Tolek - Learning the fretboard SI Lesson
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Revision as of 15:24, 2 February 2010
Introduction
Welcome to lesson N°3 and the boring world of scales!
Structure:
About the Lesson
The Lesson
Harmonic Analysis of this Lesson
Last Words
About the Lesson
Many guitarists get depressed because they think they have learnt a lot but when it comes to show something live (in a jam where you have to improvise for instance), they don´t know what to play. You know this? Then this lesson is a very good exercice for you. One of the easiest keys to play in on the guitar is E minor. There is only one sharp (F#) to consider (except from D# which appears in E minor harmonic) and a lot of rock/metal songs are written in that key. Every guitarist should know that scale by heart. This is why I decided to focus on that point. We are going to use 3-notes-per-string patterns starting from every note from the E minor natural scale. A nice ending gives us the chromatic tapping lick which goes over 2 octaves. I changed the rhythm so that your timing skills are developed, too.
So, let´s start.
The lesson
|------------------------------------|-----------2-3-5-5-3-2-----------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---1-3-5-----------------5-3-1---|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------0-2-4---|-----------------------------------|---4-2-0-------------------------------|
|-------------------0-2-4-----------|-----------------------------------|---------------4-2-0-------------------|
|-----------0-2-3-------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------3-2-0-----------|
|---0-2-3---------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------3-2-0---|
Time measure: 2/4
Note value: 16th triplets
We start with low E and go stepwise up. Don´t forget to mute the strings after you skip a string. Pay attention to my fingering: I stay only in one position, that means that every finger has its own fret to play. Accentuate the first note of every beat, that helps you to stay in the beat. This scale is also known as E Aeolian.
