German Schauss Shred Tips.pdf

German Schauss

The Lightspeeder’s Shred Tips Berklee College of Music Guitar Session 2013 www.germanschauss.com Excerpts taken from The Total Shred Guitarist Book/DVD

©2013 German Schauss

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3 Note per String Scale Diagram lydian

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Scale: C D Eb G Ab 1 2 b3 5 b6 Japanese Scale 2

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