This may have been answered but what do you do when you are descending, same thing or reverse? Let's say we are using the 1234 pattern. Would you descend with 4321 or 1234? How about 2134; would you descend with 4312 or 2134?

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i would go backwards so
1234 up then 4321 down

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you could do it both ways, your not always desending on the frets when your going down in strings, so it would be good to practice both ways to build speed for all types of movement

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this is a thing my teacher calls a retro, im going to use the lydian scale it would be better u learn the scale before practicing this

1|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
2|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
3|----------------------------------------------------------2----2-4-|
4|------------------------------------2----2-3--2-3-5--3-5----5-----|
5|--------------2----2-3--2-3-5--3-5----5--------------------------|
6|-1-3-5---3-5-----5------------------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------3-----3-5---3-5-7---------------|
|------------3-----3-5--3-5-6--5-6----6---------------------------|
|-2-4-5--4-5----5--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


the world is sick and fucked

heres another, a little bit harder, the same lidian scale.

1|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
2|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
3|---------------------------------------------------------------------2-|
4|---------------------------------------2-------2-3-----2-3-5--2-3-5---|
5|--------2-------2-3-----2-3-5--2-3-5-----3-5--------5----------------|
6|-1-3-5----3-5--------5------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------3------3-5------|
|---------------------------3------3-5----3-5-6--3-5-6----5-6----------|
|-----2-4-----2-4-5--2-4-5----4-5------5-------------------------------|
|-3-5------5------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---3-5-7-------|
|-6-------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|

nice little run there basstard...sounds good. I think you meant the Lydian Scale though, no biggie...just helpin to keep things straight

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Nice exercises guys. I'm going to practice strictly this summer and try to get good. At the moment my primary exercise is this, but not the sweeps on track 4 (yet):

yep sorry is lydian , anyway heres another.

1|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
2|------------------------------------------------------------3-----5----|
3|-------------------------------------------2-----4--2-5--4-----5------|
4|-------------------------2-----3---2-5--3-----5-----------------------|
5|---------2----3--2-5--3-----5-----------------------------------------|
6|-1-5--3----5----------------------------------------------------------|


|---------3----5--3-7-----|
|-3-6--5----6-------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

i allways practice with this

string 1|-------1-3-4--------2-4-5.....----------9-11-12-12-11-9---------|
string 2|1-2-4-------2-3-5-------......9-10-12---------------------12-10-9|

and so on until my fourth finger reaches fret 12, and then go back.
then go up to strings 2 3, then 3 4 and so on.when i finish all the strings i add 10 bpm.

also

string1|--------1-3-5---------2-4-6-.....---------8-10-12|
string2|--1-3-5--------2-4-6--------.....8-10-12---------|

this one can cause u pain in the hand so be carefull

this is a string skipping exercise i do at the moment because my string skipping is truly abysmal. Good exercises btw - definitly one for the speed guitarist in us all


Ex1 - A REGULAR picking exercise

|---------------------------------------------6-7-8-9-------------------|
|------------------------------------5-6-7-8-----------8-7-6-5-etc------|
|---------------------------4-5-6-7-------------------------------------|
|------------------3-4-5-6----------------------------------------------|
|----------2-3-4-5------------------------------------------------------|
|--1-2-3-4--------------------------------------------------------------|

Ex2 Using the same format but for string skipping

|-------------------------------7-6-5-4---------------------------------|
|---------------------3-4-5-6-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------8-7-6-5-----------------------|
|-----------2-3-4-5-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------9-8-7-6--------------|
|--1-2-3-4--------------------------------------------------------------|


Ex 3 For speed picking strange patterns

|----------5----------------8---------etc-------------------------------|
|---5---------------8---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------6----------------9----------------------------------------|
|-------7---------------10----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

picking pattern should be d u d u

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some 5 string sweep shit.

|----------------9---12-12--9--------------|
|------------10----------------10-----------|
|---------9------------------------9--------| major
|-----11------------------------------11----|
|-12--------------------------------------12|
|--------------------------------------------|

|---------------8--12-12--8-----------------|
|-----------10---------------10-------------|
|--------9-----------------------9----------| minor
|----10-----------------------------10-----|
|-12------------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------------|

|--------------8--11-11--8----------------------|
|----------10----------------10-----------------|
|-------8-------------------------8-------------|
|----10------------------------------10---------| diminished
|-12-------------------------------------12-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|


when yuo can do them fast they sound very cool

Here's a string skipping within arpeggios exercise I do all the time, compliments of John Pertrucci.

Here's the major shape. To do minor just move the 6 on the G string back to the 5th, and the 9 on the high E back to the 8th fret. This pattern sounds cool with delay and intervals of minor 3rd (3 frets).

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|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------14-15-16-17------------------|
|----------------------------14-15-16-17---------------14-15-16-17-----|
|-14-14-14-14-14-15-16-17----------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------14-15-16-17---|
|---------------14-15-16-17----------------14-15-16-17-----------------|
|-14-15-16--17---------------14-15-16-17-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------14-15-16-17--18-17-16-15------------------|
|---------------14-15-16-17-----------------------------18-17-16-15----|
|-14-15-16-17-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-19-18-17-16-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------19-18-17-16---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------19-18-17-16-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------19-18-17-16--15-16-17-18---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-16-15-14------------------------------|
|---------------17-16-15-14----------------|
|-----------------------------17-16-15-14--|

hope it hepls

wow, lots of good practices,

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|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------6h7h9p7p6h7h9----|
|----------------------------------6h7h9p7p6h7h9--------------------|
|-----------------5h7h9p7p5h7h9-------------------------------------|
|-5h7h9p7p5h7h9-----------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------7h9h10p9p7-/-9h10h12p10p9------------------------|
|-7h9h10p9p7h9h10--------------------------------12p10p9h10h12p10p9-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12p10p8h10h12p10p8-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------12p10p8h10h12p10p8-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------12p10p8h10h12p10p8---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-10p9p7h9h10p8p7---|


enjoy

^^^
Hey man, nice legato warm-up, even sounds cool

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http://www.cyberfret.com/misc-wisdo...ching/index.php

I only liked the worm exercise

Here we go. I just tabbed this out, and added a metronome. It is set to 120bps but you can increase or lower that. It has the whole set. It repeats 4 times so you can do different picking methods each time. Hope this helps. Allot of stuff to remember but helps. Thanks for the practice btw

Attached Files

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Fuck dude its just one massive solo!

Good luck!

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it didnt seem that hard. just one scale in diff arpeggio forms. that's the only bad thing about shred. usually its only in one scale, just shreded. but seems like a nice warm-up