Hi kris!

Im working on my Alternate picking right now, trying to find some exercises that works in melodical perspective. I watched the trailer for your dvd where you at the end of the movie slaughtered a scale My question is, what scale was that?


http://www.freelicks.net/DVD.htm

Thanks in advance

Hi Martin,

Well those are just chromatic non sense notes played in the easiest possible way (for the fingers) - the reason I get away with it is because I land on a strong note!

I think I am playing these notes (in F# minor)

e-14-16-17
b-14-16-17
g-14-16-17
d-14-15-16
a-14-15-16
e-14-15-16

Oh and a little parenthesis - I did this so long ago you will notice I am using economy picking! (Which I try to get away from nowadays)

oh ok, thank you so much!

You make it sound like economy picking is a bad thing, Kris! It all depends on the sound you want to achieve, I would say.

Definitely! For me I have come to the conclusion that I either want the legato sound - or the alternate picking sound, best of all is to combine both. However - economy picking never really cut it for me.

However it is obvious that many guitarists manage to get awesome sounds out of the technique - so as usual it's all a matter of how you approach it.