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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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.

Guitar Techniques - Another Sweep Picking Lesson

When you are sweep picking, every note is sounded out separately, and your picking hand is moving up or down the strings in a single motion, instead of picking every note like you normally would. On these riffs, start slow until you can play each one perfectly, and then gradually play it faster. Once you can play the riff flawless, move onto the next one.

d = down stroke
u = up stroke

This is to get you used to the feeling of moving your pick up and down the drings in one motion. Each finger is taken off the fret after the note is played. So basically on this riff you never have more then one finger on the fretboard at a time.



d d d u u u
e|--------12-14--------|
b|-----13-------13-----|
g|--14-------------12--|
d|---------------------|
a|---------------------|
e|---------------------|

The first one introduces hammer ons and pull offs.

Many times when you are sweeping, you have a starting point using a hammer on or pull off at the top or bottom of the figure. Practice these enough to feel comfortable with using the hammer ons or pull offs.



d u d d d u d d d u
e|--15p12----------12h15p12----------12h15p12-----|
b|--------13----13----------13----13----------13--|
g|-----------12----------------12-----------------|
d|------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|

This figure is part of the intro for Bleeding Mascara, by Atreyu.

Instead of using a hammer on and pull off at the top, you are picking all of it. This is a bit more tricky on your right hand.



d d d u d u d d d u d u d d d u d u d u d u d u
d|-------13-17-13----------13-17-13----------13-17-13----18-17-15-17-15-13-|
a|----15----------15----15----------15----15----------15-------------------|
f|-14----------------14----------------14----------------------------------|
c|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
c|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This has one more string added onto it. It is a little harder, but with practice you will eventually get it, obviously. This was the first 4 string sweep I could ever play.


d u u d d d d u u
e|--19p15----------------15h19p15--------|
b|--------17----------17----------17-----|
g|-----------16----16----------------16--|
d|--------------15-----------------------|
a|---------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|

d d d d u u d d d d u u
e|-----------13h17p13----------------13h17p13--------|
b|--------15----------15----------15----------15-----|
g|-----14----------------14----14----------------14--|
d|--13----------------------13-----------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|

This figure is a part of a riff from Seize the Day, by Avenged Sevenfold. In the first part of this figure, you will learn to play the notes on the same fret. To do this, you must put your finger all on the 15th fret, and roll your hand as you play it. What I mean by rolling it, is your hand will move so that your thumb will be moving up and down behind the neck. As your rolling your hand, your finger will be rolling so that it touches each string as you sweep.


u u u d d d d u u u
e|--18p15----------------15-18p15--------|
b|--------15----------15----------15-----|
g|-----------15----15----------------15--|
d|--------------17-----------------------|
a|---------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------|

d d d d u u u d d d d u u u
e|-----------13-17p13----------------13-17p13--------|
b|--------15----------15----------15----------15-----|
g|-----14----------------14----14----------------14--|
d|--15----------------------15-----------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------|