Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Symmetrical Scale Guitar Cross Picking

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There are 6 “Tetra-tonic” Scales. They all have four notes. Below, is our scale for this blog and video and will be the Tetratonic scale starting on the note B.

Alternate Picking the Scale: Starting on a “Downstroke”

We will make a short Robert Fripp-esque line from this scale and employ “Cross Picking” Guitar Technique.

In order to create a line like this it is a good idea to take “Triplets” and make them into chord pairs.

Here are the Guitar Picking patterns that I used. They are very Fripp-esque as they employ Alternate picking and Crosspicking.

We can also make “Chords” out of this scale.

Triplet Chordal/Cross picking Robert Fripp style “Tetratonic” Chords

This next Robert Fripp lick employs “Dyads” which are 2 note chords made from this Tetra-tonic scale.

Next, we will use alternate picking and play the “Dyads” in a single note fashion:

Lastly, we will take 2 chords “NOT” from the Tetratonic Scale but a “Tri-tone” apart. These will be B and F.

Descending:

Ascending:

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