Domination Guitar Lesson (Full Song) - Pantera

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In this Domination guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play this incredible song off of Pantera's 1990 album Cowboys From Hell in it's entirety.

The tuning is standard tuning.

Dimebag's riffs in "Domination" are just sick. From the very challenging to the relatively easy but with an absolutely crushing groove, it is all here.

I will demonstrate each riff in the order that it appears in the song.

Dimebag's main solo is, as usual, completely insane. The main solo consists of his patented harmonic squeals, tricky cross string licks, huge vibrato, mind-boggling legato licks using massive stretches and warp speed alternate picked madness. Sound fun?

I will take you through the solo phrase-by-phrase.

I will also cover the solo found in the breakdown section. This solo consists of a repeated alternate picked lick that is harmonized by a minor 3rd. I will show two harmony parts.

Have fun learning this masterpiece by the incomparable Dimebag and Pantera.
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Carl...

[jamisonc]

1:46 Dominating riff (lol)
3:40 Tempo change
4:54 Verse
5:45 “Real chorus”
6:35 Verse transition
8:30 Verse variation
9:50 Pre-chorus
11:10 Chord change
12:00 Chorus
13:14 Chorus fill
13:41 Bridge
15:05 Bragging rights (solo)
34:14 Greatest moment in metal history (breakdown)
36:40 Repetitive lick
38:08 Harmony
39:40 Slight variation of riff

If you just skip to the solo Carl will look for you, he will find you...

[AeosDrop]

15:56 seeing carl headband like this makes me very happy

[gavindalton]

this song is proof that tuning doesn't determine how heavy a riff is

[_KerinR_]

I’ve never seen Carl missing one note but Dimebag’s greatness makes him struggle a bit

[ThatsGuitarist]

Never been a huge fan of Pantera, but now that I've been listening to it a bit more, I've grown accustomed and i think Pantera is friggin awesome

[mrs.rhodes]

23:18 Cool Part of the Solo
23:48 Coolest Part of the Solo!

[kaveus]

You absolute legend!! you are the best guitar teacher on youtube

[Wargasm]

Man, that 12-15-18 run.... You sir are a true beast! Oh, and that look on your face when you do the legendary breakdown, priceless 🤘🏻
I’ve been listening to that song since the day the album released. It still puts a silly grin on my mug too. Just the sheer epicness still overwhelms me almost 30 years later. I listen to a lot of metal still at 53 years old. I have a teenage son who plays guitar too. So I stay current with modern metal too. But I have yet to hear something as simple and brutally badass as the Pantera Domination breakdown. It’s so heavy that even people that don’t listen to metal automatically start headbanging 😂 Legendary. Keep up the good work man. You are a badass guitarist. 🤘🏻

[PatrickBasedman]

I’m so freaking happy I hope you do a floods lesson soon I freaking love your videos it’s so hard to find people who actually know what they’re talking about on YouTube keep it up my dude

[mrs.rhodes]

29:50-29:53 I love that! It’s So Cool!

[leonardopazlopez]

The vibes that carl has with the breakdown part. Amazing

[guitarofdestiny]

Best lesson channel out there. They keep getting better and better!!!!

[Demonico-jx]

This is my favorite Pantera song, the lead up to the solo and the breakdown is eargasmic.

[malgorzatadrabik]

I love how there is the calm chime in the intro to the video and then we go into him playing domination

[mcgerry]

Im a drummer, One My all time favorite songs to play and listen too! Time to learn it on guitar thanks man!!

[jaimebrownmetal]

Hello! I found your guitar lessons when searching for how to play Domination. I have the tab book, but you make it easy to play along with you. I've been wanting to learn Pantera songs for a long time. You teach at a speed that I can just keep watching without rewinding anything. I might make it a regular routine to warm up while watching your videos! I'm going to recommend your channel to some friends. Great stuff! 🤘

[zombiecowboy]

Can you teach us Hit the Lights by Metallica? And keep up your good work, you’ve helped me out a lot

[heresdonny]

Wow, thanx for breaking that down, I can’t stop playing especially the end🤘🖤🤘

[gabe_dollr]

Such incredible lesson from incredible teacher, so excited to try play this tyvm.

[sushantkhadka]

I went straight to the break down part
<3 Love it Carl, thanks for the lesson, hope to see you soon again