"Perfect the Shred"
From Major to Minor....Here We Go!
I've found out in solo writing that it often
sounds good for the mood of the song to
change between relative parts of the main scale. This is an example of a
lick in
either C major or A minor.
What I did was, I started on the C major
arpeggio and changed to the
relative A minor arpeggio to change the mood to a more minor
feel which I thought creates a good effect. Relative basically means
either scale/arpeggio
consist of exactly the same notes, in this case all natural notes
(A B C D E F G).
This is also were a bit of theory knowledge
comes in handy if you know your
key signatures just find the relative scale and you have a whole new door
wide open for
you to experiment!
So, after you have learnt this, experiment
combining other relative scales
with each other be it in a run esque form or arpeggio. This lick can be
either
played slow or fast, you decide the tempo!
E-----15-p-12------
-----------------------------------------12--p--8----------------------------------------------8--
B------------------13------------------------------------13-----------------10----------------------------------10------
G-----------------------12-----------------------12--------------------------------9------------------------9------------
D-----------------------------14-----------14--------------------------------------------10----------10-----------------
A------------------------------------15-----------------------------------------------------------12-----------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(You can use Sweep Picking)
Keep Shreddin'
© Richard Niczyperowicz 2005