Difficult Picking Exercises
(15 Nov 02)
Shifting Around Pivot
This is a weird pivot exercise where each sextuplet starts with the index finger on the B string and the rest of the sextuplet is shifted downward chromatically.
Triplet Figures
Chromatically ascending in three (123,234,345 etc...)
Chromatically descending in three (321,432,543 etc...)
Septuplets
Chromatically ascending septuplets(1234321,2345432,3456543 etc...)
Pentatonic
The first of these is a three note per string pentatonic exercise. The second one is one note on each of the D and B strings and two notes on the G string played as sextuplets. This is very difficult to play fast.
Two Note Per String Diatonic
Two note per string sextuplet exercises forcing inside picking. Just start with a upstroke to do this with outside picking.
Remember to play these in position, start slowly build up speed only with complete accuracy.
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I think that wraps it up.
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