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TheDirt
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TheDirt
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06/02/2003 1:10 am
Hey, I thought I put forth a pretty good one... here's another, kind of neoclassical. Each chord gets 2 beats, except the E, which gets 4.

Am, E/G#, G, D/F#, F, E

Notice the descending bassline is pretty cool. It can also be a descending melody line if you voice the chords upside down.

Check these two ways of playing the progression. The first is standard three string arpeggios, at a moderate pace (eighth notes at 140).

e|17----17-16---16-15----15-14----14-13----13-12------12-16-19-
B|--17------17-------15-------15-------13-------12--12---------
-G|----17------16-------16-------14-------14-------13----------


The second came after watching an Eric Johnson video, which inspired me to do some wide voiced arpeggios, so here is how I play the progression now. This is at the same pace as the first (eighths at 140). Notice that the same pace might be a bit more difficult when playing through this piece than the other due to the hand stretches, repositioning, and string skipping.

e|-------------12---------------10----------------787---
B|----13-15------12----12-13------10----10-12---------9-
G|------------------------------------------------------
D|--14-------14------12-------12------10--------9-------
A|12-------11------10-------9-------8---------7---------
E|------------------------------------------------------


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