Tutorial
Outside Phrasing
Instructor: Chris Feener
Topic(s): Technique
Style(s): Any Style
Level(s): Intermediate
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Outside Phrasing - Introduction
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Any Style
Introduction
Hey guys, this month, I wanted to explore some tricks inspired by numerous players in the category of "outside phrasing". Meaning, small things that can be executed which could spice things up in the area of phrasing, and sounding unique.
We'll be experimenting with three different techniques, bending, sliding as well as regular ol' scale-play...
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Outside Phrasing - Bending
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Any Style
Bending
So let's start by diving into some extended bends covering a range of intervals. A technique common to the likes of Jeff Beck, bending in this context can create for some powerful melody lines warranting a sound reflective of a bow instrument.
Exercise A:
This exercise comes from the first 4 bars of an original track of mine entitled "Grandfather"...
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Outside Phrasing - Sliding
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Any Style
Sliding
Exercise A
This exercise is Petrucci-esque, it's a technique he frequently uses when playing the harmonic minor scale as, yet again, it's dirrivative of something very middle-Eastern. The note sequence is a very simplistic descend in E harmonic minor, but the positions shifts while adding "slide-in's" before every note is something to practice. It ...
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Outside Phrasing - Harmonizing
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Any Style
Harmonizing
This one's an extra I decided to throw in, it's a trick commonly executed by the likes of Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry) or some of the more bombastic, sometimes over-the-top players like Bumblefoot.
The concept: Creating wacky-sounding dissonance through harmonizing with the minor 2nd interval.
First, let's analyze the minor scale so we can see ...