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Alternate Picking Guitar Exercise [4 Positions]

Posted on December 24, 2022January 2, 2023 by Modern Music Theory and Application

Alternate Picking Guitar Exercise [4 Positions] Guitar Lesson

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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.

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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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Mixed Guitar Picking Patters Fripp/King Crimson

Posted on December 22, 2022December 24, 2022 by Modern Music Theory and Application

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King Crimson Robert Fripp Guitar Picking patterns Lesson

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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]

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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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Fusion chords/Improvised Line [John McLaughlin style]

Posted on December 13, 2022December 18, 2022 by Modern Music Theory and Application

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Hi Guys,

Today we will have a look at a I Vi [VI] ii V V I cadence with fusion chord substitutions.

For the first chord of C major we will employ: C6/9

For the A7 chord we will go a flattened 5th away with an Eb Triad over an E natural bass.

For the Dm7 chord we will use a 2nd inversion C triad over an F bass note. [Dm9/11 1st inversion]

For the first Dominant substitution we will go a flat 5 away again and use Db over a B bass:[as in an altered 1st inversion]

For the second dominant chord we will put the flattened 5th note [Db] in the bass with a G triad on top:

We finally resolve to a C Maj7#11 tonic chord:

Below is an example of an improvised line through these substituted chords:

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