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EVEN WHEN A PROGRESSION
doesn’t have many changes, you can
still be harmonically active. The secret
is to “comp the scale.” Here’s how:

• Determine the scale or mode of

the moment.

• Select an interval structure—for

example, a pair of stacked fourths.

• Keeping this structure, diatonically

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WHEN I ATTENDED BERKLEE TO GATHER
material for our Aug. ’97 Road Scholar story, Jim
Kelly showed me this cool finger-stretching exercise.
It’s also a picking workout: Try both the flatpicking
and hybrid patterns shown here.

Keeping the same interval structure, move the

voicings up or down one string set. For the lower
one (strings six, four and three), use your third finger
to fret the sixth-string notes.

—ANDY ELLIS

K E L L Y ’ S C R E E P Y A R P E G G I O S

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R O A D

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S C R A P B O O K

ascend and descend the fretboard, playing voicings
drawn exclusively from this scale or mode. This tech-
nique works best when you’re playing a one-chord
sound for an extended period of time.

To get the hang of this concept, try comping a

16-bar

G blues progression using diatonic fourths.

For the

G7, C7 and D7 chords, we’re in G, C and D

Mixolydian, respectively. E

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1 shows the seven

chords for each mode.

Move through

G Mixolydian’s chords playing only

the lowest voice. Next play the middle and finally
the top voice. Notice how no matter which voice
you’re tracking, you remain in

G Mixolydian. Now

play the modal triads, freely moving up and down
the fretboard.

Repeat this process for

C and D Mixolydian.

You’re ready to use this technique musically. As

you play E

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2, hear how the mode shifts every four

bars. Record these changes and solo over them using
the appropriate modes.

Don’t stop there: Comp the Dorian, Phrygian,

Lydian and Aeolian modes! g


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