Alternate Picking “John McLaughlin” style on “DOWNSTROKE”

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The key to these examples is to accent the 1st and 3rd notes [“Downstokes”]whilst also remembering the “Up” stroke as a lighter but essential touch in order to cross the guitar strings fluently when strict alternate picking.

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Alternate Picking Guitar Lesson

The first example starts on the 3rd beat, so remember to count 3 e and a 4 e and a to come in on the 1st beat of the next bar.

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Alternate Picking Guitar Lesson

Example 1:

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Alternate Picking Guitar Lesson

Example 2: Employs a simple pentatonic scale and then joins together with the F melodic minor scale as used in the 1st example.

Example 2:

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Alternate Picking Guitar Lesson

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Alternate Picking

How John mclaughlin Plays Quick Guitar Lines

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How John Mclaughlin plays fast guitar lines with accenting the 1st and 3rd notes

The key to this short Lick is to employ “Alternate Picking” guitar technique starting on a down stroke! NEXT: Try to accent the 1st and 3rd notes of each 4 note grouping [Tetrachords]. This will make your picking stable and even with solid timing.

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How John Mclaughlin plays fast guitar lines with accenting the 1st and 3rd notes

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Whole Acoustic McLaughlin Quick Lick:

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How John Mclaughlin plays fast guitar lines with accenting the 1st and 3rd notes

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John McLaughlin Harmonic minor scale Fast Guitar Lick

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John McLaughlin Harmonic minor scale Guitar Lick with fast alternate picking

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This Mclaughlin guitar lick substitutes Dm7b5 for Dm7 and G13b9 for G7. This ii V I cadence resolves to C69.

In the previous example we employed the F melodic minor scale but this time we will exploit the A Harmonic minor scale.

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John McLaughlin Guitar Scales

Notice that both scales contain the the G# Ab enharmonically the same note and the E natural.

Here is the first bar:

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John McLaughlin Harmonic minor scale Guitar Lick with fast alternate picking

Here is the second bar:

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John McLaughlin Harmonic minor scale Guitar Lick with fast alternate picking

Here is the whole John McLaughlin guitar lick:

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John McLaughlin Harmonic minor scale Guitar Lick with fast alternate picking

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