Lessons from Jazz/World to 20 Century Classical Music Harmony Rhythm and Theory
Category: Jazz fusion guitar music theory lessons, guitar technique and improvisation.
How to improvise over altered dominant chords. How to employ chromatic jazz and fusion harmony. Apply twentieth century classical composition techniques to modern jazz music and improv. How to exploit modes of the major. minor and diminished scales. Lesson in alternate picking guitar techniques as used by John Mclaughlin and Al di Meola. How to do metal rock and all styles of alternate picking on the guitar. Plectrum pick technique for electric and acoustic guitarists. alternate guitar style of picking lessons.
2 finger alternate picking scales guitar position shifting for easy speed picking and improvising
Please watch video above for detailed analysis:
Moving on from our previous blog we will now extend and shift the fingering positions on the guitar fingerboard and extend our 2 finger scales. We will employ alternate picking staring on a down stroke.
Exercise: 1st Part
2 finger alternate picking scales guitar position shifting pt2 for easy improvising and speed
Exercise: 2nd Part
2 finger alternate picking scales guitar position shifting pt2 for easy improvising and speed
Full Exercise:
2 finger alternate picking scales guitar position shifting pt2 for easy improvising and speed
Now we will extend this by shifting the position even further.
2 finger alternate picking scales guitar position shifting pt2 for easy improvising and speed
PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE FOR AN IN DEPTH EXPLANATION TO ALL THAT IS DETAILED BELOW.
This blog deals with very simple guitar fingering for playing through “Giant Steps” chord changes. Everything that I employ in this lesson consists of very simple guitar fingerings that most “Rock Guitar Players” or “Beginners of Jazz/Fusion Guitar” styles will already know or be aware of. For instance the A minor Pentatonic scale/shape.
THE RHYTHMIC SIDE OF THINGS:
For a beginner it is essential to count time whilst playing 8th note lines through the changes.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
This way you will know where you are in the bar and what chord you are playing over.
How to play through “GIANT STEPS”-Easier Guitar Fingering Method for Beginners
To begin with I use the B major pentatonic scale. Next, I employ a simple 2 finger pentatonic scale over D7 and GMaj7. I then play the second part of it [same fingering] up a semitone and land on the note D for the EbMaj7 chord, counting 1 2 3 4 in preparation for the next chord.
How to play through “GIANT STEPS”-Easier Guitar Fingering Method for Beginners
For the first three chords I play what could be called “A Dorian Pentatonic”. But, I am not really thinking in that way. [I am just adding the F# note for the 3rd of D7]. This in turn creates a very simple and “Fluid” guitar fingering that is very common to most guitar players and hence easy to do.
How to play through “GIANT STEPS”-Easier Guitar Fingering Method for Beginners
On the F#7 chord I play an F#7 arpeggio that then resolves into an Eb minor arpeggio for the BMaj7 chord.
How to play through “GIANT STEPS”-Easier Guitar Fingering Method for Beginners
For then next part I again employ a simple Pentatonic to get through the first three chords. This Bb minor leaning works well though because over the Bb7 chord it gives us the “Blue note”. Finally we use our A Dorian Pentatonic again to resolve to GMaj7 for our last three chords.
How to play through “GIANT STEPS”-Easier Guitar Fingering Method for Beginners
Here I just use C#m pentatonic and F# Pentatonic to land on the D# to nail the change to the BMaj7 chord. Very simple and very common guitar fingering.
How to play through “GIANT STEPS”-Easier Guitar Fingering Method for Beginners
For the last part of this I employ an Fm9 arpeggio and a C minor pentatonic scale that then goes up a semitone and repeats our C#m7 F#7 to Bmaj7 phrase. But, this time we land on an F# for the 5th of BMaj7.
How to play through “GIANT STEPS”-Easier Guitar Fingering Method for BeginnersHow to play through “GIANT STEPS”-Easier Guitar Fingering Method for Beginners
