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MATH MELODIES

to building solo lines is to structure musical phrases from specific rhythmic syncopations and melodic “shapes”. A technique I love to use is to play a series of phrases that are all performed with the same pick-hand technique while changing the shape and contour of the melodic lines with my fret hand. This way, my pick hand can

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