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