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Hi Guys,
Today, a quick look at employing imitation, through the registers of the guitar fingerboard.
This is a useful device for imitating bits of scale by shifting the fingering [[the same fingering in a lot of cases] up an octave each time.
EXAMPLE 1:
In the first example we will take a 3 note triplet figure and “Copy/Imitate” it up an octave each time.
The key is to hold the shape/fingering and slide the hand up without taking it off the guitar fingerboard onto the next position [up an octave].
So, here we have the pitches E F G and we take that fingering and slide it up to the next position.
Here, is the next position, an octave higher:
Now, we copy/imitate it again, up another octave higher:
Finally, I don’t have enough notes on the guitar to copy it exactly, so, I play something similar to finish the phrase.
EXAMPLE 2: Anacrusis/Up-Beat
Here, is a variation of the above, but, with an upbeat on the open D string. This, also starts on an“Up” stroke.
Finally, we have another variation but this time we do this by employing 16th notes and two open string connections.
EXAMPLE 3: High to Low Movement:
In this last example, we will go the other way.
This time, we will start high and descend lowering the phrase.
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