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Mike Olekshy
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Joined: 09/21/10
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Mike Olekshy
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 09/21/10
Posts: 1,050
08/26/2021 3:37 pm

Excellent!! Another idea if you want to explore the octaves option a bit more - when you ascend up the neck, after the last F# note, grab the G major barre chord (root 5 shape - 10th fret of the A string, 12 fret of the D G and B strings) and strum the G up there. It's much easier to then come back down to open position and continue with the next chord (open D).

Mike

Originally Posted by: paulcavaliere

Thanks Mike! Your response was an excellent lesson in and of itself. A lot clicked for me. Love the three options. I tried all three! [br]I like that I have options. The single note scale up from Bm is the easiest and sounds good. I also like playing the chord shapes up the scale as I can add a mini strum pattern on the first few chords. A/C# in time and clean is fun to practice. I find the Octave shapes up the neck takes me away from the position too much and hard to strum but learned from it. [br]Thanks again!


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