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Jan 2021: Connections and chops

Here we go again.  Focus on longer flowing lines and connections this month.  Also working on technique and speed.  First up is a blues etude.  Rod Elias had me write out some etudes using constant 8ths or 16ths back in the day, so I am revisiting the idea.   




Worked a lot on connecting material, and pushing my upper speed limit (which breaks on 8th notes at 220).  This next clip is a D minor vamp and I am trying to run one line direct into the next.  


Here are a few of the connecting licks
McLean: Blues for Wood
McLean: Blues for Wood
Langley: Cheesecake
Masakowski: Tino's Blues
Masakowski: I'll Pass

Next up is a picking Etude by Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs).  Skipping strings has always been a sticking point for me (and all guitarists).  This is a focused, neo-classical etude that targets this issue.  Alternating picking throughout makes is tough.


Finally a little bebop blues head.  Just a last second choice here, trying to get my writing muscles 
active. 






Comments

  1. TomFebruary 5, 2021 at 1:28 AM

    These are all so awesome. So practical. Well done. Going to put something like this together for myself.

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