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T his week we are going to start with the big bang or at the start. Notice the Staff has no Sharps or flats just a G cliff.This tells us that we are in the Key of C. Use the Chords, Scales and Arpeggio to write a piece of music. Let me know how you do. Good luck!  

When Practicing scales use alternate picking.

Alternate picking in simply a up and down stroke (see example bellow)

You will notice that in this scale has open strings. To gain speed with this scale palm muting might help. Try it with palm mute and without."Remember" finger position in very important if you are not ready to quickly transition from one string to another the scale wont sound fluent..

There is no way around it; arpeggios are hard to learn. However, over the years I have  come up with a few tips that I think might help you. First, you have to understand that what is good for me is not good for you and what is a good why of learning something to you might not work for me. I can how share what I have learned in the hopes that it would give you an idea how to get started.

1) Finger position is key  I have outlined the proper positions on the tab

2) Do not try to play at light speed just yet. Slow it down until the speed comes naturally

3) When you can use down and up strokes do so  like in fret's [10] [9] [8]

4) When you listen to the example I have provided notice that I have made it sound choppy. That is because I use a slower tempo. This is important because arpeggios have to flow when. There play incorrectly they can sound awful.  Take your time to practice the position transitions when moving up and down the neck try to see where you run into trouble. The work on that spot a few times

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