A Tremelo is a rapid alternating motion [Think of Russian music or spy music]. Tremelo picking comes from a RELAXED wrist and NOT the forearm, elbow or shoulder.
Count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & and let your “Wrist” lightly pick down and up on one note. You can then gradually build a rapid alternating speed. Also try “Accenting” the first note in each bar. [Always avoiding tension in the elbow].
1 STRING TREMOLO PICKING
Now play it by “Doubling” the speed and INTERNALISE [Feel] the “1e & a” Rhythm. Count it in your mind as you start with a down stroke and pluck down up, down up, down up etc .
CROSSING 2 STRINGS WITH GUITAR TREMOLO PICKING: “EVEN GROUPINGS”
First try this with 8th notes and then double the speed with 16th notes. Hear the internalised “1e and a” of the Sixteenth notes and as you tremolo pick across the strings you will always cross with the same “EVEN” stroke. This makes crossing the strings very easy because when you can cross 2 strings then you can SIMPLY REPLICATE this across all 6 strings.
EX.3
EX.4 TREMOLO PICKING SCALE ACROSS ALL 6 GUITAR STRINGS:
Just replicate exercise 3 with a scale this time ascending and descending across all 6 guitar strings starting with a down stroke creating “even” tremolo picking. [It will be smooth and musical and simple with even patterns].
In this lesson we are going to look at sweep picking and variations on Frank Gambale’s sweep picking guitar technique/method. I also employ alternate picking guitar technique with this method for smoothness when improvising.
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The key to “Rhythmic Phrases” and smooth sweep picking is to practice a rhythmic line, sweep arpeggio and then rhythmic line again. This is essential for flowing improvisational lines. Otherwise sweep picking can become , blip, blip,blip. Which will sound very un-rhythmical and un-musical.
I only employ simple sweep picking patterns so that I can make rapid flowing musical phrases when I am improvising.
Simple basic sweep arpeggio Pattern.
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Extended simple sweep picking arpeggio pattern
Sweep Picking guitar Lesson: Frank Gambale Style Arpeggios/Pentatonic’s
Below is how I set up the sweep picking with rapid alternate picking guitar technique so that the improvised jazz/fusion line flows as a “Rhythmical phrase” as opposed to ,blip.blip,blip.
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Lastly, is an extension of a full sweep arpeggio and how easy it is to connect different shapes/arpeggios [superimpositions] together.
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Melodic Minor Scale GUITAR Lesson: ARPEGGIOS, SUPERIMPOSITION AND JAZZY LICKS
In this blog we will look at the Jazz Melodic Minor scale and its harmony and how to exploit it for jazz/fusion and melodic pop/rock usage. The melodic minor is an exotic and beautiful sounding scale that compliments its corresponding harmony.
If we take the basic C Major scale and play through it we can create a new scale by changing just one note. This is the 3rd note E.
How to make to C Melodic Minor Scale: Guitar Lesson
If we flatten this E natural to an E flat note we have the C melodic “Jazz” Minor scale.
Melodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION/ARPEGGIOS/CHORDAL
Here are the arpeggios for the C melodic “jazz” minor scale in 7ths
Melodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION/ARPEGGIOS/CHORDAL Melodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION/ARPEGGIOS/CHORDAL
Upper Extensions: We can add a “triad” above the arpeggios and create an upper extension on each of the melodic minor’s arpeggios.
Melodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION Upper StructuresMelodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION Upper StructuresMelodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION/ARPEGGIOS/CHORDAL
It is a good idea to extend the tonic C minor/maj7 Arpeggio to get a good fluid fingering for it as it is a really beautiful exotic sound and can also be used over an altered dominant chord.
Melodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION/ARPEGGIOS/CHORDAL
Another important point is to get a good fingering by using easier fingerings like the example below. [The easier the fingering the better the intervals sound on the guitar].
Melodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION/ARPEGGIOS/CHORDAL
It is also a good idea to employ “triad pairs” that exist within the melodic minor scale. Here we have E flat augmented, F major, Cmin/maj7, and Dm7
Melodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION/ARPEGGIOS/CHORDAL
We can also make Pentatonic’s from the melodic minor scale which fit easily in the guitarists fretting hand. Below is an example that could be played over an A minor 7 flat 5 chord [Chord 6 in C melodic “jazz’ minor scale].
Melodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION/ARPEGGIOS/CHORDAL
Lastly, we have the dominant chord of the C melodic minor scale being G major [Chord 5]. This would normally make G seventh but due to the E flat note in the scale we can now make an “Altered” Dominant chord [G9 Augmented]. We have the note of A for the ninth and the Eb flat note for the sharpened 5th.
Melodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Lesson: SUPERIMPOSITION/ARPEGGIOS/CHORDAL
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