Wild Stringdom w/ John Petrucci - Feb 14 - How to Produce Unique Shred Runs

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Over the years, people have noticed that when I play certain runs, my fingers move in the opposite direction of the notes that they hear.

For example, as my fret hand moves up the fretboard, the sequence of notes that is heard descends (and vice versa). For this month's column, I've put together a few runs that demonstrate this unusual approach as applied to both ascending and descending patterns.

This kind of "positional wizardry" can be used to generate interesting melodic patterns that can be used in a variety of ways.