Misc - Alternate Picking Exercise And Chromatic Exercise guitar tab

If you're having trouble with your alternate picking, play

this over and over again:

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||----4--5--7-----7--5--4----||

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Build your speed with gradual practice. It helped me a lot. Then

try this one:

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||----4-4--5-5--7-7--5-5--|--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5----||

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Play eighth notes the first measure, then sixteenth notes the

second measure. After enough practice, add in the fourth fret

on the G string.

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And here is a chromatic warmup exercise to play before a jam.

Use this pattern: 1 2 3 4, each being one fret.

Start at the eighth fret on the high E string. The eighth fret

would be number 1, the ninth number 2, and so on up to 4. Play this:

1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 4 3 4

Play it all the way through without rests (I put in spaces so it

wouldnt look confusing).

Then move it all down one fret. Play it down to the first fret of

the high E, then jump over to the B string and do it on the first

fret, then jump to the G string on the first fret, and so on. When

you hit the low E string just do the opposite of everything you

just did until you get back to fret 8 on the high E. Always push

for speed.

If you understand that, it probably sounds like it would take

forever. It doesn't.

If you don't understand it (it does sound confusing), dont worry

about it, just warm up with scales.