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.
These exercises employ the A Harmonic Minor Scale. I use alternate picking guitar technique starting on a downstroke.
Exercise 1: Simple descending and ascending 2 finger harmonic minor scale. “Even” alternate picking pattern
Guitar fingering for fluid scales for jazz and world music improvisation EVEN Alternate Picking
Exercise 2: Wide interval 3 finger to the simple 2 finger descending Harmonic Minor Scale
Guitar HARMONIC MINOR fingering for scales in jazz and world music improvisation
Exercise 3: Moving from a 3 finger piece of scale mid strings out to the first string with a simple 2 finger scale approach. Mixing 2 and 3 finger alternate picking.
Guitar fingering for fluid scales for jazz alternate picking and world music improvisation even patterns Harmonic Minor
Harmonic Minor Scale PART 2: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN GUITAR TECHNIQUE:
Exercise 4: John Mclaughlin scale guitar fingering technique. This method again employs strict alternate picking starting on a down stroke. John Mclaughlin’s guitar fingering is unique in that you can play at very fast tempo’s alternate picking due to the simple fingering and the way it repetitively crosses the guitar strings .
John Mclaughlin Harmonic Minor Alternate Picking Guitar Technique fingering lesson
Exercise 5: John Mclaughlin guitar fingering technique part 2:
John Mclaughlin Harmonic Minor Alternate Picking Guitar Technique fingering lesson
Excersie 6: 3 finger to simple 2 finger Harmonic Minor scale for alternate picking guitar technique starting on a down stroke.
Guitar fingering for fluid scales for jazz alternate picking and world music improvisation even patterns
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2 finger alternate picking scales guitar position shifting for easy speed picking and improvising
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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
