Essential Groove Techniques

The 2 Pillars of Groove

Starting point:
01:28 F Minor 7 Arpeggio
"As I always say, you need to learn these arpeggios in dierent positions"
F7
? b 4
b bb 4

1
1 4
3

02:30 Ex.1 Syncopated riff: Long Notes 03:08 Short Notes

? b b j Fmin7 vamp
r j r j

b b w
- -
-

1
1
3
1
8
4 3 1
4 3 1
3
4 3 1

? b b j r j
j
bb - -r j J - -
- -

10 12 13
10
4 3 1 16 4 3 1

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F7
rit. n U

U n
? b j n
bb b n

U
5 5 9 10 12 14 14
3 5 7 7
4
11
4 3 3 1 5
3
13

"You need to learn the arpeggios with dierent ingerings so you can utilise them across the ingerboard".

04:07 F MINOR 7 Chord Tones (arpeggios) Played all over the fingerboard
Ex.2
? b b

b b b b
Fingering 1 4 3 1 1 4 2 1 4 1 4 3 1 4 2 1 4 1 4

5 8 8
1 3 6 10 10 13
1 4
3 8 8 11
13
11
13 16

? b b
bb
Fingering 3 1 4 4 4 2 1 4

17 20
13 15 18
15 18 20

04:31 Ex.3 F Dorian Scale

? b b
bb n
Fingering 1 3 4 1 1 3 4 1

3
1 3 4
1 3 5 6

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" Because the drums on this example are a steady beat it's going to give me a lot more room to play around."

05:52 Ex.4 Adding in more fills (#)

? b b ~~~~
bb r

3 1 6
4 4 3 X 1 1
3 3 3
4 1 4 3 X 1 8
6 8
8
6
8 X 4

()

? b b ~



bb
3 1 8
5 6 X 3 X 6 X X X 8 10 10 8 6
4
6
4 3 X 1 4 4
3 11 8
4 3 X 1

? b b
bb

1 5 3 3
1 3 6 3 5 6 6 5
1
3 3
1 4 3 X 1
3

? b b n n
bb n

6 5 3 5 6 8 10 8 6 6
8 6 5
8 6 4 4
6
3 3 X 1 3 4
1 3 5 6 10 8 6
10 4 3 X 1

? b b n
bb
w
3

1 3
1 3 3 5 5 6 5 3 6
1
3 1 6 5
8 6 4
3
4 4 3 X 1 1

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