Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Symmetrical Scale Guitar Cross Picking

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Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Scale and Tritone Guitar Picking

There are 6 “Tetra-tonic” Scales. They all have four notes. Below, is our scale for this blog and video and will be the Tetratonic scale starting on the note B.

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Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Scale and Tritone Picking

Alternate Picking the Scale: Starting on a “Downstroke”

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Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Scale and Tritone Guitar Picking

We will make a short Robert Fripp-esque line from this scale and employ “Cross Picking” Guitar Technique.

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Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Scale and Tritone Guitar

In order to create a line like this it is a good idea to take “Triplets” and make them into chord pairs.

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Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Tritone chord pairs

Here are the Guitar Picking patterns that I used. They are very Fripp-esque as they employ Alternate picking and Crosspicking.

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Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Scale and Tritone Guitar

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Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Scale and Tritone Guitar

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Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Scale and Tritone Guitar

We can also make “Chords” out of this scale.

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Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Guitar chords

Triplet Chordal/Cross picking Robert Fripp style “Tetratonic” Chords

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Robert Fripp “Tetratonic” Guitar chords Cross Picking

This next Robert Fripp lick employs “Dyads” which are 2 note chords made from this Tetra-tonic scale.

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Robert Fripp Guitar “Dyads’

Next, we will use alternate picking and play the “Dyads” in a single note fashion:

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Robert Fripp Guitar “Dyads’

Lastly, we will take 2 chords “NOT” from the Tetratonic Scale but a “Tri-tone” apart. These will be B and F.

Descending:

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Robert Fripp Tritone Guitar Arpeggios

Ascending:

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Robert Fripp Tritone Guitar Arpeggios

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Alternate Picking Guitar Acoustic Fusion

This little alternate picking guitar exercise is taken from John Mclaughlin’s acoustic jazz fusion C.D “Belo Herozonte”.

Although this is a simple and short exercise it displays the way to open up and extend long fluid alternate picking improvised jazz fusion guitar lines.

You can either employ orthodox fingering or the fingering that I use.

John Mclaughlin Alternate Picking “Belo Herozonte’ Guitar lick/Exercise:

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Jazz/fusion improvisation Altered scale Theory Lesson

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Today we will look at a John Mclaughlin alternate picking Jazz/Fusion improvisation cadence employing the altered dominant chord! Please watch the video below and then try it out yourself.

As you will see this cadence employs the Altered scale. It is a 2 [minor 7 flat 5] going to 5 [ “Altered Dominant”] 1 [major 7th]. This being Dm7 flat 5  G7 altered resolving to C major7.

I also employ a flat 5 substitution on the Dm7 flat 5. All of this resolves though and slips nicely into the altered dominant 5 chord. I also use pentatonics within the altered scale for rhythmic flow. Please look at the TAB/MUSIC below and play through it yourself to see and feel how it all “Naturally” unfolds. I employ alternate picking the same as John Mclaughlin.

John Mclaughlin alternate picking altered scale line Music/Tab

John Mclaughlin Alternate picking Altered scale jazz improviser line

VARIATION With an A flat Pentatonic shape replacing A flat minor/Major Arpeggio for the flat 5 substitution.

 

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