Displacing the Natural Note Order of a Scale
(5 strategies to play notes out of sequence)
I. Varying the Fingering Patterns
II. Visually (groups of left, middle, right notes in a position)
III. Pedal Point
IV. Displacing Notes Intervallically
pentatonic first 4 notes
1 b3 4 5
1 b3 5 4
1 4 b3 5
1 4 5 b3
1 5 b3 4
1 5 4 b3
b3 1 4 5
b3 1 5 4
b3 4 5 1
b3 4 1 5
b3 5 4 1
b3 5 1 4
4 1 b3 5
4 1 5 b3
4 b3 1 5
4 b3 5 1
4 5 1 b3
4 5 b3 1
5 1 b3 4
5 1 4 b3
5 b3 4 1
5 b3 1 4
5 4 1 b3
5 4 b3 1
way to think about any 4 note combination
1234, 1243, 1423, 4123, 1324, 1342,
1432, 4132, 3124, 3142, 3412, 4312,
2134, 2143, 2413, 4213, 2314, 2341,
2431, 4231, 3214, 3241, 3421, 4321.
V. String Skipping
skip a string
1st note skips
1678
1687
1768
1786
1867
1876
inversion
8761
7861
8671
6871
7681
6781
2nd note skips
1267
1276
1278
1287
1268
1286
inversion
7621
6721
8721
7821
8621
6821