Lesson Series: “0 To 60, An Introduction to Alternate Picking” - Lesson 44
LESSON #44 - Alternate Picking/Economic Picking and Legato Phrasing in Musical Context
Lesson Series by Todd Simpson
We are going to take two asymmetrical halves (essentially one ascending and one descending lick) and combine them in to one musical phrase. We are then going to work on various methods of playing it. Once we have it down, we are going to play it in a musical context against a backing track. I want you to see how you can build a lick and then how the lick can come alive when played with music.
Let's warm up a bit first.
Playing/Shredding/etc. is only half of the equation. Technique alone won't save you, you need to be able to play well but it's critical that you learn to play well in a musical context. Lead guitar without music behind it can be great, but it's often even better when played with and against actual music. Lets move on to Part 1 of todays lesson.
Now lets play a different pattern on the way down. Mixing patterns like this in an asymmetrical way, is great practice for your brain to allow it to get used to playing different things in different directions instead of playing the same thing ascending and descending. Let's take a look at the second part.
