In this example we breakdown breakdown a very ver y quick lick but one that can help anyone who sometimes finds it difficult to make arpeggios sound musical or have some trouble trying to mix arpeggios with normal pentatonic phrasing. This is a simple two octave D major arpeggio (starting on the Major 3rd and throwing in the 9th on both the G and E string). To get a “soft” tone out of this Guthrie uses uses his fingers to to pick the notes. After the arpeggio he eases into a legato line and slides up to the t he G note on the E string which puts him in that familiar 12 fret position E minor pentatonic scale (also called a G Major pentatonic scale in this case). From here he transitions from the legato stuff into some typical pentatonic p entatonic phrasing by walking down a chromatic run on the E string.
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(From the 2014 Album GUTHRIE GOVAN'S 20 ESSENTIAL LICKS) = 69
