by Mickey Cochran
UPDATED 05/24/07
Crosspicking Guitar Technique: Published by Mel Bay Publications (the following is an excerpt). Click here to go to a an overview of this book.
Copyright© 1998 Mickey Cochran
Our first tune will incorporate both of the patterns/exercises that were taught in Lesson 1.
There is an alternate, slightly more difficult version, of Part A down below.
Pay attention to the following symbols:
Down Stroke = D
Up Stroke = U
Hammer-On = H
Slide = S
Part A: Lead-in C ==================================== E|---------------------------------] B|----------------------1-------1--] G|---------------------------------] D|------------------2-------3------] A|---------------------------------] E|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D U D U ===================================================================== E|----------0-----------0----------|---------------------------------] B|------1-----------1-----------1--|----------1-----------1----------] G|*-0-----------2-----------0------|------0-----------0-----------0--] D|*--------------------------------|--2-----------3-----------2------] A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U G C ===================================================================== E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] B|----------0-----------0----------|---------------------------------] G|------0-----------0-----------0--|----------0-----------0------0---] D|--0-----------2-----------0------|------2-------0-H-2-------2------] A|---------------------------------|--3------------------------------] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U _1_____________________________ _2_____________________________ C C ===================================================================== E|----------0----------------------|----------0----------------------] B|----------1-----------1-------1--|----------1-------5-------6------] G|----------0---------------------*|----------0-------5-------7------] D|----------2-------2-------3-----*|----------2----------------------] A|--3------------------------------|--3------------------------------] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D D D U D U D D D D Part B: C ===================================================================== E|------0-----------0--------------|------5-----------5--------------] B|----------8-----------8-------6--|----------5-----------5-------5--] G|--7-S-9-------9-----------7------|--5-----------5-----------3------] D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D U U D U U D U D U U D U U D U F C ===================================================================== E|------0-----------0--------------|----------0----------------------] B|----------1-----------5-------1--|----------1----------------------] G|--2-----------5-----------2------|--0-------0---------------0---0--] D|---------------------------------|----------2-------0-H-2----------] A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D U U D U U D U D D D U D U C ===================================================================== E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] B|---------------------------------|--5-----------------------0------] G|----------0---0---------------0--|------0-------0-------0----------] D|--0-H-2-----------2-------5------|----------2-------0-----------2--] A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D U D U D D U D U D U D U D U G C ===================================================================== E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| B|------0-------------------1------|----------1---1-----------1------|| G|--0-----------0-----------0------|----------0---0-----------0------|| D|----------0---------------2------|--0-H-2---2---2-----------2------|| A|------------------3--------------|------------------3--------------|| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D U D U D D D U D U D D
Part A (alternate): Lead-in C ==================================== E|---------------------------------] B|----------------------1-------1--] G|---------------------------------] D|------------------2-------3------] A|---------------------------------] E|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D U D U C ===================================================================== E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] B|----------5-----------5----------|----------1-----------1----------] G|*-----5-----------5-----------5--|------0-----------0-----------0--] D|*-5-----------7-----------5------|--2-----------3-----------2------] A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U G C ===================================================================== E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] G|----------4-----------4----------|----------0-----------0------0---] D|------5-----------5-----------5--|------2-------0-H-2-------2------] A|--5-----------7-----------5------|--3------------------------------] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U _1_____________________________ _2_____________________________ C C ===================================================================== E|----------0----------------------|----------0----------------------] B|----------1-----------1-------1--|----------1-------5-------6------] G|----------0---------------------*|----------0-------5-------7------] D|----------2-------2-------3-----*|----------2----------------------] A|--3------------------------------|--3------------------------------] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------] 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D D D U D U D D D D
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