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In this final example I have tried to create a musical phrase that takes advantage of multiple finger combinations, as well as creating wide intervallic leaps via multiple string skips. The rhythmic combinations and wide interval leaps help to make the phrase unpredictable to the listener.

As you can hear by the examples I have recorded, it is a good idea to play all these lines and licks along side with a MIDI files so that you can learn to control the rhythmic changes in the phrases you have created and/or practice along to. Example 4:

Example 4 Audio:

I hope this column really helps those who read it; this is a very important part of the physical mechanics of playing the guitar! Awhile some of these exercises may seem tedious at first, they help to break down physical barriers that would otherwise plague the development of certain more complex musical phrases and passages.

Click HERE to download the accompanying practice midi files for this lesson.

Stay tuned for more columns that will deal with the technical difficulties players face in trying to master the mechanical side of guitar playing.

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