Here are some Alternate Picking licks to help you with accuracy and speed. I got one of them from Greg Howe. Check him out at www.Greghowe.com

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The first lick is in A Minor. It descends the B Locrian mode into A Aeolian then to G Mixolydian, F Lydian and ends in E Phrygian with a C Note. I paused at the end of each measure to be able to put some vibrato in there and have some breathing room as well. This also allows you to work on each measure by themselves, using them and mixing them and applying them as you wish.

Lick 2 is from Greg Howe. It descends and ascends the modes in A minor while utilizing slides. This adds some melodic taste. Its from his Instructional Video Hot Rock Licks. You can see the rest of it here…

The last lick is from the E Half Whole Scale. Its a diminished scale using a half step and then a whole step for the entire scale. This makes it easy to learn. Application of it is a whole other thing but we will get to that. Check out G Diminished Chord Progressions for that.

In the half whole scale – all chords are diminished. E07 F07 G07 Ab07 Bb07 B07 C#07 D07. You also have Em7 Gm7 Bbm7 and C#m7.

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ALL LICKS USE STRICT ALTERNATE PICKING.

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Go slow and learn a section at a time then combine them afterwards. You will NEVER pick will if you learn to fast and don’t fix mistakes.

Once you get a feel for these you can go ahead and create your own licks. Thats what I did after watching Greg Howe’s video lesson. I came up with my own.

Stay tuned for more..and don’t forget to check out my ebooks on Amazon. Harmonic Minor Endless Possibilities. It talks about the Harmonic Minor scale and everything you can do with it such as modulation for one. Chord Progression Mastery for Beginners is also on Amazon teaching you chord progressions in each and every key. There are 8 progressions for each of the 24 keys. Amazon.