20 Odd Time Licks Vol.3 9/8

Hailed by many as one of the greatest players of all time, world-class guitarist Guthrie Govan returns to give you the gift of mastering odd time signatures once and for all. With 9/8 squarely in his sights, Guthrie gives you all the tools you need to play naturally over odd time signatures! By studying the videos and TAB you will not only learn how to play like Guthrie using his incredible techniques but also gain an insight into his elusive way of thinking!

Guthrie says 'The general theme continues as with the previous packages we did in this series, the general concept is to give you an idea about HOW to play in a bar of 9 or series of bars of 9, without getting scared, without getting bewildered and above all without getting lost!

The rhythmic feel of the backing track shouldn't be too challenging, if anything you'll probably find it a bit more laid back, relaxing and (dare I say it?) pleasant sounding than its two predecessors.

If there's one benefit that hopefully these licks will offer, it's developing your ability to improvise freely within this time signature confident that you're going to be able to meet beat one a bar from now, or four bars from now.

So I hope you have fun exploring some of these licks!'

On the technique side of the fence, by studying these licks you'll be learning and practising: legato, expressive sliding, tapping, alternate picking, vibrato, double-stops and all sorts of exciting bending and pedal tones! Guthrie seamlessly blends these techniques together and with a bit of practise (and equipped with the video/audio and TAB from this package) you can too!

For those of you excited about the theory and process behind these licks, you'll be learning how to creatively use: mixolydian scales, intervallic licks, bebop inspired chromatics, major pentatonic, tension building and resolution, rhythmic displacement and much more! You'll also be making use of the entire fretboard, adding bluesy ideas into your licks and gaining an insight into how Guthrie augments the harmonic content by superimposing chord extensions as arpeggios!

As ever, we have included everything you need to practise and perfect the material in this package. There are video and audio tracks for you to watch/listen and study, accurately transcribed TAB/notation for you to analyse and master as well as backing tracks for you to practise every lick to, and jam out your own solos! We've even included some text notes to help you really get these parts down!