Fusion Rhythm Placement Lesson

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- Nazgul8th September 2008
  And again awesome! I like the sound and of course your favourite lick, which is in video 4 of your minor pentatonic lesson.
- Emir Hot8th September 2008
  Very cool lesson. I like those licks
- Kuba Szafran8th September 2008
  Great lesson, thanks David!
- Muris Varajic8th September 2008
  Great licks and gaps in between !!
- Bogdan Radovic8th September 2008
  Excellent lesson David!
- Toni Suominen8th September 2008
  Great lesson David!
- Ivan Milenkovic8th September 2008
  Very nice licks David, great job
- Juan M. Valero9th September 2008
  cool lesson David !!!! great work my friend
- David Wallimann9th September 2008
  Thanks everyone!
- Gerardo Siere9th September 2008
  Great licks for a great and usefull lesson.
- RIP Dime9th September 2008
  I really like the little trick you explained here, helps a lot!
- Ian Bushell9th September 2008
  Great lesson as usual David! Keep on rocking:)
- Danilo Capezzuto9th September 2008
  Nice lesson David, cool licks here!
- Alex879th September 2008
  Fantastic David, I love it. Your sound on this is just beautiful too
- ItsMe7th October 2008
  keep em coming. I really like you fusiony stuff
- Alexiaden9314th May 2009
  Awesome
- Pedja Simovic6th July 2009
  I just saw this lesson, some excellent licks David - well done man!

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You can play all the right notes with a perfect technique, they will sound horrible without a good sense of rhythm. Rhythm placement is everything and this lesson should help you develop some nice improvisation ideas.

The secret to playing with a nice rhythm feel is to divide the strong beats into smaller rhythm segments. Let's start with sixteenth notes. As you are listening to the backing track, mentally sing to yourself sixteenth notes throughout your improvisation. The rule here is to play on the sixteenth notes.

Make sure to be comfortable with the scales before improvising. The track is in A Dorian and will also work with an A minor pentatonic.

Be creative, memorize everything and have fun!

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