Introduction to Joe Satriani (Guitar Lesson)
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Introduction to Joe Satriani
David Wallimann introduces his lesson series on the style of Joe Satriani. In this lesson set, you will learn the fundamental aspects of Joe's playing style. Get ready to rock out with some Satriani style licks!
Taught by David Wallimann in Style of Joe Satriani seriesLength: 5:36Difficulty: 2.0 of 5
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Style of Joe Satriani
Found in our Beginner Lesson SetsIn this lesson set, David will teach Who, What, How and Why Satriani is who he is.
Lesson 1
Introduction to Joe Satriani
David Wallimann introduces his lesson series on the style of Joe Satriani. In this lesson set, you will learn the fundamental aspects of Joe's playing style. Get ready to rock out with some Satriani style...
Length: 5:36 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Riffs and Rhythm Ideas
David introduces some riff and rhythms that are straight from the vocabulary of Joe Satriani. Studying the ideas within this lesson will help you understand how Satch creates his signature rhythm sound.
Length: 18:07 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 3
Creating The Melody
Satriani is notorious for creating beautiful melodies. Here David breaks down some Satriani inspired compositional techniques. He opens your mind to some new creative possibilities by providing some melodic...
Length: 12:44 Difficulty: 3.5 FREE
Improvising Your Licks
David Walliman continues his Satriani series with a lesson on improvisation. Several sample ideas are included as well as information on how to "recycle" your licks.
Length: 9:40 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Getting Your Ideas Across
David Wallimann enlightens us again with a juicy lesson on a Satriani concept. He explains how to effectively convey your creative ideas to your listeners. Some simple playing examples are demonstrated...
Length: 14:54 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Tapping Like Satriani
David finishes up his Style of Satriani series with some awesome exercises that include two-hand tapping.
Length: 14:55 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
"Satch and Me" Satriani Style Song
David Wallimann finishes up his epic Satriani series with a song he wrote "in the style of Satriani" Titled "Satch and Me". This lesson and song will cover every technique demonstrated through out this...
Length: 28:03 Difficulty: 4.5 Members Only
About David Wallimann
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David was born in Aix-en-Provence, South France in 1977. At the age of 15, he picked up the guitar and started developing a true love for instrumental music and composition.
In 1999 he was recognized by Ibanez for his promising musical achievements and received an artist endorsement. That early recognition in David's musical career encouraged him to consecrate more time on crafting his musical art and apply to the school of modern music Artist' in Cavaillon, France. He received a full scholarship there where he graduated with honors.
In 2001, David won first place for the Tal Farlow French national jazz contest which gave him a full paid scholarship to the CMA school of modern music in Valenciennes, France. He graduated specializing in advance guitar with honors.
Following his school years, David spent the next 5 years working with several bands recording, writing and playing shows in France and Belgium. It's during that time that Wallimann was exposed to the world of progressive rock which opened new doors to his musical creativity.
Deep inside the Mind is his first release as a solo artist in which he exposes his Christian faith. The album was well received in the specialized press and was compared several times to some of Frank Zappa's approach to music adding an element of humor to deep subjects.
In 2005 he joined the internationally renown progressive band Glass Hammer based in Chattanooga, TN. He released several studio albums and live DVDs with the band.
David is today working on his next upcoming solo release and is also spending quite a bit of time teaching guitar in his studio and online at JamPlay.
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Well David I thank you for the words of encouragement and today being 6/18/2012 I am going to also begin your course (that doesn't mean I'll do lesson 2 today hehehe) but now I know 1 is complete. Thanks again and I am looking forward to what you have in store for me.
I just went to the G3 2012 concert last Thursday (Australia) showcasing Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Lukather. Soooo inspiring and yet sooooo disheartening. Amazing night.
Maybe a Petrucci series coming soon? wink, wink, nudge, nudge.......
David Gilmore is up next from Wallimann, just FYI.
a petrucci series is what we need!
agreed
We need a petrucci series! :D
Do it Kris :D
i second that...kris should def do it :)
EXCELLENT choice!!
Can you think of anyone to teach it? ;-)
Walliman, Greathouse, Norris, all awesome!
Wow, just found this section! Satriani and Gilmour are my favourite guitarists, and now I find out David W is teaching a series on both! Awesom.
cool man i love joe satriani
how about a series on scott henderson or robben ford
Awesome! I agree with tammy7689; going to be a great series
Thanks so much everyone! :-)
as a final to this series could you teach us the song 'Cool New Way' from the Super Colossal album?
Unfortunately, We probably won't be able to teach songs from these series. We still have to abide by copyright law which requires the acquisition of licenses for each individual songs. Publishers aren't as willing as you'd like to think they are about giving those licenses out.
There won't be any copyrighted material from Satriani taught, this is all about the style he uses. This is the only way we are able to teach series like this.
yeh, me 2! i hope they get more lessons sson!
There's a lot more coming! Chris Lipe has a series coming on Tom Morello and Brendan Burns has a series on Jimi Hendrix! Chris' series is not filmed yet, Brendan's has been.
Tom Morello is awesome! Look forward to that. We also need style series on G. Lynch, J. Petrucci, and others. Yall are on the right track with this. Would also like to see a series on progressive style like Dream Theater. But for now I'm going to dig in on this Satriani stuff.
Greatly looking forward to all of these, thanks!
Oh my god I have been waiting soooo long for something like this! Thank you David! We need more stuff like this one here.
favorite teacher, favorite guitarist, perfect fusion!
this is going to be a great series...looking forward to more