Guitar Technique - Alternate picking

Hey Guys!

The following excercise involves alternate picking. Alternate picking is a good guitar technique to develope speed in your guitar playing.

Pick every string with alternate strokes, down up down up etc.

Start off slow and cover the entire fret board.

This is one of the first things that I was shown on the guitar, and still use it today as a warm up excercise. I also use a metronome to devlope speed with it. But always start off slow, use the tips of your fingers and make sure every note is clear, don't go for speed before acuracy.




E |-----------------------------------------1-2-3-4-|
B |---------------------------------1-2-3-4---------|
G |-------------------------1-2-3-4-----------------|
D |-----------------1-2-3-4-------------------------|
A |---------1-2-3-4---------------------------------|
E |-1-2-3-4-----------------------------------------|


E |-5-4-3-2-----------------------------------------|
B |---------5-4-3-2---------------------------------|
G |-----------------5-4-3-2-------------------------|
D |-------------------------5-4-3-2-----------------|
A |---------------------------------5-4-3-2---------|
E |-----------------------------------------5-4-3-2-|

Continue on the 3rd fret and go up and down the fret board.
I will show you a couple of more excercises in my next post to develop fingering, and speed.

Enjoy!

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