This is a diminished exercise to get you familiar with some diminished patterns and also to work on your overall technique.
The pattern can be played starting on any note. I chose to start on G because its easily recognizable. It starts on G on the 15th fret, 6th string, and follows the G dim. arpeggio pattern until it gets to the Bb on the 1st string, 18th fret. Then it comes back down the G dim (whole, half) scale pattern. This is followed by the same ascending arpeggio pattern starting on F# and then descends on the F# dim. (half, whole) scale pattern.
Play the entire pattern all the way through and then play it down a whole step from your last note on the bottom E string (the F#). Keep descending the same way each time until you run out of frets on the fretboard.
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