So I’m trying to work on applying some of these techiniques to Bebop and I’m curious how everyone here would approach playing this sort of line .
for reference…pretty fast and clean
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there are probably numerous ways to play those and other bebop lines. makes sense just due to how everyone is different and finds different ways to do things. 2 guys pick up a guitar, 1 somehow stumbles onto dwps and the other stumbles onto uwps. They both like bebop etc. They both find ways to play those lines
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find several vids of Ruller playing live and you’ll quickly have your answer Even pics will help
Here’s how I do it
Hey there - great playing and thanks for bringing in a fine player like Van Ruller into the discussion forum! If I had to play this line, I would throw in a bunch of legato a la Metheny or Scofield - particularly the last sixteen note going into the first sixteen note of a 4 note sequence or 2nd sixteen note going into the 3rd sixteen. Martin Miller demonstrates this kind of legato in one of the interviews - I think it’s called “Metheny Doubles.”
I tried to alternate pick the whole thing but I found it to be cumbersome - like TWPS and some crosspicking but I couldn’t quite pull off. You seem to know what you’re doing - again, sounds great!