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Alexiaden9315th May 2009Nice licks !
Dejan Farkas17th December 2008Great lesson for agility and for thinking (playing) outside the box
Joe Kataldo12th December 2008Thanks
Hisham Al-Sanea11th December 2008nice and useful lesson joe.great job
Nazgul11th December 2008Thanks Joe, I will work on this one!
Toni Suominen11th December 2008This is critical to expand your playing, great job Joe!
Gerardo Siere11th December 2008Nice licks!
Jose Mena11th December 2008Great Joe, I guess all of us face the same problem at some point. Cool lesson
Emir Hot11th December 2008Very cool
Marcus Siepen11th December 2008great and very useful lesson
Bogdan Radovic11th December 2008Excellent workout Joe!
Pedja Simovic11th December 2008Cool lesson and concept Joe
- Joe Kataldo11th December 2008
Thanks Guys
Ivan Milenkovic11th December 2008Very useful horizontal lines Joe
Sergio Dorado11th December 2008Interesting concept. Well done!
Kuba Szafran11th December 2008Great lesson and important topic covered
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Nemanja Filipovic11th December 2008Great playing here Joe.
Piotr Kaczor11th December 2008I agree with Sir Schmoopy. Very useful exercises Joe!
- Joe Kataldo11th December 2008
That was the aim...thanks guys
berko11th December 2008Such "horizontal" approach unlocks the whole fretboard, great lesson Joe
Sir Schmoopy11th December 2008Great! I think all guitar players need this a lot (if not, at least I do)
- Sir Schmoopy11th December 2008
Great! I think all guitar players need this a lot (if not, at least I do)
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Hi guys, Joe Kataldo here, today I wanna face a problem that afflicts most of us guitar player: play out of boxes and positions, creatively over the whole neck!
Break The Pentatonic Box - A minor - 130 bpm
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How many time find yourself playing in the same first pentatonic position, don't knowing what to do next? Yeah I know the answer...me too!
Today musical study presents five different licks/patterns that uses only minor pentatonic, all over the neck, crossing all five shapes, to creatively unlock the potential of them thought as one big scale. Learn and transpose them in different keys, but most important try to write some of your own.
Techniques Focus
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A mixture of legato, slide and alternate picking is present in all five licks, as usual start slowly and build up speed, without compromise accuracy and tone.
Pro Tips
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All five licks are mainly played on top two strings, experiment with other string sets too, simply translating them or creating some your own.
See you next lesson,
Joe Kataldo.
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