Guitar 3: Time and picking
Down, up
Alternate picking
Two notes per click now. Count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and. Pick down on the number, up on the and. Never two downs in a row. Keep the pick moving small.
3.1One string
Thin e string only. Down on the number, up on the and.
e|-5--8--5--8--5--8--5--8--|-5--8--5--8--5--8--5--8--| B|-------------------------|-------------------------| G|-------------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
BPM
Pass: one minute, even volume on down and up strokes.
3.2Every note twice
Walk up the box. Each note gets a down and an up.
e|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|-------------------------|-------------------------| G|-------------------------|-------------5--5--7--7--| D|-------------------------|-5--5--7--7--------------| A|-------------5--5--7--7--|-------------------------| E|-5--5--8--8--------------|-------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & e|-------------5--5--8--8--| B|-5--5--8--8--------------| G|-------------------------| D|-------------------------| A|-------------------------| E|-------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
BPM
Pass: no gap when you change strings.
Guitar 3: Time and picking
Scale in eighths
3.3Up and down in eighths
The whole box, two notes per click. Strict down, up.
e|-------------------------|-------5--8--8--5--------| B|-------------------------|-5--8--------------8--5--| G|-------------------5--7--|-------------------------| D|-------------5--7--------|-------------------------| A|-------5--7--------------|-------------------------| E|-5--8--------------------|-------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-7--5--------------------| D|-------7--5--------------| A|-------------7--5--------| E|-------------------8--5--| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
BPM
Pass: four loops without a wrong pick direction.
3.4Play two beats, rest two beats
Four notes, then silence for two clicks. Mute the strings with your picking hand. Keep going up the box the same way. Silence is part of the music.
e|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|-------------------------|-------------------------| G|-------------------------|-------5--7--------------| D|-------------------------|-5--7--------------------| A|-------5--7--------------|-------------------------| E|-5--8--------------------|-------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
BPM
Pass: the rests are fully silent and you come back in on beat 1.