Shredaholic | User Submitted Shred Guitar Lesson

Here is a cool 16th-note alternate picking exercise designed to just give your
fingers and picking hand a quick warmup. It's sort of an etude kind of thing.
NOTE: Watch for the position shift in the third measure between the 8th and 10th
fret on the high E string. I originally wrote it as a legato slide, so you
don't have to pick it, but you can if it's easier. The slide should go from the
4th finger to the 1st finger.

Like any exercise, you should start off slow and practice with a metronome. I
would suggest starting at around 90-100 b.p.m. When you master this exercise at
a certain speed, gradually increase your speed in increments of around 4-8 b.p.m.

Extra Challenge: Try playing this exercise entirely legato, only picking the
first note on an ascending string (or less!)

~~~~~~ = vibrato
/ = legato slide

|7-8-7-5-7-5---------------5----|--------5-7-8-7-5--------------|------5-7-8/10-12-10-------
|------------8-7-5-------7---8-7|8-5-7-8-----------8-7-5-------7|5-7-8----------------13-12-
|------------------8-4-8--------|------------------------8-4-8--|---------------------------
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------

-------------|12-13-12-10-12-10---------------------10------|------------10-12-13-12-10-----
10---------12|------------------13-12-10---------12----13-12|13-10-12-13----------------13--
---13-9-13---|---------------------------13-9-13------------|-------------------------------
-------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------
-------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------
-------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------

----------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
12-10--------12-|10-12-13-12-10-------------------------------|-----------------------------
------13-9-13---|---------------12-11-9-9-11-12-14-12-11-12-11|9----------------------------
----------------|---------------------------------------------|--12-10-9--------------------
----------------|---------------------------------------------|----------12-10-9----9-10-12-
----------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------12---------

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Have fun, and happy shredding!

David K.