Help finding the technique and how to work on it

Please excuse me in advance if I don't use the correct terms.

I'm practicing on a pretty famous solo, Versace on the floor by Bruno Mars. Here's the one that I'm learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G479XXcjoTU.

But then I discovered that there are a lot of players doing the "advanced" version of it. On the 4th bar of the solo, they tend to replace one single note with a scale (I don't know if those were scales or just a bunch of random notes, sorry). For example

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIq57offgKE at 0:12

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m8SmFEylZuk at 0:13

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_vxDHqR76b0 at 0:15

Can you help me specify the technique? It sounds a lot way cooler, to be honest. How can I apply them to my own version of the solo? And if possible, can you give me a direct link to the lesson on GT?

Thank you and advance and hope that my words are clear enough for you to understand.

Originally Posted by: Jay Pham

But then I discovered that there are a lot of players doing the "advanced" version of it. On the 4th bar of the solo, they tend to replace one single note with a scale (I don't know if those were scales or just a bunch of random notes, sorry). For example

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIq57offgKE at 0:12

That's a group of notes in the D major scale (or relative B minor scale). The whole solo is in the key of D major (or B minor) until that nice modulation at the end to B-flat major. That particualr lick uses a couple of the D major pentatonic box shapes & quick alternate picking to cram all those notes in that small amount of time.

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|---------------11-14-/s-16-14--------------------14-16-14-------------------------|

|------12-14------------------------16-14-s-12--------------------------------------|

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I cover playing the pentatonic major scale using quick alternate picking in these tutorials.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=722

That lick uses what I refer to as boxes 3 & 4 of the pentatonic major scale. You'll have to work on playing the notes using very relaxed & efficient minimal motions to get your alternate picking (up & down alternating) up to that speed. Be patient & practice a lot!

Hope that helps!

Thank you for your reply, Mr.Schlegel. I understood now.

Originally Posted by: Jay Pham

Thank you for your reply, Mr.Schlegel. I understood now.

You're welcome!