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- Upstroke Penta ShredLEVEL 6How to approach 2 note per string patterns starting on upstrokes.
- Upstroke Metal PatternsLEVEL 7By focusing on your upstrokes you will improve your overall picking control!
- Left Hand FocusLEVEL 4Includes left hand tips, legato basics, single string legato and a 5-minute workout.
- Alternate Picking BasicsLEVEL 3Licks examples and detailed explanations of how to start working on the right hand alternate picking technique, including hand positions, basic mechanics of the movement, pick angles, hand angles, strength management.
- Alternate Picking RiffsLEVEL 6140 BPM heavy progression - improve your timing and speed!
- Strict Alternate PickingLEVEL 6The most aggressive-sounding picking there is. NB not for the faint-hearted!
- Alternate Picking WorkoutLEVEL 6For intermediate players inspired by Paul Gilbert and Yngwie Malmsteen.
- Alternate Picking WorkoutLEVEL 5Alternate Picking lesson at the level 6. Contains medium fast picking and different variations of licks - ascending, descending and two string skipping options. Speed itself is not as much the challenge, as the position shifts and string skipping.
- Alternate Picking 3LEVEL 4Alternate picking etude combined with string skipping. Next step if you already feel comfortable with medium speed picking on one string or those close to each other. Recommended once you're done with Alternate Picking Workout 2 lesson.
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thefireball11th July 2010Wow, that would be a change for sure - alternated between ups and downs
Pedja Simovic23rd December 2008Excellent approach and lesson Muris!
Muris Varajic22nd December 2008Glad you like it!
mba6422nd December 2008Great lesson best I seen on Altarnate Picking,covers everything nearly.
- Muris Varajic18th August 2008
That's great to hear ESJ,cheers
Eat-Sleep-andJam18th August 2008This lesson is changing my life
Carlos Carrillo14th March 2008fantastic lesson!
nice job muris- Muris Varajic25th February 2008
Thanks
Danilo Capezzuto25th February 2008Great lesson, very useful.
d.
Joe Kataldo14th January 2008Cool Gymnastic-Guitar-Exercise :-D
- Muris Varajic19th October 2007
Pleasure is all mine,thanks!
Ttask18th October 2007Wow, awesome exercise. I really had difficulties playing strict alternate picking (I was more focusing on speed than "alternate"), then I tried this exercise a couple of days and I already feel much more comfortable while playing. Thanks a lot !
- Muris Varajic9th October 2007
That's great,glad it helps!!
Bulletproof9th October 2007Damn Muris..another excellent video. I've been playing this at least once a day and I"m seeing a HUGE improvement for cleanliness and diversity.
PacmanProductions4th October 2007gosh i love that tone!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Muris Varajic24th September 2007
Glad you came here and you're welcome!
Chris Evans23rd September 2007New to the site, one of the first lessons I`m practicing, fantastic! thanks
Vinod Saranga22nd September 2007Great Muris.
no more strange in upstroks.
Gwazi22nd September 2007Great job Muris this helped me a lot
- Muris Varajic22nd September 2007
Great.
Yes,you can apply this approach to everything you practice or play,and it'll worth.
Some chops will be a lot harder starting with upstroke tho.
Just take it slow first,to get yourself comfortable with it. 
DeepRoots21st September 2007haha..i know what i'll be playing tommorrow muris; this! and the next day, and the next day.....
I'll definatley be playing this with your first alternate picking lesson. Would you suggest i try to apply this technique to that previous lesson also? (for practise sake)
Thanks!- Muris Varajic21st September 2007
Many thanks guys!
This always comes in handy,who knows what you're gonna play tomorrow... 
Ryan21st September 2007Awesome, This is go perfect with my practicing stuff.
Nick32521st September 2007niceeeee
chast20th September 2007The first vibrato sounds so awesome
And as Kizae said, its a good way to memorize the scale
Jeff Curtis21st September 2007nice lesson man... Its always a essential to play a passage with different picking like you said. Good work !!!
JC
The Uncreator21st September 2007Love the Licks in here!
Juan M. Valero20th September 2007Excellent lesson and great picking
Kizaze4420th September 2007Thanks Muris. These lessons are great way to memorize scales without feeling like "homework". Great tunes on your website, too!
Kizaze
David Wallimann20th September 2007Good one as always. :-)
mattacuk20th September 2007Muris - great as always. Please keep up these 3-note per string lessons as its *exactly* what i want to learn !!!
Francis Viviers20th September 2007I want a guitar like yours! Oh ya great lesson man!
fkalich20th September 2007I have so many exercises that I am working on, that I have gotten pretty selective of what I add to my current pile at this time. However, I am adding this one immediately.
shredmandan20th September 2007Great lesson Muris!!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hello GMC and welcome to my 3rd Alternate Picking lesson!
Quick look at the main video doesn't show anything interesting indeed... But closer look will show that something is going on here:)
What I do here is that I play each lick twice, first I start it with DOWNSTROKE and then I repeat it starting with UPSTROKE. This will help you to adjust yourself for uncommon picking patterns and to be prepared for unwanted licks while you're jamming or improvising.
I got into the same situations many times cause I used to practice licks with just one way of picking.
Now I'm quite fine with it and hope this will get you into same mood as well!! :)
3rd Alternate Picking lesson contains:
-Alternate Picking
-Starts with Downstroke and Upstroke
-String Skipping
-Am Scale
Have fun and let me know if you need any help!!:)
Muris Varajic
P.S. This ISN'T fast too much so feel free to go further than just 140 BPM.
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
