Video above demonstrates the exercises below:
Hi Guys,
Today, a couple of alternate picking guitar exercises.
The difference with these is that they are LONG “Fusion” fluidity exercises/lines. The Goal is in “Connecting” the 4 note tetrachords together to produce long liquid lines for jazz/fusion improvisation.
These lines are through a ii V7 I chord sequence/cadence at 140 bpm, so they are not super fast but are at the tipping point of the fusion tempo.
I am starting on a down stroke with the pick and following through with strict alternate picking in double time with 16th notes.
EXERCISE 1:
This first exercise employs some chromaticism ascending with pentatonic movement. The last 2 notes have a big stretch so there’s also a quick moment of detailed finger precision in the fretting hand.
As always with these types of exercises it’s important to count time and feel the pulse.
This will create the “Fluidity” in movement and help connect it all together.
EXERCISE 2 VARIATION:
Next, we have a variation of the exercise above. This time starting with an upbeat and an extension all the way to the top D note.
EXERCISE 3:
Lastly, we have another tetrachord exercise and variation going the other way,
CONCLUSION:
As you can see from these short exercises, the only way to get the alternate picking effective with jazz/fusion is through the “Connections”, because the harmony/chord changes have to be dealt with whilst picking.
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