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- Neoclassical Picking WorkoutLEVEL 4Workout for your right hand with a cool neoclassical backing track!
- 8th RhythmLEVEL 2Let's start with 8th Rock Rhythm (muted and open strumming).
- Alternate Picking BasicsLEVEL 3Licks examples and detailed explanations of how to start working on the right hand alternate picking technique, including hand positions, basic mechanics of the movement, pick angles, hand angles, strength management.
- Alternate Picking RiffsLEVEL 6140 BPM heavy progression - improve your timing and speed!
- Strict Alternate PickingLEVEL 6The most aggressive-sounding picking there is. NB not for the faint-hearted!
- Picking ExerciseLEVEL 6This exercise has it all: String crossing in several directions, three note per string picking, melodic movement.
- Picking WorkoutLEVEL 2For beginners ready to move on from chord strumming. The exercise is prepared with harmonic content to make practicing more interesting.
- Alternate Picking WorkoutLEVEL 5Alternate Picking lesson at the level 6. Contains medium fast picking and different variations of licks - ascending, descending and two string skipping options. Speed itself is not as much the challenge, as the position shifts and string skipping.
- Alternate Picking Riffs 2LEVEL 7Alternate picking patterns to improve dynamics and overall control. Good rhythm tone starts in your hands!
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thefireball20th March 2010Another odd time...nice! I need to work on alternate picking as well. Nice ibanez!
Alexiaden931st May 2009This is definitely something I need to learn. Many Iron Maiden songs change their rhythm to 7/8 and such, so this could come in handy ! Evil lesson
fkalich10th April 2009I should have said "where the added benefit is not worth the added cost". What I said before is what an economist might say, if he was drunk.
- fkalich10th April 2009
Nice, working on it now, sounds nice, and teaches something of importance, who could ask for more. Your lessons are always very clear I think, I never have gotten confused in any of them. And you don't push speed beyond the point where as an economist would say, the added cost is not worth the added benefit, which I consider an admirable trait.
Sergio Dorado30th January 2009Love your lessons, Trond. Great feeling and sound, and modern chops
Trond Vold29th January 2009Thanks again guys
Marcus Siepen29th January 2009cool stuff Trond, great lesson
Sinisa Cekic27th January 2009RockOn Trond
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David Wallimann27th January 2009Great lesson Trond, I want to hear more!
I love odd measures, this is very inspiring, thanks!
Gerardo Siere26th January 2009Great lesson!
- Trond Vold25th January 2009
Thanks guys!
Maybe i should put the Ibanez to use more often 
chri.banez25th January 2009nice and interesting lesseon!
and great guitar
Piotr Kaczor25th January 2009Cool and useful exercise! Awesome Trond!
bladzerok25th January 2009nice lesson on 7/8 Trond! and cool axe !
Hisham Al-Sanea25th January 2009very nice and useful alternate picking exercise. well done Trond.
Emir Hot25th January 2009Great lesson Trond
- alibro25th January 2009
Thanks Trond, I like your lessons
Capt.Z25th January 2009SOunds incredible
Cool excercise!
Pedja Simovic25th January 2009Cool alternate lesson Trond !
kaznie_NL25th January 2009Thanks Trond! Nice guitar also!
- USAMAN25th January 2009
Its been far to long ...thank you Trond.
Peace brother. - Trond Vold25th January 2009
Thanks guys!
Glad you all like it 
Wilska25th January 2009Excellent!
IceBurner25th January 2009Great lessons as always and yes your sound is very cool and workOut
il back up AlexLion in is demand for dethklok
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Nazgul25th January 2009Great to have another lesson from you, Trond!
And that great! 
Lian Gerbino25th January 2009welcome back to the main page! another great lesson you have made!
Dejan Farkas25th January 2009Nice exercises, well done
AlexLion25th January 2009At last! I was waiting for lesson from you! And you didn`t dissapointed
This is wonderful workout!
p.s. - don`t forget my request about dethklok
Toni Suominen25th January 2009Nice job Trond!
Muris Varajic25th January 2009Great job Trond, love odd beats.
Marek Rojewski25th January 2009When I saw the author I knew what to expect - a must learn lesson:)
Ivan Milenkovic25th January 2009Very cool exercise Trond, sounds very cool and melodic! Your sound is as always carefully worked out. Great job
Bogdan Radovic25th January 2009Great alternate picking workout Trond !!
Kristofer Dahl25th January 2009It's awesome to see a new lesson from you Trond - a really cool one I might add!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hi guys! :) With this lesson we will take a look at one of the most vital skills you will need to practice to advance on the guitar; Alternate picking.
But to make matters more interesting, how about we mix inn some odd time-signatures into it all?
This lesson is for the most part in 7/8, but there's a few 9/8 bars too in it.
Techniques you will encounter in this lesson; Alternate picking (as the title implies), stringskipping and small traces of downstrokes and sliding.
Hopefully this lesson will be of use for those looking to expand their time-signature vocabulary, and also for those who want need more alternate picking exercises :)
Tempo: 120 BPM
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What i used to make this lesson:
Guitar: Ibanez RG-390
Amp: Marshall JMP-1
Soundcard: E-Mu Tracker Pre
DAW: Cubase
Bass: Trilogy (through Ampeg)
Drums: Toontrack Superior 2.0
Software compressors/EQ's: Waves SSL, T-Racks
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