Curious Coincidence Exercises

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Three notes per string chromatic picking exercise (100 bpm - 147 bpm)

e|-18-17-16----------------------------------16-17-|
b|----------20-19-18----------------18-19-20-------|
g|-------------------21-20-19-20-21----------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|

Play the exercise with strictly alternate picking, 16th notes (four notes per beat).

Mastering this kind of technique means a lot of challenges. The most obvious is: developping clean/controlled speed. In order to this it is exteremely important not to push youreslf to the higher speeds - as this will give you an uncontrolled technique. Instead practice the exercise at a tempo where you feel completely comfortable.

Once you have mastered this (usually takes a couple of years), you will find playing the lick to the metronome is one thing and playing it in an improvisation/solo is a whole other thing. You should therefore, from day one, try to improvise with the lick - even if you feel you are far from your "goal speed".

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

MattE	17th September 2007
Member	Very nice lesson! Definitely going to implement these into my daily practice routine

Soul_Decision	18th September 2007
Member	Wow 2 years.....I refuse to believe it will take that long....

Steelkonsum	21st December 2007
Member	Really neat and yes they go right into practice. However on video 2 and 4, just a clarification - you hammer on all notes (except when you tap), correct?

Kristofer Dahl	21st December 2007
GMC Founder & Rocker	Hey steel - I might occasionally throw in a pull off when the pinky and index is playing on the same string!

Carlos Carrillo	6th May 2008
Instructor	very nice man!!!!

boni42	11th May 2008
Member	Kris love the exercises and the website. Keep em coming.Website gets better all the time.