diminished lick from legnani

Everybody knows Paganini. And not just in the classical world but shredders, too, since Yngwie. But very much not known by those in either world is Luigi Legnani who was a duet partner of Paganini. One thing not known about Paganini so much is that he was a guitarist. And Legnani was mainly a guitarist but also a violinist. As a duo the two would switch off instruments.

Legnani wrote solo guitar music that's fab. Here's a diminished lick taken from his Caprice no. 36, op. 20. I've tabbed it because if you're a guitarist this is exactly how Luigi fingers it:


You can also do it this way:

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The cool thing about this line is that the sequence consists of 7 notes but is played in 16ths, so that the beginning of the sequence keeps shifting in the meter. Anyway you can float it or play it as a septuplet or whatever...it's also just a great exercise!