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Untitled from December 2000 (Various Licks)
How are you all doing this month? I got some more pure insanity for you. That…is…IF…you THINK that you can handle it. 
More fun with sweeping. I’m gonna make janitors out of you all yet…. no, wait a minute….that’s right we are guitarists here. Well, ok then, check this out. This first deal is an expansion off of last month’s ideas. Only this time I made it a lot more challenging!
------------------------------11h14p11------11/---- ----------------------------12--------12--12------- -------8h11p8-----------8/11------------11--------- ------9------9---------9--------------------------- -----9--------9-------9---------------------------- -7h11----------11p7h11----------------------------- -14h19p14--14h19p14--------------------14h19p14\--- ---------16--------16----------------16------------ ---------------------16------------16-------------- -----------------------16--------16---------------- -------------------------18p14h18------------------ --------------------------------------------------- -11h14p11-----------------------------14h19p14----- ---------12----------12-------------16--------16--- -----------11------11--11------11/16------------16\ -------------13--13------13--13-------------------- ---------------14----------14---------------------- --------------------------------------------------- -----------------11h14p11-------------------------- -----------12--12--------12------------------------ -11------11--11------------11\-8-----------8h11---- ---13--13-----------------------9---------9-------- -----14--------------------------9-------9--------- ----------------------------------11p7h11---------- -7h11t19p11p7-------7------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- -------------11p8h11-11p8-------------------------- -------------------------9------9------------------ --------------------------9-----9------------------ ---------------------------11p7-7------------------
Whoa……….NOW that is fun to play!!!!! Got all that? Oh, I see how it is. not hard enough? Your fingers aren’t bleeding yet? well ok hotshot. Try this. Lets see how your alternate picking holds up. This next example is a sequence to take a diminished arpeggio and blaze at warp speed. most people find 2 note per string picking hard. It is something you should work on. Combined with 3 note per string picking, this 2-3 can sound lethal!
---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------8-11-8---------------------- --------7-10-7-----7-10-------10-7------7-10-7------ ----6-9-------9-6-9----------------9-6-9------9-6--- -5-8---------------------------------------------8-5
Here is another cool way to tear it up with the same type of pattern.
---------------8-11-8----------5-8-5--------------- --------------------------------------------------- -----------8-11------11-8-\-5-8-----8-5------------ -------7-10----------------------------7-4--------- ----6-9-----------------------------------6-3------ -5-8-----------------------------------------5-2---
Alright, that’s some cool sounding stuff hey? Well check out this. This next example is based on a cool string skipping arpeggio. This is an E minor arpeggio.
--15p12-----------12------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- ------16p12--12h16--------------------------------- -----------14-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
Now, let us sequence it! Here we go:
-15p12-----------12-----15p12--12----------------- --------------------------------------------------- ------16p12--12h16--16p12-----16--16p12------------ -----------14-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
Well, that is all for this month. Enjoy the insanity! Happy shredding!
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