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Readers Challenge
| March, 2005
Pentatonic Slingshot
“This is a little trick I’d like to share,” says Gianmaria Scattolin, a Hollywood, California, guitarist who sent in the saucy pentatonic phrase below. “Using the first and third strings, it moves up the fretboard through all five pentatonic [scale] boxes until it reaches the next octave. It sounds cool, and—because it’s so visual—it also looks cool when you play it. It sounds great over a steady Am7 chord, but it also works over blues harmonies. Hey, it’s a pentatonic lick—it works over everything!”
Postscript:
Want to help the world play better guitar? Submit your candidate for Reader’s Challenge (preferably notated and on cassette or CD), along with a brief explanation of why it’s cool and how to play it, to Guitar Player Reader’s Challenge, 2800 Campus Dr., San Mateo, CA 94403. Include your name, address, e-mail, and phone number. Materials won’t be returned, but we will listen to all submissions. You’ll hear from us if your lick is chosen.
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