Shakti Indo Jazz fusion alternate picking guitar lick

Posted on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 by Modern Music Theory

The key to this Shakti guitar riff is to “Shift” the fretting hand positions whilst employing strict alternate picking with the plectrum in the right hand as can be found in the guitar style of John Mclaughlin.

This is a great exercise for right hand picking technique by alternating with the plectrum starting on a “downstroke” whilst synchronising the left hand with the position shifts on the guitar fingerboard.

Shakti alternate picking hand position shifting guitar lick in TAB/Notation

shakti John Mclaughlin guitar alternate picking lesson

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Alternate Picking John Mclaughlin style guitar lesson in 4/4

Posted on December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 by Modern Music Theory

QUICK ALTERNATE PICKING LICK LESSON.

Simple pattern and repeated fingering in the style of “Belo Herozonte” and “Music spoken here” by John Mclaughlin. Like the 3/4 pattern in our last alternate picking lesson this borrows the same fingering but it is in 4/4.

TAB/MUSIC

alternate picking guitar exercise john mclaughlin secret fingering

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SHAKTI Indian Raga Guitar Lesson #2 John Mclaughlin

Posted on November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 by Modern Music Theory

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN ALTERNATE PICKING GUITAR STYLE

This little exercise works on the development of another basic guitar fingering idea. This fingering [as you will find out when playing through the notation/tab] lends itself well to the rhythmic development of John Mclaughlin’s alternate picking guitar technique.

SHAKTI EXERCISE/FINGERING LESSON -Guitar Raga Style

SHAKTI John Mclaughlin Indian Raga Guitar Lesson

As always keep the alternate picking rhythmical and tight and count in groups of “Tetrachords” [four 16th notes or “TA KA DI MI” Konokol ]for fluency and good timing tap your foot as you play the Raga line.

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Author: Clifford Martin Musical Artist: Guitar Gti

Clifford Martin is a trained classical musician and composer. His 1st study being piano and composition and a deep study into the meticulous world of modern music theory. He also studied jazz piano and jazz drums privately. Clifford later came back to the guitar and studied in the jazz fusion style of John McLaughlin and Al di Meola. It was at this point that he put all of his years of learning together into one musical form This website is a sort of cataloging of ideas and musical concepts for exploitation and development in the arts of musical composition and improvisation. What started out as a jazz improvisation site has grown into a full blown, harmony, timbre, pitch and rhythm library. Peace, Enjoy!