Today we will look at an exercise for connecting scales in 4 positions along the fingerboard with alternate picking.
The first point to take into account is that it is best to “Accent” the third note of each 4 note grouping.
This will drive the music/exercise along.
The next point to consider is the simplistic guitar fingering employed because this makes it easy for the fretting hand to connect the different positions together.
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
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