Category: Exercises

  • Technique Exercises #10

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    Here we have more sets of exercises at 72 beats per minute.

  • Technique Exercises #9

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    We’ll isolate two fingers at a time with these exercises. For example the first exercise you’ll only use your 1st and 2nd finger. In exercise 2 you’ll use your 1st and 3rd finger, and so on. 

  • Technique Exercises #8

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    Let’s keep plugging away with a fresh batch of exercises.

  • Technique Exercises #7

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    Here are some exercises based on the pentatonic and major scale.

  • Technique Exercises #6

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    In this routine I’ve got a couple of single string exercises, a couple of finger confusion exercises, and we’ll finish up with a fun exercise that can double as a flashy lick for you next killer solo.

  • Technique Exercises #5

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    Here’s another healthy dose of technique building exercises. We’ll ramp up the speed a bit and clock in at 66 beats per minute.

  • Technique Exercises #4

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    I’m not going to lie. The exercises on this routine are pretty tough. Talk about an arm cramp… To top it off, you should perform them using alternate picking (down, up, down, up). This is particularly hard because we’ll constantly be switching strings, but it has to be done in order to build speed on down…

  • Technique Exercises #3

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    Here’s another helping of good ole speed and technique building exercises. We’ll speed things up a little in this session at 63 beats per minute. Enjoy!

  • 2: Technique Exercises #2

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    We’ll build speed step by step. In this session we have speed building exercises at 60 beats per minute.

  • Technique Exercises #1

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    Welcome to the first lesson. Remember: you must put the practice time in to get faster! Fig. 1: Simple Alternate Picking Exercise Fig. 2: Alternate Picking Variation Fig. 3: One, Two, Four Fig. 4: Pentatonic Scale Fig. 5: Up The Strings Fig. 6: Down The Strings