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frantically funky fa,cete of flawless fonr-fiug.er.frieudly
firrgerboa,rd frolics. Frequently.
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t,, .rt .r"t,,,t.,t ,,r,,g
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rr (htu.e io inlnr.Ir(e u percilssi\e L'leincnt irlto his
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hce slqrprrt,uLrl pr11)i),q h chri(1rcs.
TLis rrrortlr rolurrrrr r'\nr)ds these l)lsl( i.leis.
arxlirhrxhcls tLr t{\Iri.pe to ne\ re,rders tlro
nr.t lx rrnlirr]ili,rr rr tl lL Ic) Leeirr rvitl. I\c
l lriL lr rlrorrld hclp ror r lo
not.rted hvo L'\crrLn,s
irte_qntc xnrtrLL rot{.' irn) \ou pl.n.iD1r.
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r t\\1)-oct|L\( sr.rlt pl.1\erl in thlrds, \itl, ,r[rteL]
notes intftn|r.ed PI. eech note three tirles
once clerrlr. 1l er tlre ard tLild tirrrcs *it|
'ecorrd
rlutes rshorr as \ ir tlx,tnb . Tlrcsr: arc achicrr:d
ll lcstnrq rrurn tLru orr firqer o1 the lretho.rrd
hrn(lor tLr sirifg [inlllr enorqh to stop jt dngils.
bul noi so llrn l\ lLrtl \orr x.trlrlh fret tle rrote.
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Thc hrgcLnrq iirL thl rsccrxtirrq iilrr of thc sc. c
has Lcerr pLuir['d. ]ltlxrrr,ll the (i1) contains a
dcsccndine lo sion ol tLr.crcrcisc ls uell rrse
\\\ the sane linqerirq to pl,l botl.
I rcccornend that Iou try to master it.witlrout
pla)'ing with muted notes first.
L:tstl)l I ve supplied a derno (*,it[r a bachng
track for you to jam o\€r) which is based around a
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lour blr blues scale rilT E. u,ith the occasional
majol third throrvn in to keep it grooqr The
pattcm no\.es up and dou,r the neck .1 fail bit, alld
cnplovs muted notes to drive it along. Gl
Two-octave G major
ascending and
muted notes
based on tie
FEmg*r psefitisrt$
AU of these exereises *e much esier ir you
odopt a ore-irg€Fper-aret teehnique .s shown
in the photograph b6low. It 6p tne thtrmb 6mly
mchored tn the oetrtre of the l,aek of the Deck,
Obviously this tecLique s€ts ersier as you
nove further up tho lretbo dl
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