Alternate picking [ ptb |
mp3 ]
This riff was taken from my song Purgatory and is basically a triplet pattern
going from E on the 6th string all the way up to high E on the 24th
fret. Play this lick very slowly at first with a metronome because the feel is
definitive triplets.
Tremolo Picking
[ ptb |
mp3 | mpg ]
In this example I am going
to rapid pick the high E string to build up speed. Make sure that the notes are
perfect 16th notes though. Tremolo picking is the highest you will
ever be able to pick because it is only on one string and therefore you can not
do any of the other licks faster then this set speed. Because of this fact, you
must get this speed up first by going over it with a METRONOME