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now we're really going to have

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some fun with just basic chords

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I'm showing you

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tricks I use to spice them

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up explain where it comes from

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so you can use it

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wherever and whenever you want first

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we need a basic chord progression

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which is

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the perfect vehicle for such great

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embellishments let's take a very basic

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chord progression a 1 5 6

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4 chord progression and let's do

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it in the key

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of A major so this is

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the chord progression you see a

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lot and I'm sure

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you recognize it if you hear

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it so the chords are in

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the key of a 1 that's

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the

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A now we go to the

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5 1 2 3 4 5

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hey that's the E so E

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major the 6th F sharp minor

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the 6th note of the A

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major scale and then the 4

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chord is the D D major

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so

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those are the chords and let's

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first play it to get the

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vibe and hang of it

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and then we're adding some juice

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to it here we go

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so these are just the chords

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played very basically they are in

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the tabs as well

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like this but now let me

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show you what we can do

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A minor and D with some

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embellishments let me show you what

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I did I started on the

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A

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bar chord over here 1 2

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and that's the basic starting point

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for any chord of

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this example so 1 2 and

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just the basic stuff and now

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I'm sliding up from the

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first to the third 5 to

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9 for a to C sharp

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first and a third of the

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major

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chord and then to the fifth

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fret 7 on the A string

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and then I do a hammer-on

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from the

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7 to the 9 on the

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A string ending off at 7

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on the D string okay so

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so in total

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cool just in a major pentatonic

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that's the nose I use to

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embellish the A major

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chord one more time

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the next

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note is the E because I'm

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playing the E chord bar 2

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of the example same beginning root

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chord root 1 2 and and

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then on the third beat

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I'm playing so I'm barring my

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index finger on fret 9 and

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9 on the middle two

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strings to D and G and

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doing a hammer-on from the D

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string at 9 to 11 just

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16th

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notes and then I'm repeating the

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same thing one string down so

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I'm just

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playing two strings at the same

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time doing

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a hammer-on and a

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pull-off and

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these notes are all from the

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E major pentatonic scale like this

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7 9 11 on the A

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string 9 11 on

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D 9 11 on G those

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are the notes E major pentatonic

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that's why it sounds so good

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then we go to F sharp

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minor over here fret 9 on

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the A string 9 11 11

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10 same rhythm

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and then I'm

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playing 11 and 10 on

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the G and the B string

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and then hammer-on and pull-off again

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from 9 to 11 to 9

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and

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with fret

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11 on the D string so

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in total

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and it is cool

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to keep that middle finger pressed

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down on that

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high A note over here if

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you do that

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so from E

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to F sharp and

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now we

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go to D

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same rhythm just a D bar

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chord over here 5 7 7

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7 with the ring finger or

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the pinky as you know

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I'm a bit lazy and then

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we go the same pentatonic scale

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we used for E but now

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just one whole step

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down 5 7 9 7 9

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on D 7 9

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on G

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so I'm playing like this hammer-on

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from 7 to 9 from E

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to F sharp from the second

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to the third of D barring

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my index on 7 and 7

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so these are

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just two notes from the D

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major chord

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and then back down

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via the same pattern 9 to

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7

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and I'm sliding to D so

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the D chord like this

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sweet so that's one round of

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four chords then you play it

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one time in total

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back to A same beginning but

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then we play a sixth interval

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thing which is cool on A

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6 and 5 6 on the

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G string 5 on the high

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E string muting at the middle

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string over here because

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there's a string in the middle

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and if you want to strum

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it you don't hear that string

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so we

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mute it I knew it with

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the middle finger the flashy part

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of my middle finger hits the

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B string

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and my index finger is making

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sure it can drink too with

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just the tip on the B

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string so it's

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double secure 6 and 5 just

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apart from the A major chord

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the third and the root

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and then 9 and 9 on

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the same two strings now it's

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the same it's just an A

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major chord but

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now we play the fifth and

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the third I'm

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sliding into those

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notes you can do that doesn't

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have to

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sound fun and then to seven

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and seven so these notes are

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not from a major chord but

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they are in

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the A major scale so that's

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why it sounds good but you

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don't want to hang on these

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notes for

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too long because it sounds weird

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if you play this for too

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long on an A major chord

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because it doesn't

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sound like the A major chord

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but you can use it as

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a little transition from back to

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the A major

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chord again six and five so

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the entire thing

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and make sure you use the

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same fingering

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like this or like this

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so middle and index and then

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middle and ring or ring and

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pinky both are good next chord

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is an

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E major the five chord again

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and now I'm just doing the

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same thing I'm so lazy but

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just want

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to show you you can use

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it in different positions too moving

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up to over here this is

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also from the

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E chord

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so 13 and 12

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on the same two strings G

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and high E to 16 and

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16 to 14 and 14 back

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to 13 and 12

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so for E

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very sweet and now we go

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to the F sharp minor no

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not over here different position

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because we play very high over

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here it is fun to stay

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this high for the next chord

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F sharp minor over here 16

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14 14 14 just the highest

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four strings

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so you can see it as

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this bar chord

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F sharp minor but now one

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octave higher and it's not that

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nice to play like this it

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can be a bit

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crampy so I'm just playing the

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top four strings and then a

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little

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lick 14 and 14 on the

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G and the B string and

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immediately a hammer-on pull-off from the

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ending on fret 16 on the

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D string so

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so playing these strings together just

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doing a hammer-on and a pull-off

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and then the ring finger

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on the D string now I'm

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repeating the same exact thing one

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string down so the 14 and

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14 on the G

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and the D string hammer-on on

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the D string to fret 16

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and pull-off again

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and then 16 on the A

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string and these notes are all

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from F sharp minor pentatonic

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which is the same exact notes

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as A major pentatonic so it

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sounds good anyway because

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we're in the key of A

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major but relative keys right and

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then the last chord was a

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D

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four chord again over here 12

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on the D string 11 on

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G string 10 and 10 on

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the high B and E

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and then play the top two

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strings short with staccato feel

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top two strings hammer-on from 10

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to 12 on the B string

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the grace note thing again

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played without the ring finger

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and then the middle finger goes

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to B 10 index to G

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9 and then you play this

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but immediately after

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you play this you do a

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hammer-on with the ring finger to

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fret 11 then you remove the

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ring finger

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to fret 9

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and then you play fret 12

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on D and 9 on D

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following the major pentatonic from D

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down

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which is this pattern 10 12

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9 12 9 12 9 11

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10 12 10 12

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one of my favorite pentatonic patterns

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but i don't see that many

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people play it but i really

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love this shape

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or maybe people do play it

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but i just don't see it

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enough

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anyways um that's the exercise let

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me play it one time very

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slow

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so

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so there's so much you can

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do with this by just playing

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the pentatonic scales on each chord

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little embellishment use it wisely maybe

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not too much all the time

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but when there's time oh there's

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nothing better than playing this good

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luck