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[–] heygeorge 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Haha nice. I saw this briefly when you first posted it. I just noticed a pretty brutal typo in your second pattern set, though. 9-10? That's a funky scale.

Open strings in licks and runs are for people who know what they are doing. Otherwise the note must be fingered so that the tone quality is kept consistent.

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[–] TheBuddha 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Oh! Ha!

Alright, make a grand barre chord in the Em shape - do it up on the 7th fret and forget the bottom three strings. You don't need those for a minute. Just play the top three strings (7, 10, 10, x, x, x) Then move it to the 5th. Then move it to the 3rd. Now back to the 5th. Now start over on the 7th fret and now count, 1, 2, (move) 1, 2, 3 (move to 3rd) (1, 2). and a 1. 2, 3. Keep doing that. When you get bored, make a bitchin' solo on the starting on the 7th fret and working your way up the minor pentatonic.

There you go. You just played Jimi Hendrix' version of All Along the Watchtower. That's pretty much all you need to know for that one.

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[–] heygeorge 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Ha! Lol, that's great advice. (I should prob bring an electric home so I don't have to worry about playing quietly in the evenings.) I'm no virtuoso like you, but I did spend a decade or so on the road and picked up a couple tips along the way. ;)

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[–] TheBuddha 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Typo fixed! Thanks!

And yeah, you need to know what you're doing - but I told you what you were doing. ;-)

Really - go play with 'em and then the next time you have a friend over, have them play G D C in any rhythm that feels good to them. Then, start on the 3rd fret and play along with them. You'll see. I'd not steer you wrong!

(I would make a typo and a horrible one at that - good catch and thanks for the save!)