Technique > Technique exercises 2
The following examples aren't so catchy. You'd have to consider them as
strange groups of notes... very far from music... however a good chance to
play something different.
Example 21
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Here's a chromatic sequence in triplets which proposes the first four bars on
cresent octaves.
v n v n v n v n v n v n v n v n v n v n v n v n
[--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-
[--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-
[--------|-------|-------|-------|---4---|-5---6-|---7---|-8---9-|-
[----3---|-4---5-|---6---|-7---8-|-4---3-|---2---|-------|-------|-
[--3---2-|---1---|-------|-------|-------|-------|-6---5-|---4---|-
[--------|-------|-5---4-|---3---|-------|-------|-------|-------|-
2 3 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 4 1 4 2 3 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 4 1 4
v n v n v n v n v n v n v n v n v n v n v
-|-------|-------|-------|---------|---7---|-8---9-|---10---|-
-|---6---|-7---8-|---9---|-10---11-|-7---6-|---5---|--------|-
-|-5---4-|---3---|-------|---------|-------|-------|-8----7-|-
-|-------|-------|-7---6-|----5----|-------|-------|--------|-
-|-------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|--------|-
-|-------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|--------|-
2 3 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 4 1 4 2 3 1 4 1 4 2 4 1
n v n v n v v
-|-11---12-|-------12-|----------|------]
-|---------|-12b14----|-14r12p10-|------]
-|----6----|----------|----------|-12~~-]
-|---------|----------|----------|------]
-|---------|----------|----------|------]
-|---------|----------|----------|------]
4 1 4 3 4 3 3
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Example 22
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Here's a lick "colored" by the use of open strings over the A tonality.
v n v n v n v v n v v n v n v n n
[----------|---------|---------|---------|----------]
[----------|---------|---------|---------|-(8)/10---]
[----0-6-7-|---------|---------|---------|-(7)/9----]
[-/9-------|-9-0-7---|---------|---------|-(5)/7----]
[----------|-------9-|-0-7-----|---------|----------]
[----------|---------|-----9-0-|-7-8-9-5-|----------]
4 1 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 3 4 1
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Example 23
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A string skipping and tapping application based on the D pentatonic.
t t t t t t
[--------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|-
[--21p10h15h21-p-15p12-------|-------------|------------|-----------|-
[--------------|-------------|----19p13p10-|------------|-----------|-
[--------------|-------17p10-h-12----------|-18p7h12h18-p-12p7------|-
[--------------|-------------|-------------|------------|------17p0-h-
[--------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|-
M 1 4 M 4 1 M 1 3 M 4 1 M 1 4 M 4 1 M
n v n
-|----------|--------------]
-|----------|--------------]
-|----------|----7--8--9---]
-|---15p9p5-p-0--9--10-11--]
-h-5--------|----10-11-12--]
-|----------|--------------]
1 M 4 1
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Example 24
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Desending line based over the D major scale.
v n v v n v v n v n v n v v n v n v n v n v n v v v v
[--10-9-7----|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
[---------10-|-8-7---10-|-8-7-----|---------|---------|---------|---------|-
[------------|-----9----|-----9-7-|-6---6-7-|-6---9-7-|-6-------|---------|-
[------------|----------|---------|---9-----|---8-----|---9-7-5-\-4-------|-
[------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---5-----|-
[------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----7\5-p-
4 3 1 4 2 1 3 4 2 1 4 2 1 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 4 2 1 2 4
-|-----------]
-|-----------]
-|-----------]
-|-----------]
-|-----------]
-p-2h3~~~~---]
1 2
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Example 25
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A sequence of asending altenate chromatisms introduces an A extended
pentatonic with slides, hammer ons, pull offs and tapping.
n n n n v n v v n
[----------|---------|----------|-----------|---------|-----------|-
[----------|---------|-----8h10-t-13p10p8---|---------|-----------|-
[----------|-----5h8-|-7/9------|---------9-\-7p5-----|------9h12-t-
[----------|-7p5-----|----------|-----------|-----7p5-/-7h10------|-
[------6h7-|---------|----------|-----------|---------|-----------|-
[--8p5-----|---------|----------|-----------|---------|-----------|-
4 1 2 3 3 1 1 4 3 2 4 M 4 2 3 1 3 1 1 3 2 4
v v v v
-|------------|---------|---------|-------]
-|------------|---------|---------|-------]
-t-14p12p9----|---------|---------|-------]
-|---------10-\-7p5-----|---------|-------]
-|------------|-----7---|---------|-------]
-|------------|-------8-p-5h9p5h8-p-5-~~~-]
M 4 2 3 1 3 4 1 4 1 4 1
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Example 26
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A B major sweep introduce a very fast desending sequence based over the D
major scale. In the three last bars a chromatic classicism, obtained fadeing
into the D armonic minor scale, ends in tension.
n n n n n n v n v v n v v n v v
[--------------7-|-10-9-7------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
[------------7---|--------10-8-7-----|-----------------|-----------------|-
[----------8-----|---------------9-7-|-6---------------|-----------------|-
[--------9-------|-------------------|---9p7p5\4h5h7p5-p-4/5h7h9p7p5\4h5-h-
[----6h9---------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
[-/7-------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
2 1 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 1 4 2 1 4 2 1 4 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 4 2 1 2
v v n v n v n v n
-|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
-h-7p5p4---------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
-|-------7p5p4/5h7h9p7p5\4h5h7p5p4-\-2h4h5p4p2---4p2---5p2---4p2---5p2---|-
-|---------------------------------|-----------3-----3-----3-----3-------|-
4 2 1 4 2 2 2 4 2 1 2 4 2 1 3 4 3 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 3 1 2 4 1
v n v n v n v n v n v n v n v
-|-------------------------|-------------------]
-|-------------------------|-------------------]
-|-------------------------|-------------------]
-|-------------------------|-------------------]
-|---2p1---4p1---2p1---4p1-|---5---4---2-------]
-|-2-----2-----2-----2-----/-7---5---3---1~~~~-]
2 2 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1
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Example 27
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In the first three bars an A blues minor pentatonic lick propose an asending
smooth sequence which solves perfectly in the A of the fourth bar. A chromatic
passage, underlined by two little tappings, introduce an A minor sweep which
ends in rock-blues style.
v n n n v n n
[-----------|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-
[-----------|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-
[-----------|----------|-------------|-------------|----------14-|-
[-----------|--------7-h-10/13p12p10-|-------------|-------14----|-
[---------7-\-6/7h10---|-------------|-12t15p11t15-p-10h15-------|-
[--5-8/10---|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-
1 4 1 4 1 4 3 1 3 M 2 M 1 4 3 3
hold bend
n n v v n v v n v
-|----12-15--------|-15-------|-----------------]
-|-13------(15)b17-|----17r15-p-13----15--------]
-|-----------------|----------|----14----14~~~--]
-|-----------------|----------|-----------------]
-|-----------------|----------|-----------------]
-|-----------------|----------|-----------------]
2 1 4 3 4 1 2 3 1
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