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- Picking ExerciseLEVEL 6This exercise has it all: String crossing in several directions, three note per string picking, melodic movement.
- 7/8th Alternate Picking ExerciseLEVEL 5A lesson for those who want to expand their time-signature vocabulary and also practice some more alternate picking.
- Staccato ExerciseLEVEL 9Alternate picking technique.
- Pinky ExerciseLEVEL 4These exercises are guaranteed to pump up your little finger and get it in shape.
- Triplets ExerciseLEVEL 1Practice timing and playing 8th note triplets using interactive exercises.
- Minor Arpeggios ExerciseLEVEL 3Learn 4 note minor arpeggios.
- Major Arpeggios ExerciseLEVEL 3Practice playing major arpeggios in a song context and in different positions on the neck.
- Phrase DisplacementLEVEL 4In this lesson we look at rhythmically shifting where we begin our licks/phrases to recycle old licks and create new sounds
- 16th Notes ExerciseLEVEL 1Practice timing and playing 16th notes using interactive exercises.
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KyleS1st September 2011I really like this! Kinda has a Dream Theater "Constant Motion" feel to it. I'm gonna practice this for the bass too, bass line sounds great with this as well!
Daniel Realpe22nd April 2010very well thought exercise for the picking, you really have to hit the strings hard on this one
thefireball20th March 2010I like the ending...it sounds like something from a scary movie...
- enriquec22nd February 2010
Great exigent exercice for a novice like me but very exciting to practice it with the Guitarpro and some loops time after time after time...Thanks.
Alexiaden9312th May 2009This is lesson is wicked !
Alen17th March 2009What I thought was, that since the song changes into 4/4 on the 8th step, there are 8 times 4 notes = 32, plus the single one at the beginning of the 9th step. That makes 33 written notes. But when Trond repeats the 8th step in slomo, I'm only able to count 31 played by himself. Didn't want to annoy anyone, this one's amongst my favorites at GMC. Maybe I'm just too deep into it ... :-)
AlexLion11th March 2009There just can`t be 31 or 33 notes either, there are 4\4 with straight 16th notes, so sixteen notes per bar, and thirty two in 2 bars:) You just didn`t noticed\heard something, because in 8th part are no beginning of 9th part(that`s ho Ian Bushell does in his lessons tho) Follow the tab, it`s all right:)
And of course awesome lesson Trond, always enjoying your work:)- Alen1st March 2009
Hi Trond,
I love this one. One question regarding the eighth step. I just have problems with the tab. I count 31 notes played by you and 33 in the tab, assuming that there is one left on the next step. Could you just confirm wether I'm wrong.
Thanks in advance. 
Trond Vold15th May 2008Glad you like it
Matt_0015th May 2008Man...I spent half on hour doing Marcus's warmup excercise and then 3 hours straight on this one, I can't hold my coffee cup in my left hand today ...LOL. Nice lesson buddy, great way to work out.
Carlos Carrillo11th May 2008hey Trond!!!
nice lesson!!!
Smikey20068th April 2008favorite lession.. will be working on it alot
i can't go that fast for those speed runs.. so its great practice for me - Trond Vold27th March 2008
Cool
Glad you like it 
design8r27th March 2008this is great for finger warmup and stretching! thx
- Col Roberts24th March 2008
Great lesson Trond. Good exercise for the left and right hand. Have bookmarked this one.
Marshmall0wz3rd March 2008That is one of the most beefy tones I've ever heard nice job
Nemanja Filipovic29th February 2008great lesson Tron...Lamb of God style lesson would be great...
Dejan Farkas28th February 2008Excellent lesson
- Trond Vold28th February 2008
Lamb of God style lesson can be arranged. I'm not that familiar with them, but i'll dig abit into them
- Trond Vold28th February 2008What scale is used for this?
I figured it was E Aeolian but it's not...
I didnt make it directly out of any scale, but i guess E Phrygian Dominant would fit for the first section.
The rest should be D Aeolian, and then A Aeolian. - Smikey200628th February 2008
quesstioon
.. im thinking.. lamb of god style lession .. awsome riffidge bookmarks for sure 
Guitarist1628th February 2008Excellent lesson. Just what i needed! Keep up the great work Trond.
- fatb0t27th February 2008
What scale is used for this?
I figured it was E Aeolian but it's not... 
D-loader27th February 2008Trond, I really dig your sound, its amazing
at lights end27th February 2008i love your lessons, learning this one for sure!
Alejandro Pinero27th February 2008What a Power!!
Danilo Capezzuto27th February 2008Wow Trond, really cool!
mattacuk27th February 2008I must say Trond, your lessons are really fantastic!!!
Marcus Lavendell27th February 2008Man, that's tight playing! Fantastic Trond!
audiopaal26th February 2008Damn man, awesome..
Sounded even better than I remembered
If I can ever get this lesson done right I'm changing my name to audiopicking!
The Uncreator26th February 2008This is an awesome riff lesson!!
I really like the Dream Theater vibe i get from it, excellent job
Ivan Milenkovic26th February 2008Great riffing lesson man!
Hisham Al-Sanea26th February 2008good riff ..welldone Trond
- Trond Vold26th February 2008
Thanks all
Glad you all like it 
g-forcelover26th February 2008this is catchy! i like it
Pablo Vazquez26th February 2008Fantastic Lesson! Well done Trond!
Toni Suominen26th February 2008Very cool lesson Trond!
Juan M. Valero26th February 2008great lesson !! love the ending, is really prog
- Maximus26th February 2008
Well done.
- maxwelldewitte26th February 2008
Cool sweater.
Jeff26th February 2008Trond this rocks man!!
Love it!
Tuubsu26th February 2008Wow! your lesson sound so cool! way to go Trond!
SLASH9126th February 2008Very awesome
Gabriel Leopardi26th February 2008Great lesson! Good job Trond!
kyldeee26th February 2008Awesome lesson mate
Very nice and heavy riffs 
botoxfox26th February 2008Nice.
Bogdan Radovic26th February 2008Awesome lesson !! Great tune also
jammer9126th February 2008Some killer riffing there. Im going to really look forward to more of your lesson. This is on my bookmarks for sure.
Muris Varajic26th February 2008Top Notch!!
DeepRoots26th February 2008Looks like we have another super-metal-head instructor- great news. Awesome lesson Trond- i love how you made ots of variations of the same riff. Sweet
Vurpa26th February 2008Awesome riffs man! Great work
Kristofer Dahl26th February 2008WOW Trond this exercise sounds amazing - very well done!
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- My notes
Hello GMC! :) and welcome to my 2nd lesson here. Today we are going to take a look at how to improve and tighten up the picking.
The piece consists mainly of alternate picking, but there are also some short 16th triplet runs which utilize some simple and basic usage of economy picking.
So in short; We are going to try to improve alternate picking stability, but also look at how we can mix in some economy picking.
The goal here is to PICK every note!
In case you are unfamiliar with economy picking, then it can be briefly explained as a way of reducing right hand movement and avoiding jumping over the string before picking it, as often happens when just using alternate picking. Check out the other videos in this lesson for a more close-up demonstration and explanation.
I have included 3 backingtracks in 120, 100 and 80 BPM, and a guitar-pro file.
Hope you will get some use out of this lesson :)
-- Trond
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