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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.

“EXTENDED” Alternate Picking Guitar Exercise:

Posted on February 20, 2023February 28, 2023 by Modern Music Theory and Application

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4 Positions Alternate Picking Guitar Exercise:

Please watch the video above for in depth detail:

Hi Guys,

Moving on from our last alternate picking video we will now extend this to 4 different positions on the guitar fingerboard.

As always for this mid tempo jazz/fusion [140-160 Bpm] style it’s essential to accent the [first] and third notes in each 4 note grouping.

“The third note being the most important to accent”

Without doing this, the rhythm, tempo and dynamic gets lost along with the timing and fluidity.

[1st] and 3rd notes Accented

Here is the alternate picking exercise: It is essential to watch the video above in order to understand the “Simple” concept of the guitar fingering as this is crucial for executing this exercise.

This starts on a “Downstroke” with strict alternate picking:

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Short Alternate Picking [Jazz/Fusion] Style 140 Bpm Exercise

Posted on February 17, 2023February 20, 2023 by Modern Music Theory and Application

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Short Alternate Picking [Jazz/Fusion] Style 140 Bpm Exercise

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Today, just a short alternate picking ascending and descending Exercise/lick.

This employs simplified fretboard fingering for quick, clean picking and fretting. This is essential for jazz/fusion tempo’s and also world music.

When adding the simple fingering outlined in the video above and accenting the 1st and 3rd notes in each four note grouping the rhythm and momentum will move forward naturally.