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Dick Sexton


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Greenville, Ohio
Post  Posted 6 Sep 2010 11:53 am    
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Beginners Notes #138-Triplet Run Idea, 1st fret to the 15th fret

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5____1______1A_____2A______3A_____4A_____6A____7A_____8A______8_________
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4__8____8__9___9__10____10__11F___11F__13____13__14____14---15___________
5____8A______9A______10A_______11A________13A_______14A------15A_________
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Sherman Willden


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Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 7 Sep 2010 6:03 am    
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Thank you, Dick. I will work with this one
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Dick Sexton


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Greenville, Ohio
Post  Posted 7 Sep 2010 8:57 am     Your most welcome...
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Sherman,
Seems there are many forum members from your area in Co. And don't forget Carl Johnson down in Cortez. He has his own band of Johnson's, I think. Great picker.
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Cody Coombs


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Washington, USA
Post  Posted 27 Jan 2020 7:24 pm    
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This one is really cool !

How could this be applied ? Could it be used get to the 4 chord in the key of G ? Starting on your 1st fret lowered E's would make that a Minor something right ? I might be way off on that LOL
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Dick Sexton


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Greenville, Ohio
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2020 7:35 am     Where can it be used?
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Cody, you may not have seen me write this before. Everything I put up is meant to become yours, what I mean by that is they are only ideas meant to inspire thought. This piece can be used as an exercise, a learning tool to show where things are or as a piece that can be broken up into smaller pieces to be played in part over what is needed.

That said, I sat in for a very good local player once and in a slower song, had the opportunity to play this C to C run in total as the first half of a break in the song. Even though it did not mirror or even come close to the melody, I played it as soulful as I possibly could and with as much feeling as I could muster. The guitar player took the second half of the break and tied it to the song we were playing. When I was done with my part of the run, I looked up and the audience was applauding me. Sometimes the most simple things are exactly what's required.

Take it apart. It is nothing more than a harmonized scale. Make it your own!
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Fred Treece


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California, USA
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2020 8:34 am    
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Treat it as a right hand exercise too. Dick left a suggestion for a picking pattern 2T2. When this repeats, it is 2T2-2T2-2T2 etc. At slow tempos, no problem. But in an uptempo shuffle, finger 2 might not be able to keep up.
Try these patterns:
2T2-T2T etc. (Straight alternating-not easy at first)
2T1-2T1 etc. (a roll on two strings-works well for me)
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Dick Sexton


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Greenville, Ohio
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2020 10:22 am     Thanks...
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Thanks Fred, correct! I just tried my old 21T and after a few passes it did come off quicker then 2T2. Yours are feeling a little alien to my 76yo fingers, so it's back to the wood shed. Wink
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