This was given to a guitar student to help them focus on picking in between strings, making sure the adjacent strings are not hit or crossed over. Doing this can help you work on maintaining very small picking motions which are necessary for playing as fast as possible.
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This was given to a guitar student to help them improve their fast alternate picking while changing strings. All 6 strings are used here so you can get used to the subtle differences that occur when moving from string to string.
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The original exercise, given to a guitar student, was only two bars long. This exercise is to help with changing strings after only two pick strokes.
This is not easy to get going crazy fast! Break it down into as many small parts as you'd like.
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This is an extended idea that was originally given to a guitar student to help them improve their speed picking while changing strings on every new beat.
This extended idea is ideal for building up your endurance. For a more speed based approach, you can play one or two bars at a time so you can really push yourself.
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This is an extended alternate picking exercise given to a guitar student. The original was basically finished on beat 3 of bar 2 shown in this video. The extended version gives some more fingering variety, and is good for endurance work.
For pure speed work, I recommend breaking this up into smaller pieces. Breaking it up into smaller pieces is something I did in order to work this thing up to a speed I wanted, and you can see the steps I took in the Guitar Log on the YouTube channel.
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This short scale run is mostly descending. It kind of goes up and down, but continues to go further down the scale in C Major. I really like this sort of scale run to test how fast I can go.
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This was given to a guitar student to help improve their alternate picking speed. This exercise consists of playing 7 notes in a row, followed by a short pause. You have six 16th notes and and one 8th that make up the rhythm. The count is 1ena2en_3ena4en_
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In the following video I explain how I'm able to pick 20 + notes per second, achieving my fastest alternate picking.
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A technique that allows you to play fast music on the bass is two finger alternate picking.
To start practicing this technique, take your index and middle fingers on your picking hand, and just start picking any string while alternate between the two fingers. Pick with the index, then the middle, then index, then middle, etc. You can also start with the middle finger too. It doesn't really matter what finger you start your alternate picking with. Try both, see what feels natural to you, and stay consistent with your choice while you practice. Here are three alternate picking bass exercises to help get you started: Exercise OneExercise TwoExercise Three
For more detail on approaching alternate picking please check out the following video:
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Without a doubt, Michael Angelo Batio is one of the best technically advanced guitarists there has ever been, and probably ever will be.
The following is a video lesson taken from a DVD called Speed Kills where Batio teaches you picking techniques for speed and shredding. Highly recommended! Shown in this excerpt are some alternate picking exercises. Alternate picking is a technique that must be learned in order to play fast and to shred. Why not learn from one of the fastest there ever was?
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