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Hi Guys,
Today, just a quick look at alternate picking phrases on the off-beat.
In this short example, we will pick in 16th’s and cross the string on the off-beat as we do.
So, if we look at the example below we can see the notes in red on the “a”. The last note of each 4 note [tetrachord] grouping.
I am starting this phrase with an anacrusis/up-beat and an “Up” stroke.
This means, that the first beat will be on a down stroke and so the phrase will cross on the last 16th off-beat note.
This makes the phrase easy to pluck and the off beat pushes the music along.
I set this little phrase up with a couple 7sus4 chords. These being F/G and G/A
To round off this line, I finished with a fragment of basic major scale descending starting on a downstroke.
And cadenced with G/A A7 D/E as a ii V I.
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