" String Skipping For Guitar Speed "

In this lesson, I'll show you how to create patterns with wide interval leaps by skipping strings.

This creates a wild effect that is unexpected to the listener and sounds as if your fingers are doing back flips on the fingerboard!

The first way to achieve string skips in an orderly fashion is to play octaves. If you play a pattern and displace each note with it's octave either higher or lower, you will create a dizzying effect.

Exercise 1 demonstrates an octave displacement pattern that will wow your friends! Be sure to alternate your picking strokes and lay your 1st finger across the skipped string to dampen unwanted vibration.

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FAST

E |-------15----------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------15-----------------15------------------------|
G |--12---------------------14-----------------14---------------|
D |-----------12-----------------12----------------------14\12--|
A |---------------------12-----------------12-------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------12--------|

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