Melodic Minor 2 5 1 Variation [Re-Post]:Alternate Picking Guitar

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John Mclaughlin Melodic Minor Scale Jazz Guitar Lick Lesson

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Hi Guys,

Just a quick re-post of a video I did a while back that a few of you wanted but couldn’t find the PDF/TAB on this website.

Here is the Chart/Tab/Download:

This is a minor ii V7 I that resolves to the I Maj7 Chord. So we have Am7b5 to D7b9 to Gmaj7 [and not Gm7]

Chord Chart for Lick:

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John Mclaughlin Melodic Minor Scale Jazz Guitar Lick Lesson

Melodic “Jazz” Minor Scale Guitar Lick:

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John Mclaughlin Melodic Minor Scale Jazz Guitar Lick Lesson

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altered 2 5 1 short jazz/fusion lick

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Jazz/Fusion quick ii V7 I altered improvised lick lesson

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Hi Guys,

Just a short ii V7 I alternate picking guitar lick. [This starts on a down stroke]

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The chords are altered:

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So, for chord ii Bm we replace it with B augmented with a sharpened 9th. This in turn gives us the Major 3rd and the minor 3rd and so we can apply a simple B minor scale.

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Also, notice that I have placed accents on the 3rd note of each 4 note grouping. Accenting like this will help to keep the rhythm in tight tetrachords [4 note] groupings.

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In the next bar the “Dominant” chord has the 5th raised to create an Augmented 7th sound:

For this chord we can employ the F melodic minor scale:

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Finally we slide the C natural up a semitone to C# to resolve the cadence to the 3rd note of A Major 7 the tonic chord.

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John Mclaughlin 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar alternate picking explanation

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John Mclaughlin 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar alternate picking

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The key to alternate picking with this sort of basic John McLaughlin mid tempo ii V7 I is to divide the groupings into 4 notes [Tetrachords] and count the time as you pick the notes.

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John Mclaughlin 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar alternate picking

In the video you will see how the fretting hand plays and then releases in order to connect the line together so that the fretting hand is not stuck or tense, but relaxed and always ready to make the next connection.

Playing:

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John Mclaughlin 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar alternate picking

Release: For next Position/Connection

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John Mclaughlin 2 5 1 Jazz Guitar alternate picking

I start this line on a “Down Stroke” and follow through with strict alternate picking:

John Mclaughlin alternate picking

I also accent the 1st and 3rd notes:

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John Mclaughlin alternate picking

Full Line:

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John Mclaughlin alternate picking

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