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A Lesson For The Brain And Hands
John Frusciante
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Excerpt from John Frusciante Blog
Idea of first exercise is playing four notes with left hand and mentally counting 5
and accent with right hand the count of five (look on tab, there are accents). Then goes
nine and eleven and you can continue this. A good exercise for you from guitar HERO, Good Luck!
J.F.
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Enjoy!
Example 1 Example 1, in five
Q Q Q Q 99x Q Q Q Q
E||-----------------------------||-------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------||-------------------------------------|
G||*---------------------------*||*------------------------------------|
D||*----------------------3----*||*-------------------------------3----|
A||---3---------5----7----------||---3------------------5----7---------|
E||-----------------------------||-------------------------------------|
^ ^ ^
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Example 1, in seven
^
Q Q Q Q 99x Q Q Q Q
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|
----------------------*||*-------------------------------------|
-----------------3----*||*--------------------------------3----|
--3----5----7----------||---3-------------------5----7---------|
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|
^ ^
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
^ ^
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 99x
----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------||
----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------||
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------*||
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----*||
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7----------||
----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------||
Example1, in nine
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
------------------------------------|----------------------|
------------------------------------|----------------------|
*-----------------------------------|----------------------|
*------------------------------3----|-----------------3----|
---3-----------------5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
------------------------------------|----------------------|
^ ^
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
^
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Example1, in eleven
^
Q Q Q Q 99x Q Q Q Q
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|
----------------------*||*-------------------------------------|
-----------------3----*||*--------------------------------3----|
--3----5----7----------||---3-------------------5----7---------|
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|
^
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
^
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
^
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
And etc...
^
Q Q Q Q 99x
-----------------------------||
-----------------------------||
----------------------------*||
-----------------3----------*||
--3----5----7----------------||
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