
Building the Better Guitar Scale


The Path of Least Resistance for Artists: The Structure and Spirit of the Creative Process
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Working on a piano is repetitious, tedious and monotonous to say the least. Everything you do to the instrument you must do at least 88 times. This forces you to let go of anything but the most practical and efficient attitude toward the daily work that faces you in the shop and on the stage. If you do not possess at least a minimal level of discip
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The principles of combination playing are fairly simple. Let's take our old friend, the C major scale, out for a walk:1. Play the C scale only using two notes per string:Notice that with this fingering, you move downthe neck as the scale goes up; and that you move upthe neck as the scale goes down! Isn't that interesting? I wonder what might be the
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