keep on the good work. I am definitively becoming a premium member.

  30. DKB says

    as always great lesson goog mrlodies to add to our bag of tricks.. One thing I really have been meaning to mention, Thanks for not ALWAYS trying to sell us all this extra cd lessons packages. With you, I pay my small yearly premium membership and “wham” I have full access to all of your lessons, jam tracks tabs ect. I love the no pressure lessons. You are a great guy. The new set up is fun too. I can go straight to the slow walk through, find all that I can do by myself then come back and lissen, with my tail tucked between my legs, : ) and lissen to the Teacher ( that would be YOU.)

  34. acqua says

    Wow thanks Brian, can I be cheeky and ask for Marooned. I use David’s Sound on Sound signature effect on a GT-10, patch is downloadable to the device or get off YouTube for GT-10 and programme into it .Its worth it.
    Another thing, of all the guitar programs on the net yours is the best ,Awesome!

  38. Jezzie says

    Brian, you have caputured David’s/Pink Floyd’s sound. Awesome.  I can’t wait to learn this one.  Please do some more David Gilmour lessons.  I would love it!  Thanks, Brian!

  41. kenford says

    More Dave Gilmore?? Yes, yes, yes! PLEASE!! My favorite guitar player, gets sooo much out of so few notes, rather listen to this style of playing rather than any shredder! More, more more…

  45. tommc says

    Really enjoyed this lesson Brian.  It forced me to experiment with my delay pedal more since I normally only use it for slapback.  More Gilmore would be good.

    A suggestion: I think it would be helpful, especially for beginners, if you sometimes referred to the strings by their note name rather than “the one string”.  You could mix it into the lessons.  Everyone needs to learn the notes at some point, not just patterns and boxes.

  49. Brian says

    @Jay - if you RIGHT click (assuming you’re on a PC) and then choose “Save As…” you can save the MP3 file to your local hard drive. Or if you’re on a Mac you an hold down the “control” key and do the same thing

  55. denbon18 says

    Great….and awesome tone. Would love more like this…Thanks. It’s so nice to see an instructor be able to actually clearly show how to play something. Please keep up the great work.
    Dennis

  61. ste uk says

    Got the ‘rattle that lock’ cd for Christmas and have it playing in my car.. recognised this tune instantly.. a must learn! And to echo other comments the value of your lessons is outstanding.. more like this please 🙂

  64. Gary L says

    Brian, this is has been my favorite lesson so far. Great job of capturing the Gilmore style and putting it into simple context that most anyone can learn. In Part 1 you said that if you get enough requests, you would do more Gilmore style. I’d like to add my request and hope to see more of “The Floyd” sound in future lessons. Thanks for sharing your talents.

    Gary L.

  72. jimvince says

    Hey Brian,
    Thank you for the fine lesson. I too am not a terribly fast solo player and I appreciate and enjoy the slower, soulful, beautiful guitar solo style. This lesson fits my style! Now I just need to practice your version and enjoy👍
    Jim

  76. Jim L says

    Only recently joined having stumbled across your lessons. This is absolutely brilliant! I love how you not only teach the notes but provide the understanding behind why it works. I get completely lost (in a good way!) playing your lesson and then improvising my own licks based on the new knowledge and techniques – priceless. Thanks Brian. I see almost all the comments ask for more Dave Gilmour! Are there other lessons now done that I’ve missed?
    Keep those lessons coming – Jim

  85. Paul S says

    Glorious, I love it!! Such a simple melody and fairly easy to learn…but will take a lot more time to perfect and get those subtle nuances. That sus chord is so beautiful. Thank you for creating this lesson.

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