These are very good to practice. I often alter them a lot to make my own riffs.
1.
E-------|------|------|------|
b-------|------|------|------|
g-------|------|------|------|
d---7---|--5---|--3---|--2---|
a---7---|--5---|--3---|--2---|
e---5---|--3---|--1---|--0---|
Do the above as if it is in 4/4 time. Divide it any way you want.
2.(Alternate Picking: Down, Up)
E-------------|--------------|-----------|------------||
b-------------|--------------|-----------|------------||
g-------------|--------------|-----------|------------||
d-------7-----|-------5------|------3----|------2-----||
a----7----7---|----5-----5---|----3---3--|---2----2---||
e-5-----------|-3------------|-1---------|-0----------||
2A. Do the above exercise with "down, up" picking on each note. So each note is picked twice.
2B. Do the above exercise with "down, up down" picking so each note is picked three times.
3.(Alternate Picking)
E------------|------------|------------|-----------||
b------------|------------|------------|-----------||
g------------|------------|------------|-----------||
d--------7---|--------5---|--------3---|-------2---||
a-----7------|----2-5-----|----0-3-----|-----2-----||
e-5-8--------|-3----------|-1----------|-0-4-------||
3A.Do the above exercise with "down, up" picking on each note. So each note is picked twice.
3B.Do the above exercise with "down, up down" picking so each note is picked three times.
4.(Alternate Picking)
E-----------|------------|-------------|------------||
b-----------|------------|-------------|------------||
g-----------|------------|-------------|------------||
d-------5---|---------3--|---------2---|---------0--||
a-----7-----|---2--5-----|---0--3------|------2-----||
e-5-8-------|-3----------|-1-----------|-0--4-------||
4A.Do the above exercise with "down, up" picking on each note. So each note is picked twice.
4B.Do the above exercise with "down, up down" picking so each note is picked three times.
5.
E--5---|--3---|--1---|--0---||
b--5---|--3---|--1---|--3---|| Once again, just do this in 4/4 time.
g--5---|--4---|--2---|--1---|| You can divide it up anyway you want.
d--7---|--5---|--3---|--2---||
a--7---|--5---|--3---|--2---||
e--5---|--3---|--1---|--0---||
6.
E--0---|--0---|--0---|--0---||
b--0---|--0---|--0---|--0---|| Once again, just do this in 4/4 time.
g--5---|--4---|--2---|--1---|| You can divide it up anyway you want.
d--7---|--5---|--3---|--2---||
a--0---|--0---|--0---|--0---||
e------|------|------|------||
7.
E--0---|--0---|--0---|--0---||
b--5---|--3---|--1---|--3---||
g--5---|--4---|--2---|--1---|| Do this in 4/4 time. d--7---|--5---|--3---|--2---||
a--0---|--0---|--0---|--0---||
e------|------|------|------||
8.
E---7---|--5---|--3---|---2----||
b---0---|--0---|--0---|---0----||
g---5---|--4---|--2---|---1----|| 4/4 Time.
d---7---|--5---|--3---|---2----||
a---0---|--0---|--0---|---0----||
e-------|------|------|--------||
9.
E--7---|--5---|--3---|--2---|
b--5---|--3---|--1---|--3---|
g--5---|--4---|--2---|--1---|
d--7---|--5---|--3---|--2---|
a--0---|--0---|--0---|--0---|
e------|------|------|------|
E-mail me here. |
