EXAMPLES MIXOLYDIAN 5THS

Exam ple 9 And now for an expanded version of the principle illustrated in the previous example. Here, our stacked ‘up one and down the next’ theme is extended to all six strings.

Exam ple 10 Although focusing mainly on medium-paced ideas, we’re going to finish off with couple of quicker ones, just so that you can get an idea of how 5ths can form the basis of fast lines too. The 5ths sequence in bars 75-76 of this example looks more complicated on the page than it is to actually play. It is a descending three-note Indian Pentatonic scale sequence, only it’s played using CAGED shape #1 of A Indian Pentatonic within the fretting hand, while the picking hand taps out CAGED shape #4 of the same scale a 5th higher.