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Alternate picking and sweep picking excersizes by BodomBeachTerror 27 May 2008 Views: 11666

Its important not to go faster than you can, always start slow then speed up once you can play cleanly and comfortably, a metrenome is a good idea... all of these just repeat over and over.

Alternate Picking

these are just chromatics

e|----------------------------------------------------7-8-9-10---------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------------8-9-10-11----------6-7-8-9-------------------------|

G|-------------------------------9-10-11-12----------------------------5-6-7-8-----------------|

D|--------------------9-10-11-12-----------------------------------------------5-6-7-8---------|

A|----------8-9-10-11------------------------------------------------------------------6-7-8-9-|

E|-7-8-9-10------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

you can do this anywhere on the neck, i just find it easiest here
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you can do this with 3 or 4 notes, i prefer doing it with 3 tho, so i put the 4th note in brackets,

e|-----------2-3-4-(5)-----------4-5-6-(7)-------------|

B|-1-2-3-(4)-----------3-4-5-(6)-----------5-6-7-(8)---|

G|-----------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Just keep going up the neck here, you can do this on any two strings
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e|----------13-14-15----------13-14-15----------13-14-15--------------------|

B|-12-13-14----------14-15-16----------12-13-14----------14-15-16-11-12-13--|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

you can do this anywhere on the neck with any two strings
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Now some sweeping :)

its very important to not play faster than you can. for people just starting just use no or light distortion.

practice sweeping with your right hand by muting the strings by laying your right hand over them

e|-------11-15-11----------11-16-11--------------------|

B|----13----------13----13----------13-----------------|

G|-12----------------12---------------12---------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------|

just repeat these too
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e|-------12-17-12----------11-15-11----------12-17-12----------11-15-11----|

B|----13----------13----13----------13----13----------13----13----------13-|

G|-14----------------12----------------14----------------12----------------|

D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

this is just two different minor arpeggios fused together
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and thats it! hope it helps, if you're playing this and something sounds really bad inform me cuz i must have done something wrong...
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