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A lot of technical "grunt work" such as practicing arpeggios and chord patterns can be done in your head away from the guitar. Half the battle is knowing how they map out on the fingerboard.
Arpeggios because they're an unavoidable part of soloing. Like Henry, I don't do ready-made licks as a matter of course but I do repeat certain ways of playing over certain chords, or...
Yes, I agree. This is part of defining one's sound and taste. Myself, I've decided to stop putting effort into learning melodic minor, harmonic minor, whole tone scale, diminished scale, because I...
You can do it but ironically you become technically limited since you have to adapt your thumb and the rest of your hand, and yes it can hurt. I tried with 4 fingers but the way it's made at the...
Don’t ask me. Everyone will disagree and they’d probably be right. But I never ever learned a single lick. But I spent my time with arpeggios and scales. But always improvised with them more than...
No, i can figure that part out. Just wondering if there's a quick list of his works. But not seeing any i've started going through the wiki of albums he played on, sideman and as a leader. Will edit...
This is like saying unless you can spell Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch you can't write a decent novel. Total bull.
soo.... what do u want exactically, transcriptions/sheet music?
It's all good. I wasn't sure if people felt strongly of one vs the other, but its obvious most everyone agrees you need both - can't really have one without the other. Appreciate the responses.



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