Hi Guys!…This line starts with the interval of a fourth with strict alternate picking starting on a downstroke. Also, notice the Slur/Slide in red and the repeated notes.
Shakti-John McLaughlin Raga Guitar Concepts
Try and accent the 1st and 3rd notes in each 4 note grouping for “Smooth” picking:
Clifford Martin is a trained classical musician and composer. His 1st study being piano and composition and a deep study into the meticulous world of modern music theory. He also studied jazz piano and jazz drums privately.
Clifford later came back to the guitar and studied in the jazz fusion style of John McLaughlin and Al di Meola. It was at this point that he put all of his years of learning together into one musical form
This website is a sort of cataloging of ideas and musical concepts for exploitation and development in the arts of musical composition and improvisation. What started out as a jazz improvisation site has grown into a full blown, harmony, timbre, pitch and rhythm library. Peace, Enjoy!
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