PLEASE WATCH VIDEO ABOVE FOR DETAILED ANALYSIS:
Hi Guys,
Today we will look at Al Di Meola’s approach to picking chordal arpeggios. He terms it “Chordal Picking”.
I have composed a short riff based on “Meeting of the Spirits” performed by the guitar trio.
This is deliberate in order to show how the picking patterns can be the same but interpreted differently.
In this case it is 3/4 :
Or 6/8 [or 12 3 1 2 3]
What remains the same is the picking pattern which is “Down Down Down Up Up Up”
The next part deliberately employs a different time signature of 2/4
This is just to show how easy it is to fit alternate time signatures with these chordal picking patterns:
It might sound or look complex in words and notation, but, in reality it is quite natural to play, compose with and perform.
The next part employs “Dampening”. This is just simply resting my palm on the guitar strings and plucking the rhythm.
In this case the picking pattern is our old friend “Down Down Up”
For the strumming part please watch video at the top of the page as it is easier to show visually than with diagrams or notation.
Lastly, we finish with the “Down Down Up”pattern once again:
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