Mystifying Your Rhythm

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

Excerpt:   Mystify Your Rhythm PART I: Hey fellow IGers! This month's lesson is kind of a throw back to an earlier tutorial of mine entitled "Creating Your Own Pulse". I wanted to approach something that tends to evade many people when approaching three note per string lines; not strictly appealing to the index finger as the "main" finger, or the "down beat" ...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

Excerpt:   PART II: Ex. 2 - "9 Within 3" - 1: So let's put this new feel to use. This lick is intended to be played over a 4/4 groove. If you'll notice, however, it's written in 3/4 first, and 4/4 second. The purpose for this is so that we can understand more clearly where the lick repeats after shifting down a position. Make sure you practice this lick to a 4...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Advanced Topic: Improvising Style: Any Style

Excerpt:   PART III: So, in keeping with the "staying away from the index finger establishing the down beat" format, let's try "Ex. 4 - Back To The Basics"; a more stuccato, straight sixteenth approach. Here is a lick with a very defined beginning and end, with a whole wack of confusion in the middle. You'll feel the rhythm shifting even while playing 16th not...

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