Rocco Zifarelli Video Masterclass pt6
ABILITY RATING
The difficulty level tops out up this month with a harmonically advanced track to navigate as we come to the end of our six-part video masterclass series with Italian guitar wizard Rocco Zifarelli. In part six we are going to look at Rocco’s soloing over Jason Sidwell’s fusion track entitled The Return Of Johnny F. As Rocco explains, the track has a 12/8 time signature which means each of the four beats contains three notes. You can view 12/8 time as the same as 4/4 but with eighth-note triplets throughout.
The triplet time feel makes playing three-notes-per-string scales logical to work with, as each time you move from string to string you land on the beat. In his chat Rocco talks about various ways to use alternate picking and rhythmic accents, and we have taken the time to notate these examples.
Our key signature this month is D Minor; but the track modulates regularly, so you can’t get
