Scales and exercises to help get to grips with the different positions of the E minor pentatonic scale. Practice using a metronome or click to get smooth playing using alternative picking. Try experimenting using a backing track in the key of G/Eminor. You can download the full sheet by right click save on link or […]
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D Minor Arpeggio
As I’ve previously stated Arpeggios are excellent exercises for both fingers and mind. When playing them on guitar they break up the tendency to play scalic patterns. Also there are techniques involved that can push your playing further. You can either do alternative picking or sweep picking: V = Down Stroke X = Up Stroke […]
Major Scale Patterns part 2
Following on from my previous article Major Scale Patterns Part 1 I’m going to show you three other Major scale patterns. It is recommended that you read that article first. The first of these patterns is an alternative to the previous articles ‘E’ string based pattern. The suggested fingers for this pattern are: 1st, 2nd […]
Scales: G Major
Scales on Gmajor for guitar and in staff view. Also how to play on keyboard/piano. Staff View: Using Treble cleff G Major Scale: G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Guitar: Click on image to see larger version on scale. Again G Major Scale: G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G Playing […]
Theory: Working with Intervals (part 1)
Hopefully you have a working knowledge of theory, if not I will try and keep this as simple as possible. This article is an expansion of the previous article, The Major Scale and Intervals. I’m going to use Sonars piano roll and staff views, the piano roll will fit the same with Reaper, Cubase and […]