Quintuplet
Picking Lesson
By
Fredrik Pihl
Hi
everyone, Fred here!
This time
we are going to sink our teeth into an odd rythm group picking
exercise. This one is based on 16:th note quintuplets, or five
notes per beat. In other words, you have to squeeze in one extra
16:th note every beat, instead of playing regular 16:th notes.
And make sure to make them even, over the beat.
The cool thing
with playing odd rythm groups like 5, 7 or 9, is that it will
sound a little more interesting. Most of the time we are used
to hear fast triplets or plain 16:th note runs in solos. But adding
some odd rythm groupings will spice up your solos, guraranteed.
Just listen to the great 16:th note quintuplet runs in the intro
to the
amazing Bumblefoot song "Guitars Suck", and you’ll see
what I’m talking about.
If you’re
not used to playing odd groups of notes, like 5 or 7, start playing
them to a metronome. Make sure you get the notes even, in time
over the beat. Just play one note (on an open string for example)
and play it 5 times per beat. When you got it down, you can start
practicing this exercise.
Since I know
that lot’s of you guys are in to neo-classical shred music, like
Yngwie Malmsteen (who is also a big influence of mine), I decided
to make a lick in the obvious key of A harmonic minor. Have fun
with the lick, and make up some of your own licks using odd groups
of notes.
If you have any questions or comments, please drop me an email
at: mail@fredrikpihl.com
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