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- Alternate Picking WorkoutLEVEL 5Alternate Picking lesson at the level 6. Contains medium fast picking and different variations of licks - ascending, descending and two string skipping options. Speed itself is not as much the challenge, as the position shifts and string skipping.
- Alternate Picking WorkoutLEVEL 6For intermediate players inspired by Paul Gilbert and Yngwie Malmsteen.
- Alternate Picking 2LEVEL 3Moderate tempo (8th notes in 160 bpm), neoclassical picking practice, combined with basic major and minor shapes. Palm muting added to make "question-response" contrast. Good warm-up for beginner alternate pickers.
- Alternate Picking 3LEVEL 4Alternate picking etude combined with string skipping. Next step if you already feel comfortable with medium speed picking on one string or those close to each other. Recommended once you're done with Alternate Picking Workout 2 lesson.
- Picking WorkoutLEVEL 2For beginners ready to move on from chord strumming. The exercise is prepared with harmonic content to make practicing more interesting.
- Neoclassical Picking WorkoutLEVEL 4Workout for your right hand with a cool neoclassical backing track!
- Alternate Picking BasicsLEVEL 3Licks examples and detailed explanations of how to start working on the right hand alternate picking technique, including hand positions, basic mechanics of the movement, pick angles, hand angles, strength management.
- Alternate Picking RiffsLEVEL 6140 BPM heavy progression - improve your timing and speed!
- Strict Alternate PickingLEVEL 6The most aggressive-sounding picking there is. NB not for the faint-hearted!
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azureus28th January 2021Alternate Picking Workout #1....
I can hear the count in correctly .. should it be possible to change the others!?
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Darius Wave16th March 2015Thank You Tagaluchi!
Tagaluchi15th March 2015Great lessons man!
- Darius Wave16th July 2014
I'm always happy to see players enjoy it
Thank You Artur 
Artur Sikora16th July 2014Great lesson! Very helpful for my person!
- Darius Wave22nd May 2014
Thanx for Your kind words
I'm glad You enjoy my lessons - nreach2621st May 2014
Darius I have subscribed to GMT lessons just after a looking at your lessons. I have tried GT and Jamplay both. but GMT is the most effective way of picking up pace. thanks.
- Darius Wave30th November 2013i'm using it this right now!!, very good one Darius!!
Great! Let me know if You need any additional help with this one 
Huargo30th November 2013i'm using it this right now!!, very good one Darius!!
- Darius Wave8th July 2013
Then let Your fingers love it too
)) - Sound7th July 2013
This is great My ears love this.
Ben Higgins24th June 2013Awesome lesson, Darius ! I'm a big believer in teaching yourself to improve by using small bursts
- Darius Wave15th June 2013
Great! Than please share with us Your progress
- PeteLucifersAngels14th June 2013
Great lesson! I think this can end up helping me a lot! I will try to practice this every day!
- Darius Wave13th June 2013
Thank You John...I think with Your blue style and different musical target You won't need to reach anything after 35 second
Anyway It's an honour that You've viewed and try the lesson All best from Poland 
John Hatcher13th June 2013Daruis - I was with you until around the 35 second mark. Ha! Great lesson and a really cool approach. This is something I need to work on.
- Darius Wave12th June 2013
Thanx Gab!
Gabriel Leopardi12th June 2013Killer lesson! Well done Darius! I'll be following this workouts!
- Darius Wave9th June 2013
This is always cool feeling when You do something helpful
Thank You all! 
SteveGuitar8th June 2013Thank you Darius, it's really fun and helping me =)
sammetal928th June 2013Amazing!
TreyDeschamp7th June 2013Awesome lesson! This will be a useful tool, especially the end parts.
- Romko7th June 2013
Good lesson. Thank you.
- Darius Wave6th June 2013
Thanx GMC maniacs
Get Your guitar and start to work out Maybe You'll have Your own cool concepts to improve Your picking , using those backing tracks. There are different tempos so It's best to fit Your current abilities and focus on the precision ))) So glad You all enjoy this 
Hajduk6th June 2013Killer lesson
Sensible Jones6th June 2013Just what I need!! A more musical approach to AP exercises!! Thanks mate!!!
wollace036th June 2013wow, cool lesson /exercise and a very cool guitar!
Nava6th June 2013Great! So many techniques :-)
Love ur tone! AP is so difficult, I will surely look this out!
Javier Aviles6th June 2013Fantastic exercise to clean picking technique. Greets!
- Darius Wave6th June 2013
Thank You guys! I hope this would very usefull since I use it myself
DeGroot6th June 2013Excellent! What a fun way to learn all the different picking patterns. Really like the speed picking parts.
zoom6th June 2013Cool Darius! I've been working on Emir's Turkish March and this is the same style so should be cool to learn. Cheers mate!
David Vagabond6th June 2013Great lesson ! I start right now !
- Darius Wave6th June 2013
You're wellcome Patrik
Patrik Berg6th June 2013this is what I need to work on, alternate picking, thank you Darius
- Darius Wave6th June 2013
Thank You Piotr!
I tried to make praciticing less boring 
Piotr Kaczor6th June 2013I swear I hate most versions of Canon Rock, but this workout is killer and extremely useful! Great sound and cool backing track!
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Hi there GMC'ers!
Here's a first lesson of the Alternate picking workout series!
Practicing with the metronome can be really boring. It's good to practice some basic shapes, but to make it more interesting, let's do it with some drums and famous "Canon Rock" chord progression. It won't be a form of a song with a melody priority. This would be an exercise that will help to improve timming, rhythm execution and changing between slow and fast movements. Good balance between hard and soft/relaxed movements is more than very important while playing fast. If we practice only fast licks, then we could have problems to find moments for loosing the tension of our right hand. This exercise is a way to don't get bored with listening to metronome's click and still spend some time on practicing basic alternate picking shapes.
To help You better fit the timming, first part of the track is supported with bass drum beats equal to guitar rhythm. Than the bass drum leaves You "on Your own" to handle the similar rhythm sections as in the "supported part".
Gear used:
* Hufschmid Headless electric guitar
* Presonus Inspire 1394 audio interface
* TSE X50 vst plug-in with catharsis 1on-pres5 cab impulse for solo guitar
* Spector Performer 4-str bass
* Ernie Ball 10-46 slinky strings with standard E tuning.
Tuning: standard tuning E-A-D-G-B-E
Backing track progression is based on the famous "Canon Rock" and repeated through all the exercise:
4/4 C | G | Am | Em | F | C | F | G ||
Tempo: Main song tempo is 180 bpm. There are also backing tracks available in 80, 120, 150 and 180 bpm.
Time signature: 4/4
Scales used in this lesson:
From this course:
- Alternate Picking 2LEVEL 3Moderate tempo (8th notes in 160 bpm), neoclassical picking practice, combined with basic major and minor shapes. Palm muting added to make "question-response" contrast. Good warm-up for beginner alternate pickers.
- Alternate Picking ComboLEVEL 9Speed picking workout, showcasing different techniques of alternate picking - hand, wrist and pick angles. Get familiar with a few approaches and choose the best solutions for Your own playing.
- Alternate Picking 3LEVEL 4Alternate picking etude combined with string skipping. Next step if you already feel comfortable with medium speed picking on one string or those close to each other. Recommended once you're done with Alternate Picking Workout 2 lesson.
- Picking WorkoutLEVEL 2For beginners ready to move on from chord strumming. The exercise is prepared with harmonic content to make practicing more interesting.
- Alternate Picking WorkoutLEVEL 5Alternate Picking lesson at the level 6. Contains medium fast picking and different variations of licks - ascending, descending and two string skipping options. Speed itself is not as much the challenge, as the position shifts and string skipping.
- Alternate Picking WorkoutLEVEL 6For intermediate players inspired by Paul Gilbert and Yngwie Malmsteen.
- Neoclassical Picking WorkoutLEVEL 4Workout for your right hand with a cool neoclassical backing track!
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
