Speed Techniques

Today’s warm-up lick is a combination of the last two exercises. Walk all four fingers up the strings. Remember to palm mute all the strings, alternate your picking pattern starting with a down stroke, and angle your pick slightly against the string. Once you play this lick ascending and descending, move it all up 1 fret and start over (see video). Keep moving higher up the neck 1 fret at a time until your hands fall off. Play this exercise a few thousand times. 

Learn this lick and then practice to