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MASTERING SCALES part 1: pentatonic and hexatonic scales

Introduction PENTATONIC SCALES

CHAPTER 1

The C major pentatonic scale in first position (FIGURES 1–4) • C major pentatonic up and down one string (FIGURES 5–7) • C major pentatonic two-notes-per- string box patterns (FIGURE 8) • The A minor pentatonic box patterns •

Extended “2+3” and “3+2” patterns for C major / A minor pentatonic using double hammer-ons and pull- offs instead of finger slides

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The E minor and D major hexatonic scales (FIGURES 132–137) • The C Lydian hexatonic scale •

(FIGURES 44 and 45)

(FIGURES 138 and 139)

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Three-notes-per-string “super-extended,” “monster” fingering patterns for A minor and E minor pentatonic (FIGURES 46–54)

CHAPTER 5

Overlapping, three-notes-per-string pentatonic “super boxes”

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Alternating between E minor hexatonic and C Lydian hexatonic over a two-chord vamp

(FIGURES 140–142) •

A minor hexatonic licks

(FIGURES 143–149) •

The G major hexatonic scale

(FIGURES 150–156)

(FIGURES 9–11)

(FIGURES 55–59)

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Two-notes-per-string pentatonic box patterns with string skipping

CHAPTER 10

(FIGURES 12–14)

(FIGURES 60–62)

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(FIGURES 157–162)

G major / E minor pentatonic two- notes-per-string box patterns

Pentatonic double-stops

(FIGURES 63–65)

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Alternate picking two-notes-per- string pentatonic box patterns

CHAPTER 6

(FIGURES 15 and 16)

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Two-notes-per-string pentatonic box patterns with hammer-ons and pull- offs (FIGURES 17 and 18) • Moving two-notes-per-string box patterns up and down the neck chromatically to other keys •

Alternate picking four-note pentatonic “modules” using two- notes-per-string patterns (FIGURES 66–76) • Six-note pentatonic “modules”

The G Mixolydian hexatonic scale

Alternating between D major hexatonic and C Lydian hexatonic

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(FIGURES 163–167)

Alternating between A major hexatonic and B minor hexatonic

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(FIGURES 168–172)

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Obscure but cool-sounding hexatonic scales • The C “sentimental” scale

(FIGURES 77–81)

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HEXATONIC SCALES

(FIGURES 173–177)

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CHAPTER 7

(FIGURE 178)

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(FIGURES 19–21)

Moving through the cycle of fourths and fifths (FIGURES 22–26)

The A minor / C major blues scale

(FIGURES 82–91)

A minor blues-scale licks with hammer-ons, pull-offs, string bends and finger slides (FIGURES 92–98) • The E minor / G major blues scale •

CHAPTER 4

C major / A minor pentatonic extended “2+3” fretboard pattern

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(FIGURES 99–102)

(FIGURES 27–31)

C major / A minor pentatonic extended “3+2” fretboard pattern

CHAPTER 8

(FIGURES 32 and 33)

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Extended “3+2” and “2+3” fretboard pattern for E major pentatonic / Cs minor pentatonic (FIGURES 34–37) • Moving extended pentatonic patterns up and down the neck chromatically to other keys (FIGURES 38–43) •

E minor blues-scale three-notes-per- string “monster shred” pattern

(FIGURES 103 and 104)

More A and E minor blues-scale exercises and speed licks

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The G “sentimental” scale The G “odyssey” scale

(FIGURES 179–182)



CHAPTER 12

Comparing various hexatonic scales back to back, starting on the same root note (FIGURES 183 and 184) • The G “Iberian” hexatonic scale •

(FIGURES 185–187)

Conclusion

(FIGURES 105–118) •

The E minor hexatonic scale

(FIGURES 119–131)

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Mastering Scales, Part 1 Mastering PartScales 1 Pentatonic Scales, and Hexatonic

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Pentatonic and Hexatonic Scales

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FIGURE FIGURE 27 C27 major/ major C major/ /AAminor minor A minor pentatonic pentatonic pentatonic 2+3 2+32+3 diagonal diagonal diagonal patttern, patttern, patttern, ascending ascending ascending

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FIGURE 28 same pattern, with hammer-ons and legato ring-finger 88 slides 810 10 10

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FIGURE 29 same pattern, descending, with legato index-finger slides

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major /AAminor minor pentatonic 3+2diagonal diagonal pattern, ascending anddescending descending FIGURE 32 C major/ pentatonic 3+2 pattern, ascending and FIGURE 32 C major/ major /AAminor minor pentatonic pentatonic 3+2 3+2diagonal diagonal pattern, pattern, ascending ascending and anddescending descending

C or Am C or Am

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FIGURE 33 "fretboard fingerfinger skating" with the FIGURE 33 "fretboard skating" with3+2 thepattern 3+2 pattern

C or Am C or Am

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FIGURE 35 same pattern with hammer-ons and pull-offs

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Figure 37 (Continued)

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FIGURE FIGURE 39 ascending-descending 39 ascending-descending run using run using samesame pattern pattern

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FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE 42 42 2+32+3 42extended 42 2+3 extended 2+3 extended extended pattern pattern pattern with pattern with Db with Db major with Db major Db major / Bb major / Bb minor / Bb minor / Bb minor pentatonic minor pentatonic pentatonic pentatonic

D D or Bbm or D Bbm or D Bbm or Bbm

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FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE 43 43 same same 43 43 same pattern same pattern pattern shifting pattern shifting shifting up shifting up one up one fret up one fret to one fret B tofret minor Btominor B tominor B / Dminor /major D /major D /major pentatonic D major pentatonic pentatonic pentatonic

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FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE 44 44 2+32+3 44pattern 44 2+3 pattern 2+3 pattern in pattern C inmajor Cinmajor C inmajor /CAmajor /minor A /minor A /minor using A minor using using hammer-ons using hammer-ons hammer-ons hammer-ons and and pull-offs and pull-offs and pull-offs pull-offs instead instead instead of instead finger of finger of finger of slides finger slides slides slides

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FIGURE 46 A minor pentatonic, three-notes-per-string "monster stretch" pattern

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FIGURE FIGURE 4848 same same run run but but with with alternate alternate picking picking Am Am

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FIGURE FIGURE 4949 same same 3+3 3+3 fretboard fretboard pattern pattern applied applied toto EE minor minor pentatonic pentatonic EmEm

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FIGURE 50 the remaining 3+3 patterns in E minor pentatonic starting on the low E string

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Figure 50 (Continued)

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FIGURE 51 same thing, but starting on the A string

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FIGURE 52 same thing, but starting on the D string

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Figure 52 (Continued)

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10 10 12 12 15 15

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12 12 15 15 17 17 17 17 15 15 12 12

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15 15 12 12 10 10

12 12 9 9 7 7

9 9 7 7 5 5

FIGURE FIGURE 5353 same same thing, thing, but but starting starting onon the the GG string string

EmEm

33

33 33

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5 57 10 7 10 10 107 75 5 3 35 58 8 0 02 24 4

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10 108 8 5 5

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10 10 12 12 15 15 15 15 12 12 10 10 8 810 10 12 12 4 47 7 9 9

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7 10 7 10 12 12 12 12 10 107 7 5 58 10 8 10 2 24 47 7

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12 12 10 108 8

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FIGURE FIGURE 5454 same same thing, thing, but but starting starting onon the the BB string string

EmEm

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3 35 57 77 75 53 3 5 53 30 00 03 35 5

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7 10 7 10 12 12 12 12 10 107 7 5 58 10 8 10 10 108 85 5

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Figure 54 (Continued)

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FIGURE 55 overlapping E minor pentatonic boxes

15 17 19 19 17 15 EM 12 15 17 17 15 12

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CHAPTER 5 FIGURE 56 pattern hammer-ons 55 same overlapping minor pentatonic boxes and pull-offs 0 E 3with 0 double

Em EM

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FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE 5656 same 56 same same pattern pattern pattern with with with double double double hammer-ons hammer-ons hammer-ons and and and pull-offs pull-offs pull-offs

EmEmEm

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0 02 024 24 4 0 02 02525 5 0 02 025 25 5 0 03 035 35 5

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0 03 035 355 55 5 0 03 035 35 5

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5 53 530 305 053 530 30 0 4 42 420 204 042 420 20 0

5 52 520 205 052 520 20 0 5 52 520 205 052 520 20 0

FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE 5757 next 57 next next two two two overlapping overlapping overlapping boxes, boxes, boxes, allall fretted all fretted fretted notes notes notes

EmEmEm

333

333

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5 53 530 305 053 530 300 00 0

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2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0

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333 333 333 333 2 24 247 47 7 2 25 257 57 7 2 25 257 57 7 3 35 357 57 7

3 35 357 577 775 753 53 3 3 35 358 58 8 8 85 853 53 3

7 74 742 42 2 7 75 752 52 2 7 75 752 52 2 7 75 753 53 3

FIGURE 56 same pattern with double hammer-ons and pull-offs FIGURE FIGURE 5858 remaining 58 remaining remaining overlapping overlapping overlapping EE minor E minor minor pentatonic pentatonic pentatonic boxes boxes boxes

Em EM EM EM

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Figure 58 (Continued)

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FIGURE 59 last two boxes with alternate picking

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12 15 17

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FIGURE FIGURE 60 A minor 60 A minor pentatonic, pentatonic, first box, first with box,string with string skipping skipping

Am

Am

5 8 5 88 5 8 5 5 8 5 8 8 5 8 5 5 7 5 7 5 7 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 5 5 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 5 5 7 5 7 7 5 7 5 5 8 5 8 8 5 8 5(5) 5 7

(5)

FIGURE FIGURE 61 same 61 same pattern pattern applied applied to remaining to remaining Am pentatonic Am pentatonic boxesboxes

Am

Am

8 10 8 1010 8 10 8 10 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 8 10 8 10 7

8 10 9

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10 8 10 8 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 7 10 8 10

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10 12 10 1212 10 12 10 10 13 10 13 13 10 13 10 9 12 9 12 9 12 9 12 12 9 12 9 12 9 12 9 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 10 12 10 12 12 10 12 10 10 12 10 12 12 10 12 10

12 15 12 1515 12 15 12 13 15 13 15 15 13 15 13 12 14 12 14 12 14 12 14 14 12 14 12 14 12 14 12 12 14 12 14 12 14 12 14 14 12 14 12 14 12 14 12 12 15 12 15 15 12 15 12 12 15 12 15 15 12 15 12

15 17 15 1717 15 17 15 15 17 15 17 17 15 17 15 14 17 14 17 14 17 14 17 17 14 17 14 17 14 17 14 14 17 14 17 14 17 14 17 17 14 17 14 17 14 17 14 15 17 15 17 17 15 17 15 15 17 15 17 17 15 17 15

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Figure 61 (Continued)

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FIGURE 62 alternate picking versus legato phrasing

Am

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FIGURE 63 A minor pentatonic, first box, with double-stops

Am

8 8

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8 7

5 5

7 7

5 5

7 7

5 5

7 8

5 5

5 5

7 8

5 5

7 7

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FIGURE 64 same pattern applied to the remaining A minor pentatonic boxes

Am

10 10

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15 15

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10 9

13 12

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Figure 64

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(Continued)

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5 3 FIGURE 65 Berry-style double-stop lick 5 3 5 Chuck 3

A7 or Am

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FIGURE 65 Chuck Berry-style double-stop lick

full A7 or Am 7

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5 5 66 5 5 5 5 5 5 played 5 5 5in5four-note 8 7ascending 5 FIGURE A minor pentatonic scale modules on the bottom two strings

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CHAPTER 6 FIGURE 66 A minor pentatonic scale played in four-note ascending modules on the bottom two strings

Am

5

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8

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10 12

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10 12

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8 10

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FIGURE 67 same approach used on the A and D strings

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FIGURE 68 same approach used on the D and G strings

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FIGURE 69 same approach used on the G and B strings

Am

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8 10

9 12

10 13

12 14

13 15

14 17

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13 15

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FIGURE FIGURE 7070 same same approach approach used used onon the the top top two two strings strings

3 3 5 5

3 3 5 5

5 5 8 8

5 5 8 8

8 8 1010

8 8 1010 10101212 10101313

12121515 15151717(17) (17) 13131515 15151717

FIGURE FIGURE 7171 same same approach, approach, but but with with descending descending four-note four-note modules modules onon the the top top two two strings strings

Am Am

17171515 17171515 17171515 17171515 17171515 17171515 17171515 17171515

8 85 5

8 85 5

5 53 3

5 53 3

3 30 0

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5 53 3

17171515 15151212 12121010 1010 8 8 17171515 15151313 13131010 1010 8 8

8 85 5

1010 8 8 8 85 5 5 5 8 85 5 1010 8 8 8 85 5

FIGURE FIGURE 7272 descending descending four-note-module four-note-module exercise exercise lick lick onon the the top top two two strings strings

Am Am

full full 8 85 5 8 85 5 1010 8 8 1010 8 8 8 85 5 8 85 5 1010 8 8 1010 8 8

8 85 5 5 53 3 8 85 5 1010 8 8 8 85 5 5 53 3 8 85 5 10108 8

1212 1010 1515 1212 1515 (15) (15) 1313 1010 1515 1313

FIGURE FIGURE 7373 moving moving across across the the strings strings through through AA minor minor pentatonic pentatonic boxes boxes with with ascending ascending four-note four-note modules modules

Am Am

5 58 8

5 57 7

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7 71010 5 5 7 7

5 57 7

7 71010

7 71010

5 57 7

5 57 7

7 71010

7 79 95 57 7

5 58 8

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Figure 73

(Continued)

5 8 5 8 8 10 8 10 5 8 5 8 5 8 5 8 8 10 8 10 5 8 5 8 8 10 8 10 5 85 8 7 97 9 5 7 5 7 7 97 9 5 75 7 7 10 7 10 5 7 5 7 7 10 7 10 5 75 7 7 10 7 10 5 75 7 7 10 7 10 8 10 8 10 5 5

FIGURE FIGURE 74 descending 74 descending andand ascending ascending four-note four-note modules modules across across twotwo E minor E minor pentatonic pentatonic boxes boxes

Em Em

15 1215 12 12 1012 10 15 1215 12 12 1012 1510 1215 12 12 1012 10 14 1214 12 12 912 9 14 1214 12 12 912 9 14 1214 12 12 912 14 12 9 14 12 12 912 9 14 1214 12 12 1012 10 14 1214 12 12 1012 10 15 1215 12 12 1012 1210 12

10 1210 12 12 15(15) 12 15(15) 10 1210 12 12 1512 15 10 1210 12 12 1512 15 9 12 9 12 12 1412914 12 9 12 12 1412 14 9 12 9 12 12 1412 14 9 12 9 12 12 1412 14 10 1210 12 12 1412 1014 1210 12 12 1412 14 10 1210 12 12 1512 15

FIGURE FIGURE 75 ascending 75 ascending up and up and across across the the neck, neck, three three modules modules on each on each string string pairpair

Em Em

0 20 2 2 52 5 5 75 7 0 30 3 3 53 5 5 75 7

2 52 5 5 75 7 7 97 9 2 52 5 5 75 7 7 10 7 10

4 74 7 7 97 9 9 12 9 12 5 75 7 7 97 9 9 129 12

full fullfull full 10 1210 12 12 1512 15 15 1715 17 17 1917 19 19 22 19222222 22 22 (22) (22) 8 10 8 10 10 1210 12 12 1512 15 10 1210 12 12 1512 15 15 1715 17 17 2017 20 20 2220 22 7 97 9 9 12 9 12 12 1412 14

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FIGURE 76 descending down and across the neck, three modules on each string pair

Em

22 19

22 20

14 12

19 17

14 12

12

20 17

9

17 15

12 10

17 15

9

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FIGURE 77 moving across the strings with six-note modules

Em

12

15 12

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14

14 12

12

14

15 12

12

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12

14

12

14

14 12

14 12

12 14

12 14

14 12

12 15

14 12

14 12

12 14

14 12

12 15

12 15

14 15 12

FIGURE 78 same pattern applied to the next G major/ major /EEminor minorpentatonic pentatonicbox box

G or Em

3

5

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Figure 78

5

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(Continued)

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FIGURE 79 same pattern applied to the remaining boxes

G or Em

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Figure 79

12

12 10

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12 10

(Continued)

10 12

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12 10

10 12

129

9 12

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12 10

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FIGURE FIGURE 80 descending 80 descending six-note six-note modules modules played played as 16th as 16th notes notes

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FIGURE 82 adding the flat-five to A minor pentatonic to get the A blues scale

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FIGURE 85 the remaining A blues-scale box patterns

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FIGURE 86 C major and A minor pentatonic C

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FIGURE 88 moving across all six strings C

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FIGURE 89 C major blues-scale swing-eighths lick C

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FIGURE 93 A blues-scale hammer/pull lick

FIGURE 94 bending four to flat five

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FIGURE FIGURE 9797 AA blues blues scale, scale, 2+4 2+4 pattern, pattern, ascending ascending and and descending descending

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FIGURE FIGURE 9898 playing playing anan AA blues-scale blues-scale run run over over anan A7A7 chord chord

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FIGURE 100 SRV-style open-position E blues-scale lick

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FIGURE 102 E blues-scale, 12th-position box pattern

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FIGURE 106 A blues-scale alternate-picking/string-crossng exercise/lick

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FIGURE 107 A minor / C major blues-scale alternate-picking exercise/lick module

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FIGURE 108 A blues-scale legato lick

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FIGURE 103 E blues-scale "monster shred" pattern, three notes per string

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FIGURE 103 Elick blues-scale "monster shred" pattern, three notes per string FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE 113 113 113 same same same lick lick played played played one one one octave octave octave lower lower, lower, then then then one one one octave octave octave higher higher higher

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FIGURE FIGURE 116 116 same same lick lick pattern pattern in in different different octaves octaves and and positions positions

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FIGURE 128 "wandering" E minor hexatonic legato run

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FIGURE 131 bending and sliding to various notes within E minor hexatonic

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FIGURE FIGURE 135 135 D major D major hexatonic hexatonic run,run, seventh seventh position position D

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FIGURE FIGURE 142 142 lickslicks inspired inspired by Pink by Pink Floyd's Floyd's "Pigs "Pigs (Three (Three Different Different Ones)" Ones)"

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FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE 146 146 A 146 A minor minor A minor hexatonic hexatonic hexatonic rolling-sextuplet rolling-sextuplet rolling-sextuplet run run run

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FIGURE FIGURE FIGURE 147 147 A 147 A minor minor A minor hexatonic hexatonic hexatonic speed-picking speed-picking speed-picking run/exercise run/exercise run/exercise

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FIGURE FIGURE 148 same 148 same pattern pattern in 12th inposition 12th position

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FIGURE FIGURE 151 G151 major G major pentatonic pentatonic scale,scale, 14th position 14th position G

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FIGURE FIGURE 152 G152 major G major hexatonic hexatonic rolling-sextuplet rolling-sextuplet run with runhammer-ons with hammer-ons and pull-offs and pull-offs G

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FIGURE 153 153 G major andand A minor hexatonic FIGURE G major A minor hexatonic G

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FIGURE 156 G major hexatonic

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FIGURE 161 G Mixolydian hexatonic triads combined F

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FIGURE FIGURE 163 163 D major D major hexatonic, hexatonic, seventh seventh position position D

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FIGURE FIGURE 164 164 C Lydian C Lydian hexatonic, hexatonic, seventh seventh position position C

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FIGURE 168 A major and B minor hexatonic A

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FIGURE 171 A major and B minor hexatonic runs in ninth position A

FIGURE 171 A major and B minor hexatonic runs in ninth position 9 10 12 10 9 A

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FIGURE 172 A major and B minor runs12 in 11th position 10 hexatonic 12 10 A

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FIGURE 174 C major hexatonic triads C

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FIGURE 176 C "sentimental" scale, two-octave patterns across and up the fretboard C

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FIGURE 177 C "sentimental"-scale lick with "weeping" bends C

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FIGURE FIGURE 178 alternating 178 alternating between between the G the major G major hexatonic hexatonic and Gand "sentimental" G "sentimental" scalesscales G

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FIGURE 181 G "odyssey"-scale rolling-sextuplet runs with hammer-ons and pull-offs G

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FIGURE 182 G "odyssey"-scale "spooky film score" lick G

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FIGURE 184 same five scales played back to back

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FIGURE FIGURE 185 185 morphing morphing fromfrom the G the Mixolydian G Mixolydian hexatonic hexatonic scale scale to Gto "Iberian" G "Iberian"

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