Alternate Picking Guitar Exercise [4 Positions]

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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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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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