String Skipping Lesson

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   Let's get off the crazy shred stuff and work on something equally important. String skipping is extremely important thing, and it is difficult even if not played lightning fast.

In this lesson we will incorporate string skipping and alternate picking, create a melody, which can even work as an intro to a song, using several scale boxes of C#. If you are ready to skip some strings - check this one out!

--Pavel



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     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Rvddps
post 15th February 2007


Member


I really like the tune, i dunno, it feels quite neoclassical. Also, great lesson on string skipping, you are doing a great job as an instructor, maybe drop your degree and go on to teach guitar for a living tongue.gif
Pavel
post 15th February 2007


Instructor


Thanks! I would sure love to live from teaching guitar/performing/recording but first i need to finish the university smile.gif and become a pro guitarist (gotta spend many more years to get there wink.gif)
Steelkonsum
post 15th February 2007


Member


Hey Pavel!

Nice tune as usual. But I had an idea to remove some distracting and confusing elements.

You talk alot about C# boxes and notes and stuff and it all just mashes together into one big pile of confusion so what I would like to see is all the boxes for C# tabbed out, starting from the first box to the last. Or have all the charts of the boxes on one page or something just to make it easier to get an overview.

This makes it a bit easier to look at and understand as well as practice the C# Major scale independtly of this lesson.

Otherwise really splendid lesson. Will get cracking on it the moment I get home from band practice.
Pavel
post 15th February 2007


Instructor


Hey man! For each part there is a box illustrated below - and that is the box we use in that particular part! What's confusing?

When i tabbed the scale last time i got a comment that it would be nice to have scales illustrated! Now when i illustrated them i get a comment that it would be nice to have them tabbed. Now i am getting confused! smile.gif

Sorry if i got you wrong.
Kristofer Dahl
post 15th February 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


Yes I also think it's much clearer this time with scale diagram!

By the way Pavel what were you studying?
Steelkonsum
post 15th February 2007


Member


Pavel, yea sorry I guess ppl like it differently tongue.gif

Anyway what I was trying to say was that it would be good to have all diagrams on one page (as well or just on one) so you could get an overview of the scale as a whole so you could see all boxes at the same time.
Pavel
post 15th February 2007


Instructor


I am still studying (2nd year) informatics. I would love to study rock guitar performance at GIT in London but it's too expensive (around 10000$ a year). So right now i am simply practicing guitar and "wasting" time at the university. But i am only 19 and i hope one day i will earn enough from my guitar playing. Maybe even come to Sweden and Kris and i create a LIVE OPEN MASTERCLASS biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

Steelkonsum: ok i'll work on the overview and give to Kris to upload these days.
Rvddps
post 15th February 2007


Member


*cough* hows about you both come to say, i dunno, Scotland, maybe Edinburgh, and you hold a live masterclass there tongue.gif *cough*
Kristofer Dahl
post 15th February 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


Hehe these are some awesome ideas...! Who knows what the future holds biggrin.gif It would be awesome if Pavel and I could a jam and record it... biggrin.gif

About the scales: I could just put them on top of each other on the lessons main page - is that what you thought of Pavel?
Pavel
post 15th February 2007


Instructor


Yeah that could also work fine! Let's try that!
chainsbroken
post 16th February 2007


Member


I think you have the wrong tab with lesson number 5. correct me if Im wrong but the tab dosent go with what you are playing..It may be lesson six..Anyway Its one of the two,
Pavel
post 16th February 2007


Instructor


Hey thanks for the tip! Will be fixed soon!
Kristofer Dahl
post 16th February 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


Should be fixed now!
Robwylde
post 18th February 2007


Member


This lesson has been very benefical. How are you achieving you're tone? The addition to Pavel @ this sight has been great. Kris when are you coming out with your next lesson. The waiting is killing me!
VinceG
post 18th February 2007


Member


For me it doesnt feel like neo-classical but more of a smooth ballad that reminds me alot of Vai. I like the first half of this song(cept the fast part).
julz_122
post 18th February 2007


Member


really cool lesson really helped btw it sounds a bit like canon rock to me
Kristofer Dahl
post 18th February 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


VinceG: This week!
terryn0
post 21st March 2007


Member


Great lesson Pavel smile.gif
Its something I really needed. My picking accuracy isn't all that great when im concentrating on fretting hand. I was really hoping that when i joined, there would be a lesson similar to this on here lol.
white eagle
post 4th April 2007


Member


very pretty
lliber
post 25th April 2007


Member


anyone having trouble downloading vids 3&4
KiddKillit
post 22nd May 2007


Member


Hey Pavel I have one quick question for you Im a little confused on were the scales are on the fretboard Im not sure where your starting at. im on #3 now and im not sure if im doing it right.
KiddKillit
post 1st June 2007


Member


I figuared it out Thanks
Pavel
post 1st June 2007


Instructor


Great man - cool! I am sorry - i somehow missed your question sad.gif

But anyway if you got it on your own than it's great!
dk2
post 5th July 2007


Member


hey i think i tested this string skip before smile.gif not exactly this exersise but this


|--------7-------6------5----8-----|
|----------------------------------|
|-----5-------8------7-----6-------|
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|----------------------------------|smile.gif
sillyman
post 10th July 2007


Member


hey pavel
wat settings do u use in this exercise
Pavel
post 10th July 2007


Instructor


As usual! I don't change my sound settings at all! Never!

Usual distortion and a bit of delay to fatten the sound!

Ok, here is a copy/paste of my settings from another topic:


Here are the distortion pedal settings (from 1 to 7):

LOW: 5
MID: 6.1
MID FREQ: 4
HIGH: 3
GAIN: 5
DISTORTION MODEL: 5

I plug it into my amp using OUT 2(MIXER). I have Marshall Valvestate AVT50 amp. So here are the settings of the amp (0-10):

BASS: 2
TREBLE: 8
(i don't have MIDDLE for the clean channel)
sillyman
post 15th July 2007


Member


thanx alot pavel great lesson by da way (difficult though)
Victafor
post 7th September 2007


Member


i learned it but at the last fast run i have to use pull offs on the first 3 notes to get started or i find myself messing up!
Victafor
post 23rd September 2007


Member


great lesson pavel!!!!! dang man i luv it... i learned it and i must say my hands have much more control now
shellshock1911
post 4th January 2008


Member


great lesson! now i just have to get those fast sweeps in at the end
shellshock1911
post 4th January 2008


Member


EDIT: theyre not sweeps, just faster string skipping i saw wink.gif
Batguy21784
post 11th February 2008


Member


Hi, Pavel I'm slowly getting up to speed on this, but I have a question about alternate picking. If you are soloing, playing triplets across strings, is it always down up down on the first string, then up down up on the next string?

--OR--

Do you play down up down on each string?

Does that make any sense?
Pavel
post 11th February 2008


Instructor


I always tend to stick to 100% AP. Any direction changes can slow you down so i prefer AP all the way smile.gif
Carlos Carrillo
post 21st February 2008


Instructor


thanks pavel!!!!very nice melodies...
Danilo Capezzuto
post 19th March 2008


Instructor


Good.


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