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Once again we'll be using the F major scale to practice a lick. This
time we use the same area of the fretboard, but we will go up the scale
three notes at a time. This gives us an entirely different sound. We
start on the first scale tone and go up two more notes. Then, we come
back to the second scale tone and go up two. We continue this process
on each scale tone. The lick is written only in one octave, and should
be played all the way up the fretboard.
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This movement requires us to use the thumb and a finger to pick
the strings. The way to see this move is a slide on either of
two fingers. The thumb or the first finger. (I practice this with
thumb and first finger, thumb and second finger, and for real
dexterity, I use the first and second finger.) The important thing
to notice is that each group of movements can be divided into
smaller moves.
Take every lick you play and
divide it into its smallest parts and it doesn't look quite as
difficult. as when you look at a page full of 32nd notes.
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Each of the moves is numbered and we can see how moves 1 &
2 look alike except for the frets and length of the slide. The
right hand does exactly the same thing in both moves. The left
hand has a full step slide in the first move and a half step slide
in the second move.
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Move three places the slide after the thumb picks the string.
In this instance the slide is only a half step or one fret. Remember
that the slide can be of any length.
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Move 4 & 5 are back to the slide
being on the first finger. The secret is to be able to pick a string
and then make a slide with any of your fingers that have picks on them.
A simple way to practice this is to pick a string with the thumb and
then slide a half step. Do this all the way up the fretboard and then
back down the opposite way. Then you do this with each of the fingers
that you have a pick on. Which string you use doesn't matter. I try
to play every string with each of my picks. You never know when you'll
need it to play a hot lick.
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Scales
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