More Repeating Pentatonic Ideas
Filed Under (Lead Guitar Ideas) by admin on 27-02-2010
Ok, today I would like to share 3 repeating pentatonic licks.
The first one is a 4 note pattern. I repeat it 3 times so you can
see/hear what it sounds like repeating. This is cool because we
are using the HAMMER-ON-FROM-NOWHERE technique. In other words,
we do not pick ANY of the notes on the D string.
The second one is an 8 note pattern. I also repeat
this 3 times so you can see/hear what it sounds like. It is actually
based on the first lick, but we have add some notes before it.
The third example is actually a 7 note pattern.
However, we play it to a normal 4 beat rhythm… So we have
like a 7 against 4 , or 7 against 8 thing going on.
It is a little strange, but I just look at it as a repeating
pattern where the downbeat of each bar is going to be starting
on a different note. I repeat this hear a few times so can
see/hear what it sounds like before wrapping it up with an end-tag.
Sorry again for the synth sounds… I will try to set
up my guitar to record next week so you can hear what
these sound like for reals…
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Love these riffs!
Forgive me, I am a real beginner. In examples 1 & 2 what are the letters below the tabbed version for? The lines with H P H. Also why does example 3 not have that line? And finally another question that I am embarassed to ask – Why do you play the notes farther down the neck? Thanks for all the info.
Nice, good tempo on them too.
@Ginny.
Examples 1&2: the v is for upstroke and the box-like n is a downstroke.
The H is for hammer-on and the P is for pull-off. Example 3 doesn’t have these as you have to fret and pick each note; no H’s or P’s.
The squiggly line is vibrato (use your fretting finger to vibrate the string; i.e. make slight up and down ‘bend’ motions.
Notes farther down the neck? Not sure if I understand – these are notes that can be played elsewhere on the guitar, yes, though in this position they are easily grouped together in what is called a ‘pentatonic box’. You can by all means play these same notes in several positions across the fretboard.
Thank you VERY MUCH for the feedback. It makes sense