C major scale strategy

Playing Technique
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Hello, I have learnt electric guitar for 6 yrs.( There is a period that I drop out of my guitar life so that I could focus on public examination, actually should be 5 years). My teacher first taught me C major scale in 1st position, then taught me in 5 position. Afterward, he started teaching pentatonic scale in 5 position, and other one string licks. I have practiced the scale in first 4 years and didnt notice there are so many stuff I should be aware of . I always couldnt break the 140bpm (sixteen notes) in these period . After going to the college , I started picking up my guitar technique and found that I had made so many mistakes in first 4 years. Now , my teacher require me to rebuild my technique with pale-muting technique and clear, precise tone. However, I find that there are still have some problems after watching lots of videos in Cracking the Code.

  1. The rotation technique( downward picking turn to upward picking) can create a non-pale muting situation so that how could I keep these techniques with pale muting technique? Or is there any method to keep the balance between rotation technique and pale muting technique?

  2. How can I apply the rotation technique, or other which should be aware of, to the above c major scale in 5 position ? ( in order to reach the requirement of my teacher, need to be pale-muting)

  3. What exercises should I practice, so that I could change the position more faster? (one string scale). I need a mechanically approachable, progressable way.

Thank you so much.

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#2

With that one spot with two notes on the D string, I would recommend using strict downward pickslanting and an economy approach to get through all the 3nps string changes. This is how I usually teach picking through these standard CAGED shapes.

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#3

so after I finish all the notes on A string , I should hit the G notes on D string directly with downward pickslanting technique ? Afterward, I can use the economy way to deal with the 3notes/string pattern. Is that what you mean?

However, how is the descending situation? If I play backward is it also gd with all downward pickslanding? Sorry but I just wanna make it precise.

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#4

Yes, it would look like this:

E| DUD
A| DUD
D| DU
G| DUD
B| DUD
E| DUD

Descending I would do one of two things, depending on your preference. I would do the Yngwie approach of two picked notes and a pull off on 3 note strings. Or, just strict alternate picking. I usually offer both approaches to my students and let them decide which feels best.

#5

That help me a lot :smile: Thank you!

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