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Salvatore Vecchio is an Italian guitarist and columnist for guitar magazines. He is currently playing with two bands, Ivory and Attitude.
Vecchio is working on his debut instrumental rock/fusion CD.
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Hello everybody, my name is Salvatore Vecchio and I am an Italian guitarist and didactic columnist for guitar magazines. This is an exercise for alternate picking. It is developed on the "chromatic scale" (1/2 tone, 1/2 tone, 1/2 tone etc.), in this case built on the E minor chord. I have transcribed a couple of variations of the scale, using for example, a string skipping technique that is very good for the right hand.
Pay close attention to the picking indications (under the tab lines), in order to have a easier, clearer and of course, steady execution of the examples.
After learning this excercise, you can try playing the scale a different way, moving the picking accents on each note. The exercise ends with an E diminished sweep (I, III min, V dim, VII dim) that is a super finish!
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'electric 1'
Q=170
4/4
Gtr I
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H E
|-----------------------------------------------------------8-9-10-11-12---|
|------------------------------------------------9-10-11-12----------------|
|-------------------------------------9-10-11-12---------------------------|
|-------------------------10-11-12-13--------------------------------------|
|-------------11-12-13-14--------------------------------------------------|
|-12-13-14-15--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------
|--------------------------
|--------------------------
|-------------10-11-12-13--
|--------------------------
|-12-13-14-15--------------
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H E
|----------------------------------------------------------8-9-10-11-12----|
|------------------------------------9-10-11-12----------------------------|
|-------------9-10-11-12------------------------9-10-11-12-----------------|
|------------------------10-11-12-13---------------------------------------|
|-11-12-13-14--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S
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|----------------------------
|-------------------------10-
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|-12-13-14-15-12-13-14-15----
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-10-11-12-
|----------------------------------------------9-10-11-12-9-10-11-12------------------------------------
|-11-12-13-10-11-12-13-----------------------------------------------10-11-12-13-10-11-12-13------------
|----------------------11-12-13-14-11-12-13-14----------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Q=170
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|----------------------------------8-9-10-11-8-9-10-11-12p9---------------9h12------|
|-9-10-11-12------------------------------------------------11---------11-----------|
|------------9-10-11-12-9-10-11-12-----------------------------12p9h12--------------|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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