Classical Fusion: Greg Howe Inspired

Hey GMC'ers! In this lesson I’ve composed a musical example based upon “Bach moch” from Greg Howe’s album Five. It occurred to me that it would be a good idea to combine alternate and hybrid picking techniques.

We can analyze it easily into two general parts: The first one using alternate picking and the second one by the use of hybrid picking. The first part is basically a combination of scales around C tonal center key. Pay attention to the irregularity of the notes on the strings. This will be very useful to break with the traditional three-note-per-string patterns which will help you a lot with your phrasing.

The second part is strictly about hybrid picking. Here I starts combining a C6 arpeggio and C diminished to continue with an Am7 arpeggio and a similar pattern to the first one. The ending has a cycle of diminished arpeggios on different string groups. Pay attention to the different pick and finger movements of the right hand.

Techniques:
* Alternate Picking
* Hybrid Picking

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Scales:
* C Melodic Minor
* G Diminished
* G# Diminished Arpeggio
* A Minor 7
* C6
* C Diminished
* C Harmonic Minor

Enjoy!/ Juan

Scales:

C Melodic Minor