Tommy Bolan - Riffs and Techniques 2

Now, I am with my hand over-exaggerated and going

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But when you play it together

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It will appear

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Another cool thing, if you are in A-minor out of C-minor pentatonic scale,

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Would just be a

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I will slow it down then jump here,

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When they see me doing that, just

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Now, you can even do that same rift here

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Now, another ripple out of this type of scale, very commonly known, is depending where you put the rule at. For example, this is A-Dorian

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Because that is the root. As you also mentioned, I am tuned down a half step here, if you are going back 4/4. I am actually down to Eb. The whole guitar is down, so no flipping out, trying to match the tuning.

Now, if you take the same scale

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Make that as it is. So basically, I’m not going to bug you down with theory, because a lot of people. Theories are definitely good, you can go buy scale books and check all the stuff out. I am more into trying this video, trying to get your hands right on to the stuff, playing. For example, out of this scale, a common pattern is what I call 1-2-3.

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Now, I will speed up

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Now I will slow it down, and notice the picking. It is very important. If you watch that when I pick fast here,

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I pick like a trapdoor. I use a triangle-type pick, about 98 mm, and I pick like a trapdoor, less hand-wasted movement.

In this case, this rift here,

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So, if you think of each note, starting on 3 pattern watch

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Visualizing it a lot if you think geometric on the guitar, it will help a lot.

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