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3 Great Alternate picking exercises

Jens Larsen
http://www.jenslarsen.nl
Standard tuning

= 120
Exercise 1 - Shell voicings

3 3
3
1 2

3 3
3 3
3
E-Gt

4 5 7 9 10 12 14 16
2 3 5 7 9 10 12 14
3 5 7 8 10 12 14 15

Example 2 - Drop 2 voicings in 3rds 3 variations


3 4

7 10
8 7 10
9 7 7 11
9 9 5 9
10 7
8

5 6

3 7
5 3 7
5 4 4 7
5 5 2 5
7 3
5

7 8

8 12
10 8 12
11 9 9 12
10 10 7 10
12 9
10

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Example 3 - String skips in Diatonic drop2 voicings

10 11

5 5 6 6
4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
5 5 7 7
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

12 13

8 8 10 10
7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9
9 9 10 10
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

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