In this lesson we will focus on learning the theory behind economy picking as well as practice a few exercises to develop it. Economy picking is basically the combination of alternate and sweep picking. It produces a smoother sound than straight alternate picking and requires far less effort in the picking hand. If you have [...]

This lesson is a continuation of our previous lesson in alternate picking 3 notes per string scale forms. Now we begin to incorporate position shifts and string skipping into our alternate picking. Remember to practice slowly and evenly and gradually build up speed. Try to take these exercises and create variations on them and start [...]