Alternate Picking:Guitar Technique-Part 2- [Fretting Hand]

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Alternate Picking:Guitar Technique-Part 2 [Fretting Hand]

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Hi Guys,

Today we will look at part 2 on alternate picking guitar technique.

The key to these exercises is to “Accent” the third note of each 4 note [Tetrachord] grouping . [You can also accent the first note].

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Why do we do this?

This is because the accents push the music along.

This also works like links in a chain that connect the notes together for smooth and rhythmical phrases.

So, before we attempt this sort of phrasing,

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We need to make sure that have our basic 8ths to 16 notes rhythmical and really tight.

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In the first exercise we will ascend in one position and then descend in another:

We will start on a down stroke and employ strict alternate picking:

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In the next example we will ascend and descend in one position:

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Finally,

it is a good idea to use a simple pentatonic scale with a simple guitar fingering and play over a 2 5 1 loop to get the accents, rhythm and musical phrasing tight.

Chord II V7 I Example:

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Simple 2 finger scale example:

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John Mclaughlin Jazz Acoustic Guitar Line:

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John Mclaughlin Jazz Acoustic Guitar Line

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Just a quick iim7b5 V7+ IMaj7 guitar lick in the style of John McLaughlin.

This employs alternate picking starting on a downstroke:

The first bar moves between D dorian mode and F melodic minor scale.

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The next bar employs tetrachords with Eb pentatonic, C minor pentatonic and Dorian b2/C melodic minor leaning for an altered sound. [This resolves the flattened third to a B natural in the last tetrachord].

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John McLaughlin Guitar Fingering-Jazz Chromatics

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John McLaughlin Jazz Guitar Chromatics easy Fingering

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Today we will have a look at an easier fingering for jazz chromatic target tones:

Below we have the old “Traditional” fingering:

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Now, we have a simpler and more intuitive John McLaughlin guitar fingering. 2 fingers to 2 fingers with a slide.

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We will now apply this to the most common and easiest scale on planet guitar, the A minor Pentatonic scale.

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This time we will add a “Side Step” and chromatic target tone movement

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In this example we will have an upbeat with 4 chromatic descending notes starting on the tonic note D:

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Finally, we will extend it over a ii V7 I

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PDF John McLaughlin Tartget Tones Jazz Chromtics Guitar Fingering Example

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