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Kristofer Dahl1st August 2009Frightening picking and nice landing notes - thanks Conrad! ![]()
kaznie_NL1st August 2009Cool man, not one dirty note in there, nice!
that's scary
Bogdan Radovic1st August 2009Impressive playing!
Cool lesson topic! ![]()
Muris Varajic1st August 2009Chromatic rules, good job man! ![]()
Janos Kallai1st August 2009Great work Conrad!
Conrad Harpham1st August 2009thanks guys - i hope you find these useful...i use them al the time!
Ivan Milenkovic1st August 2009Sounds really cool, and nicely landed, great stuff ![]()
Zsolt Galambos1st August 2009Exellent sound, killer technique, congrats man ![]()
Gerardo Siere1st August 2009Very interesting idea, thanks Conrad.
Sensible Jones1st August 2009Great Lesson Conrad, very useful stuff!! ![]()
Pedja Simovic1st August 2009Cool lesson Conrad. Very useful technique lesson for alternate picking !
Conrad Harpham1st August 2009cheers guys - i hope you can add them to your playing
Chokehold1st August 2009Oh my god, great lesson!
Eat-Sleep-andJam2nd August 2009Very Sick Lesson.
I am mad I had to work all day, I wasn't able to play this ![]()
Sergio Dorado2nd August 2009Incredible picking technique! Also the backing sounds great
Conrad Harpham2nd August 2009thanks guys - glad you enjoyed the lesson ![]()
Laszlo Boross2nd August 2009Your technique is amazing! Very useful lesson!
Conrad Harpham2nd August 2009
Sinisa Cekic3rd August 2009Great picking, awesome lesson Conrad ![]()
Jerry Arcidiacono3rd August 2009Great lesson for such an important topic about phrasing ![]()
Conrad Harpham3rd August 2009cheers sinisa and jerry - glad you liked the lesson
Piotr Kaczor3rd August 2009Great technique and cool tone, Conrad! I like the bass line also ![]()
Conrad Harpham3rd August 2009
Tomas Santa Clara4th August 2009OMG! I hear the best of satch in that O.o
can you feel the tension on the backing?? I LOVE IT
BOOKMARKED!!!
Conrad Harpham4th August 2009Thanks Tomas...glad you found it useful!
Emir Hot11th August 2009Brilliant picking technique. I also like chromatic approach. Very good lesson
Stephane Lucarelli11th August 2009Awesome picking Conrad, well done !
Conrad Harpham14th August 2009thanks guys - glad you liked the lesson


To find these 3 note chromatic runs on your guitar, take the tone intervals within a minor scale, and add the note in between, thus creating a chromatic run of 3 notes.
For example, a Em scale consists of E F# G A B C D and octave E. So in Em, the 3 note chromatics you could use would be EFF#, GG#A, ABbB, CC#D and DEbE. To put it another way, you are adding a note beween degrees Root&2, 3&4, 4&5, 6&7 and 7&root of the scale.
By playing these across octaves, you can produce some smooth ascending / descending runs that are relatively easy to remember and play. I love playing repeating patterns that are easy to remember - for me playing the guitar is about making things as easy as you can, therefore repeating patterns and fingerings are great to play! These runs work well over minor and minor7 chords, I have chosen a basic sequence of minor 7 chords.
Technique wise, alternate picking works well for these licks, but you can also try legato patterns and economy picking should you want to include it.
There are some quite large and fast position shifts within this example, so play the lick slowly at first, concentrating on picking accuracy, then speed it up gradually. Equipment wise, i used a Framus Diablo Custom, straight through a Boss GT6 into the computer.
Good luck with it!
A minor
E minor