The Rake
The rake is another useful technique which is used in Blues playing. It involves fretting a note and laying a finger (or fingers) across two or three adjacent strings. The pick is then raked across the strings, causing a muted sound leading up to the original note which is left ringing. A rake is indicated by an arrow in the tablature pointing up to the note to be raked. Listen to the following example on the recording to hear the effect of the rake.
Here is a lick which makes use of the rake.
Class Sessions
1- Arpeggios
2- New Techniques - The Trill
3- The Minor Pentatonic Scale
4- The Blues Scale
5- INTRODUCTION
6- Sixteenth Note Rhythms
7- Understanding Rhythms
8- The Major Pentatonic Scale
9- More on Eighth Note Rhythms
10- The Triplet
11- Five Forms of the Pentatonic Scale
12- Syncopation
13- Minor Arpeggios
14- Enharmonic Notes
15- Swing Rhythms
16- Combining Scales
17- Set Rhythms
18- Common Sixteenth Note Figures
19- Identifying Scale Patterns
20- Tremolo
21- Fretboard Diagrams
22- The Shuffle Rhythm
23- Dominant Seventh Arpeggios
24- The Rake
25- Using Ties
26- Scale Degrees
27- Left-Hand Fingers
28- Twelve Note Positions for Triplets
29- Combining Scales and Arpeggios
30- Analyzing What You Play
31- Tablature
32- Staccato
33- Set Rhythms Using Triplet Figures
34- Twelve Eight Time
35- Tablature Symbols
36- Thirty Second Notes
37- Playing With Pick and Fingers
38- Jam Along Progressions
39- Listening