Alternate Picking 16th’s Mclaughlin/Coltrane jazz/fusionguitar “Tetrachord” Style.

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In this final part of alternate picking guitar techniques for jazz fusion improvisation. We again look at the style of John Mclaughlin in order to play through the changes with 4 groups of 4, or 4 tetrachords per bar.

Alternate picking tetrachords all start on a downstroke.

First 4 note grouping[1st Tetrachord]:

Second 4 note grouping [2 Tetrachords]

Third 4 note grouping of 16ths alternate picking [3 Tetrachords]

Finally, 4 groups of 4 [or 4 Tetrachords].

We can now apply this to playing through complex chord changes at a fast tempo. In the example below we will take John Coltrane’s “Countdown” and play one chord per beat as an example for setting up these 4 x 4 note groupings [Tetrachords]for quick rapid improvisation at a super fast tempo.

Simple 4 note tetrachord pattern for reference:

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