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Note combinations

Posted by steve payne on March 18, 2012 at 5:38am in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts

I was studying my open G fretboard map yesterday and was wondering are there some set rules that i can follow regarding combining notes to produce a pleasing sound, what runs of notes or combinations of notes work well together, what are the Do's and the Don'ts?

Any top tips folks for a total beginer?

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  • Ron "Oily" Sprague March 18, 2012 at 1:34pm
    Steve,

    Yep. Scales. You can start on most any note, and make a wide variety of pleasing sounds. Follow Keni's advice. Also, allow yourself to " discover" pleasing-to-your-ear note combinations while noodling around. Listen to fragments of your favorite guitar leads; try to duplicate 3, 4 and 5 note runs ( don't try to be Jimmy Page or Joe Satriani all at once!). Notice where these occur on the fretboard. Listen to fragments of piano and horn solos you like; try to work out a few of them, piece by piece.
  • Keni Lee Burgess March 18, 2012 at 6:00am

    Hello Steve,

     

    Give this a try to start:

     

    Open string, Fret 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 (Major Scale)

    Or:

    Open string, Fret 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 (Pentatonic Scale)

     

    Enjoy, Keni Lee 

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