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Japanese Scale Picking Patterns

54 views - 19 Jan 2011

Alfred Potter Guitar

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Get exotic with the Japanese Pentatonic Scale! Learn these 5 box positions and 3 bonus diagonal patterns to help you connect up the shapes and get your ...

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D sharp Baira - 1 4 2 3

Kokin-Joshi, Miyakobushi, Han-Iwato, In Sen: Japan, Raga Vibhavari, Revati, Bairagi, Lasaki

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