Originally Posted by mortpayne

Here's a little practice thing I made up that might help people get faster with their playing, or simply warm up. It's played exactly how it's showed -- just start back at the beginning right after you end. Alternate back and forth between down and up strokes for picking (unless you want to try all down strokes, but that might slow it down a bit). Right now, my fastest speed is 210 BPMs. After that, I end up screwing up the third time around or so.

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|-5-7-5------------------2-----------
|-------6-5-3-5-3-0-2-3----3-2-1-0--

I like to palm mute the whole thing, but it doesn't really matter.