• Song:

    A Lesson For The Brain And Hands

  • Artist:

    John Frusciante

Excerpt from John Frusciante Blog

Idea of first exercise is playing four notes with left hand and mentally counting 5 
and accent with right hand the count of five (look on tab, there are accents). Then goes 
nine and eleven and you can continue this. A good exercise for you from guitar HERO, Good Luck!
                                                                            J.F.
Track 1
Enjoy!

      Example 1                      Example 1, in five
      Q         Q    Q    Q    99x   Q                  Q    Q    Q
E||-----------------------------||-------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------||-------------------------------------|
G||*---------------------------*||*------------------------------------|
D||*----------------------3----*||*-------------------------------3----|
A||---3---------5----7----------||---3------------------5----7---------|
E||-----------------------------||-------------------------------------|


  ^                           ^                           ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|


                            Example 1, in seven
                 ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q    99x   Q                   Q    Q    Q
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|
----------------------*||*-------------------------------------|
-----------------3----*||*--------------------------------3----|
--3----5----7----------||---3-------------------5----7---------|
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|


            ^                                        ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|


                         ^                                     ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q    99x
----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------||
----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------||
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------*||
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----*||
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7----------||
----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------||


   Example1, in nine
   Q                 Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
------------------------------------|----------------------|
------------------------------------|----------------------|
*-----------------------------------|----------------------|
*------------------------------3----|-----------------3----|
---3-----------------5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
------------------------------------|----------------------|


  ^                                                  ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|


                                   ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|


                            Example1, in eleven
                 ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q    99x   Q                   Q    Q    Q
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|
----------------------*||*-------------------------------------|
-----------------3----*||*--------------------------------3----|
--3----5----7----------||---3-------------------5----7---------|
-----------------------||--------------------------------------|


                                   ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|


                              ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|


                         ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------3----|-----------------3----|-----------------3----|
--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|--3----5----7---------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|


                 And etc...
                 ^
  Q    Q    Q    Q          99x
-----------------------------||
-----------------------------||
----------------------------*||
-----------------3----------*||
--3----5----7----------------||
-----------------------------||
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