Modern Music Theory Improvisation and Application
Lessons from Jazz/World to 20 Century Classical Music Harmony Rhythm and Theory
Hi Guys,
Just a quick 2 string alternate picking guitar exercise.
This starts on a down stroke:
It’s important to count time:
1 e and a 2 e and a etc
It’s also a good idea to accent the first note and the 3rd note of each 4 note grouping.
This is only a short exercise but it is really useful for crossing the strings and practicing playing at extremely fast tempo’s.
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Hi Guys,
Today we will look at an exercise for connecting scales in 4 positions along the fingerboard with alternate picking.
The first point to take into account is that it is best to “Accent” the third note of each 4 note grouping.
This will drive the music/exercise along.
The next point to consider is the simplistic guitar fingering employed because this makes it easy for the fretting hand to connect the different positions together.
Here is the exercise:
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Today we will look at mixing guitar picking patterns in the style of Fripp/KingCrimson
To begin with we will employ “Down Down Up” [Down Up]
Next we will add two extra notes [Down Up] in order to get back to starting on the down stroke again.
We then repeat the riff and finish this time with one note so that we can start the next phrase on an up stroke with strict alternate picking:
We now apply the strict alternate picking starting on the “Up stroke”:
After repeating the above we start the next part with alternate picking starting on a “Down Stroke“
We finish this phrase on a down stroke in order to start the next phrase starting on an “Upstroke“
Finally, we employ a “Down Down Up” triplet figure.
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