DOPPLER LESSONS
[ SHRED FOR THE REST OF US #1 | Doug Doppler ]
From Joe Bonamassa to Mateus Asato, largely because each pattern has two notes on • Ascend then descend the bottom two strings
Instagram is the place to be if you’re looking for each string. This makes it very straight forward (four notes ascending, four notes descending)
some serious guitar inspiration. While I celebrate to play the patterns across the neck, map them for each pattern of the G Minor Pentatonic
the fact that Instagram has also become the up and down the bottom two strings, and in turn platform of choice for the next generation replicate that concept for each pair of adjacent G MINOR PENTATONIC TRANSITION EXERCISE B
of shredders, I am also concerned that the strings. Being able to map the notes like this is A big part of shredding involves cutting and
divide between the shredders and shred nots totally transformational, so let’s get to it! pasting sequence-based ideas laterally and/
is widening due to some of the limitations of
or linearly. Using Pattern #1 of the Minor
Instagram’s format. If you can already pick at G MINOR PENTATONIC RELAY Pentatonic at the 3rd and 15th frets as your
the speed of light, play string skipping arpeggios Here we’ll connect the five “lateral” patterns of lowest and highest extremities, this one simply
in your sleep, and can sweep with the best of the G Minor Pentatonic as follows… takes what we did in Exercise A and applies it
them, you may not need this column, as this is • Ascend then descend each pattern up and to each pair of strings…
about shred for the rest of us. back down the neck with an even tempo • Ascend then descend each pair of strings
• Repeat the top notes and top pattern (Pattern using the notes from the five patterns of the G
The mission here is to provide the foundation #1 at the 15th fret) before coming back down Minor Pentatonic
and shred fundamentals (did I just say that?) that the neck • Use the EXACT fingerings from the patterns –
are not conducive to sharing on Instagram – or • Alternate pick every note making sure not to this will make it much easier to see where these
Facebook for that matter. I invite you to follow drag upstrokes as you descend the patterns notes come from, especially if you’re new to
@GearTechRec on either of these platforms to • No gaps between patterns and be sure to use playing the neck linearly
find out more about some of the cool stuff we the correct ‘starting’ finger for each pattern on will be doing there! transitions
• On the third string for Pattern #3, simply
I grew up listening to Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, extend the tip of your first finger out of position,
and Led Zeppelin, and back in the day don’t move your whole hand out of position
shredding was done primarily using the Minor
Pentatonic. Zakk Wylde’s pentatonic shredding G MINOR PENTATONIC TRANSITION EXERCISE A
makes it clear that the Minor Pentatoinc is not Originally designed to target, isolate, and
going out of style anytime soon. improve the transitions between patterns,
this quickly developed into a speed exercise
One of the things that Joe Satriani impressed connecting the bottom two strings each pattern
upon me was using the entire range of the linearly. You can think of this as a condensed
neck. The five patterns of the Minor Pentatonic version of the G Minor Pentatonic Relay, played
really lend themselves to this mastering this task solely on the bottom two strings…
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