Marty Friedman Shred Lesson - Melodic Ideas and Patterns

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A great way to discover new licks and melodic patterns is to take a lick, melodic shape or note sequence that you often use and move it to different areas of the fretboard.\r
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The benefits of this approach are two-fold. First, the licks and phrases are physically comfortable for you to play because you are already intimately familiar with them.\r
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Second, without the lick posing any new technical challenge, you are more able to focus on hearing how the idea works over a alternate root notes.