Guitar Techniques - Alternate Picking Part 2

Hey Guys

Here is another excercise to practise your alternate picking.
The aim of these guitar techniques is to develope strength in both your left and right hands.


E |-----------------------------------------1-3-4-5|
B |---------------------------------1-3-4-5--------|
G |-------------------------1-3-4-5----------------|
D |-----------------1-3-4-5------------------------|
A |---------1-3-4-5--------------------------------|
E |-1-3-4-5----------------------------------------|


E |-6-5-4-2-----------------------------------------|
B |---------6-5-4-2---------------------------------|
G |-----------------6-5-4-2-------------------------|
D |-------------------------6-5-4-2-----------------|
A |---------------------------------6-5-4-2---------|
E |-----------------------------------------6-5-4-2-|

Continue up the fret board, until you cover the all the frets. Once again it's not important to be fast at first, just make sure you pick every note, making it clear, then develope speed later on.

Enjoy

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Say what you want about Yngwie Malmsteen, he still is an awesome player, and one of the fastest I've ever seen!

Here is a video I found called Arpeggios from hell!

There's some pretty fast guitar playing from Yngwie, and some astonishing guitar techniques. He makes it look so easy!


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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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Steve Vai For The Love Of God Video

Hi Guys

This is Steve Vai performing for the love of god live.
Some great guitar techniques in this song.