Gateway Picking Exercises: Intermediate Guitar 2

This is a picking exercise.
The fifth postition of the Emin Pentatonic Scale is as follows:
	12th fret			13th fret
thinnest string	E (root)			G
	B			D
	G		A
	D		E(root)
	A		B
thickest string	E(root)			G
This is how I finger ther fifth position of the Emin pentatonic scale:
	12th fret			15th fret
thinnest string	index			ring
	index			ring
	index		ring
	index		ring
	index		ring
thickest string	index
This exercise will repeatingly descend a portion of the pentatonic scale:
	12th fret			15th fret
thinnest string
3rd string	index		ring
4th string			ring
thickest string
Pay most attention to the repeating downstroke and upstroke pattern.
Play the pattern:
1. 14th fret, ring finger, down stroke, 3rd string
2. 12th fret, index finger, upstroke, 3rd string
3. 14th fret, ring finger, upstroke, 4th string
4. repeat sequence this pattern ad nauseam
If in question this is the order: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, repeat.
	12th fret			15th fret
thinnest string
3rd string	2nd		1st
4th string			3rd
thickest string

Practice to metronomes:
https://craig-hamilton-guitar-lessons.blogspot.com/2020/05/metronomes_9.html


Metronome playlist here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aGo24oKGjE&list=PLnwtC5S5oy6VWZA9MvoyKazilF8d1_VqQ

1st Picking Study: Simple 1 String Patterns for Guitar Practice

Using just one string anywhere on the fretboard:

Ascend 4 half-steps (a half step is one fret higher on the neck of the guitar), using the index, middle, ring, and pinky finger.

Thus, if one is at the 5th fret, play the 5th fret note with the index finger, the 6th fret note with the middle finger, the 7th fret note with the ring finger, and the 8th fret note with the pinky finger.

Repeat this many times, but if you feel any pain, please immediately stop, and rest.  Maybe try it again the next day.

Play this pattern with alternating pick strokes and/or down strokes.
Practice to metronomes:
https://craig-hamilton-guitar-lessons.blogspot.com/2020/05/metronomes_9.html


Metronome playlist here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aGo24oKGjE&list=PLnwtC5S5oy6VWZA9MvoyKazilF8d1_VqQ