Mike digs a little deeper into the Altered scale, aka Super Locrian.
Vol. 25, No. 4: December-January 2020
Mike digs a little deeper into the Altered scale, aka Super Locrian.
Mike teaches soloing over chord changes with a track from his album, "The Fire Within".
Mike has a new album, "The Fire Within". and breaks down a few of the notable tracks.
Mike delivers the keys to unlocking specific sounds, such as the Phrygian dominant mode, from the Harmonic Minor scale.
Gaining fluency with triad arpeggios will help your soloing and rhythm playing.
Mike shows you several ways to spice up your riffs, lines and solos with some chromatic passing tones.
Mike teaches you scale sequences (in the Hanon style, adapted from piano) that are great for your dexterity and precision.
Mike shows you moveable type patterns for the harmonic minor scale, and some ways you can get some fresh new modern type sounds.
focusing on picking and moveable shapes that will help to create longer lines.
Confused about the modes? Here is a way you can practice the modes that may help.
3-string picking ideas that are great for developing your picking, and to help create lines.
These 2-string scale fragment examples will increase your speed and your picking technique.
Mike Campese is an all-around music performer, session artist and teacher competent in many musical styles, electric and acoustic. He has studied at G.I.T. (Honors Graduate), and with Paul Gilbert, Norman Brown, Stanley Jordan, Scott Henderson and Keith Wyatt.
His latest CD is entitled "The Fire Within", brand new for 2018.
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