McLaughlin-esque ii V7 I Alt Guitar Line [140 Bpm]

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John McLaughlin-esque ii V7 I Alt Guitar Line [140 Bpm]

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Hi Guys,

Today, a quick ii V7 I McLaughlin-esque lick

This is at 140 Bpm with an altered approach to harmony with strict alternate picking guitar technique.

The chords are as follows.

For the ii minor chord I employ a minor chord with a Major 7th and an added 9th.

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For the V7 chord I raise the 5th [#5] and add a flattened 9th note.

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And for the I chord I make this augmented by raising the 5th.

So, the ii V7 I becomes harmonically altered and creates an interesting sound

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Guitar Line

The line starts on an upbeat with 3 target tones that deliberately set up the 1st note of bar one. This adds forward momentum and adds a colourful chromatic set-up.

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The target tones start on an “Up stroke” so that on the first beat of bar one you will land and start a “Down stroke”

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Over the DmMaj7/9 chord I start with a Dm9 arpeggio and then exploit the D Harmonic minor scale by ascending in fragments.

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Over the G+b9 chord I start on the third note B and then play an Eb 4-3 arpeggio.

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The Bb from this arpeggio then moves up to the B natural and then I play the b9 to tonic and #5 to5 which then finally moves down to the note C for the tonic of the next chord C+.

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Whole Bar:

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Modal Chords:Modal Chordal Harmony

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Modal Chords: “Chords” from Transposed Mode [C as Root] Lesson/How to/Examples

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Moving on from our last blog on the Modal backing track, I have included another video [above] explanation regarding the modal chords/harmony that I employed.

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How to do a tremolo on the guitar: Right hand technique

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How to “TREMOLO PICK” Basics Guitar Technique

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Today we will look at the basics of doing a tremolo with the pick on the guitar.

For this basic overview we will start by pivoting our palm on the bridge of the guitar.

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Now we will alternate pick “Down Up Down Up” continuously whilst counting 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and in simple 8th notes on an open string.

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Now we will double the time with 16th notes and count: 1 e and a 2 e and a 3 e and a 4 e and a and “Accent” the first note in each four note grouping.

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We will now double this with 32nd notes: Below is a music notation diagram to see the tempo build up for a tremolo;

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