John Mclaughlin 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar alternate picking
Please watch video above for detailed explanation:
The key to alternate picking with this sort of basic John McLaughlin mid tempo ii V7 I is to divide the groupings into 4 notes [Tetrachords] and count the time as you pick the notes.
John Mclaughlin 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar alternate picking
In the video you will see how the fretting hand plays and then releases in order to connect the line together so that the fretting hand is not stuck or tense, but relaxed and always ready to make the next connection.
Playing:
John Mclaughlin 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar alternate picking
Release: For next Position/Connection
John Mclaughlin 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar alternate picking
I start this line on a “Down Stroke” and follow through with strict alternate 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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