Hybrid Picking Sequences for Fusion

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion

Excerpt: Welcome to this tutorial on Hybrid Picking! Hybrid picking is a very useful technique, applicable in many musical styles, ranging from Country to Fusion. In the world of country this technique is called "Chicken Picking", probably stemming form the fact that in the old days of folk music, guitar players used to flat pick pretty much everything, and if you u...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion

Excerpt: OK, so before we go into the actual sequences we will look at some preliminary exercises that nails the essence of what we will be doing. First off we will do 3-string, 4-note arpeggios going up the scale. As you can see in the video (and the tabbed examples below) there are a few voicings we can use for this. As most of the examples will be confined to the...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion

Excerpt: I this first example, we use the 4-note arpeggio derived from the preliminary exercises. As discussed there, we can then take this up any scale. In this particular example I have used the A Dorian mode, but do try this over any scale or mode. Also, at the end of this tutorial, I have provided you with the Am13 chord I played these examples over, so you can p...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion

Excerpt: In example 2, we use the same A Dorian mode, but this time we will also encounter a position shift, moving up the fretboard ascending, and then descending further up the neck. In this example you should note that when descending I'm using a different pattern all together, and use the pick only, in "Gambale-fashion". Those descending 4 note arpeggios is a ve...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion

Excerpt: In example 3 it's time for some diminished runs, which we of course all love don't we now! The Am13 provides an excellent backdrop for the Half-Whole step diminished scale, since it shares may common tones with the A Dorian mode, and is also the diminished mode most commonly used over a jazz/funk or fusion style track (as opposed to the Whole-Half step whic...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion

Excerpt: Example 4 is a kicker! In this one we move into the promised land of pentatonics so get ready to stretch those fingers! Here we're using the 3-note per string approach to pentatonics, connecting two adjacent positions. We also layer pentatonics on each other going up in minor thirds, so we will play through the Am, Cm, Ebm and F#m/Gbm pentatonic before reso...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion

Excerpt: So, we've run through 4 examples of arpeggios now, so it's high time we get down to some linear stuff right? In example 5 we play the A Dorian scale ascending and descending in a very linear fashion, just to get used to picking every starting note on every new string. This is something that might not be something you want to do all the time, but it is very ...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion

Excerpt: In the final example we have a sequence that combines with arpeggiated and linear ideas. Here, we will also be using hybrid picking both ascending and descending. By now, you should have the two main approaches firmly under your fingers, so this final example should be a breeze! Once through that, the REAL work will begin! Head over to the backing track and ...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Fusion

Excerpt: Alright guys, here is a "backing track" of sorts. It's a continuous 4 minute chord, the Am13 used in the examples. So feel free to try out any of the examples over this, or any other things you might have lying around i A Dorian, Diminished, Altered or what not.

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