Exercises for alternate picking

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  1. i'm_not_neo

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    Code:
    A few very useful exercises...
    
    e-4--3--4---2---4---1---4-----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----|
    B-------------------------4-----3----2----1----------------------|
    G----------------------------------------------4-----3----2----1-|
    D----------------------------------------------------------------|
    A----------------------------------------------------------------|
    E----------------------------------------------------------------|
    
    
    e----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4|
    B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
    G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
    D-----4-----3----2-----1------------------------------------------|
    A---------------------------4----3---2----1-----------------------|
    E----------------------------------------------4-----3----2---1---|
    
    Exercise 1
    Use downsroke for all "4"s on first string and upstrokes for all remaining notes.
    
    Exercise 2
    Use upstroke for all "4"s on first string and downstrokes for remaining notes.
    
    **Be sure to get used to both exercises and not just one of them.
    Will post more of them as soon as I tab 'em.
    
     
  2. i'm_not_neo

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    Code:
    e----------------12----------------|
    B-12---13---15-------15---13-------|
    G----------------------------------|(to be played as a continous loop 
    D----------------------------------|  without pausing)
    A----------------------------------|
    E----------------------------------|
    
    e-------------------12------12-----------|
    B----12---13---15-------15-----15---13---|
    G----------------------------------------|(loop without pausing)
    D----------------------------------------|
    A----------------------------------------|
    E----------------------------------------|
    
    
    e-------------------12---14---15--14--15---14--12----12----------|
    B---12---13---15----------------------------------15----15--13---|
    G----------------------------------------------------------------| 
    D----------------------------------------------------------------|
    A----------------------------------------------------------------|
    E----------------------------------------------------------------|
    (loop without pausing)
    
    
    
    The exercise is to begin with a downstroke and continuosly alt it with an upstroke.
    All the exercises are realtively simple,the trickiest thing in all exercises is to get the "12" on the first string as an upstroke.Be sure to do that right.
    Please begin slowly and gradually increase the pace.If you begin at a rapid pace you may unknowingly hit "12" on the first string as a downstroke.
    First try individual exercises and then play all of them together as if it were one complete song.
    
    Of course in addition to these exercises you must keep  practising alternate picking in all scales and spiders and exercises you play.
     
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  3. i'm_not_neo

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    @anshphenomenon...thanx for the reps.
     
  4. i'm_not_neo

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    Note:For exercise 1 and 2 hold the 4th finger on the 4th fret of first string and substitute it by the 3rd finger on the rest of the strings if you also want to have stretching exercises...
     
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