Alternate Picking
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And here's another application of the same idea. Have _to ascending groups of five — ie some of the groups
another look at Example 1.6 and you'll see that _are omitted altogether, creating a greater sense of
Example 1.9 takes the same principle and applies it. movement:
Example 1.9
Now let's move on to intervals, Example 1.10 is a C might think of as ascending threes with the middle
major scale played in ascending thirds, which you note taken out of each group
Example 1.10
(Incidentally, a good way of tackling the picking in string-crossing pattern recurs in every subsequent
the above exercise is to start off by looping the first group of six notes.)
six notes. Once you find you can pick that Thirds generally have a melodic and pleasant quality
comfortably, you'll be pleased to find that the same. about them. The same, alas, cannot be said of the
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