A little melodic etude, based on Stick Lesson 5. Note that the chord symbols are for the basic harmony and don’t reflect the voicings which contain quite a few 9ths, 11ths ! 13ths.

I came up with this while fooling around with effects. The bass line almost sounds like quarter note triplets.

John McLaughlin has always been one of my favourite musicians. Some of his cross picking vamps are excellent to challenge your left hand/right hand coordination. This example is from his tune “Birds Of Fire”, from the album “Birds Of Fire”. He uses plenty of open strings. On top you see the original guitar line. The Chapman…