Quick tricks?
We're guitarists so we're lazy. The two kinda go hand in hand. So a few "quick tricks" to get us playing like pros sure helps :D
In my bag of tricks...
Step One: Learn the C Major scale all across the fretboard
Yep, you bet that sounds like fun! Use this guitar-pro 5 file to practise. It uses 3-note-per-string box forms to get you practising the C Major scale all over the fretboard. From around the 17th fret right down to the 3rd.
And, with a little brainwork, you'll manage to play from the 1st to the 24th. But I'll leave that up to you.
Oh, and it doesn't matter if you alternate pick everything or use legato, like I do. Right now our focus isn't on perfecting technique but getting familiar and comfortable with the whole fretboard!
Step Two: Get an 'E' from somewhere and jam along!
No, not drugs! I mean pluck the bottom-E on your guitar or use a synth program or keyboard to hold an E-note. Then just play the notes of the C Major scale along to that E and you will be playing in E Phrygian!!
Pretty neat huh?
This works because the Phrygian mode of the major scale is the 3rd mode. So if you play the same notes but start on E and end on E, you're playing in Phrygian. Dead-easy.
Phrygian is great for metal by the way. Have fun!
