Guitar HARMONIC MINOR fingering for scales in jazz and world music improvisation

yt_logo_rgb_light CLICK SUBSCRIBE!

Guitar HARMONIC MINOR fingering for scales in jazz and world music improvisation

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE FOR A DEEPER ANALYSIS:

These exercises employ the A Harmonic Minor Scale. I use alternate picking guitar technique starting on a downstroke.

Exercise 1: Simple descending and ascending 2 finger harmonic minor scale. “Even” alternate picking pattern

Harmonic, minor, scale, guitar, fingering, secret, alternate, picking, lesson,
Guitar fingering for fluid scales for jazz and world music improvisation EVEN Alternate Picking

Exercise 2: Wide interval 3 finger to the simple 2 finger descending Harmonic Minor Scale

Harmonic, minor, scale, guitar, fingering, secret, alternate, picking, lesson,
Guitar HARMONIC MINOR fingering for scales in jazz and world music improvisation

Exercise 3: Moving from a 3 finger piece of scale mid strings out to the first string with a simple 2 finger scale approach. Mixing 2 and 3 finger alternate picking.

Harmonic, Minor, Scale, Guitar, Fingering, Jazz, Secret, improvisation, lesson
Guitar fingering for fluid scales for jazz alternate picking and world music improvisation even patterns Harmonic Minor

Harmonic Minor Scale PART 2: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN GUITAR TECHNIQUE:

Exercise 4: John Mclaughlin scale guitar fingering technique. This method again employs strict alternate picking starting on a down stroke. John Mclaughlin’s guitar fingering is unique in that you can play at very fast tempo’s alternate picking due to the simple fingering and the way it repetitively crosses the guitar strings .

Harmonic, Minor, Scale, Guitar, Fingering, Jazz, Secret, improvisation, lesson, John, Mclaughlin
John Mclaughlin Harmonic Minor Alternate Picking Guitar Technique fingering lesson

Exercise 5: John Mclaughlin guitar fingering technique part 2:

Harmonic, Minor, Scale, Guitar, Fingering, Jazz, Secret, improvisation, lesson, John, Mclaughlin
John Mclaughlin Harmonic Minor Alternate Picking Guitar Technique fingering lesson

Excersie 6: 3 finger to simple 2 finger Harmonic Minor scale for alternate picking guitar technique starting on a down stroke.

Harmonic, Minor, Scale, Guitar, Fingering, Jazz, Secret, improvisation, lesson, John, Mclaughlin
Guitar fingering for fluid scales for jazz alternate picking and world music improvisation even patterns

Thanks for viewing this Blog/Vlog! If you enjoyed this then please Subscribe to us on Youtube below!

John Mclaughlin Melodic Minor Guitar Alternate Picking Lessonhttps://jazzimproviser.com/2021/10/30/3-john-mclaughlin-melodic-minor-jazz-fusion-acoustic-guitar-licks-lesson/?preview_id=7706&preview_nonce=f2fafce444&preview=true

Click to Donate

MAKING A DONATION ONLINE WITH PAYPAL. You may use your credit card and do not need a PayPal account.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.