Downpicking Exercises: Chug with Speed, Power, and Endurance!

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Downpicking is one of the core basics of playing metal guitar riffs like Metallica's James Hetfield, Slayer's Kerry King, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, and several other metal guitar gods.

In this video, we're sharing 3 downpicking exercises that you can practice. These are designed to help you with accuracy, timing, and playing tight metal riffs.

***Tabs and audio can be found for these exercises here:


Here are the timestamps for your downpicking exercises:

01:01 - Exercise 1
02:37 - Exercise 1 Full Mix
03:33 - Exercise 2
04:51 - Exercise 2 Full Mix
05:39 - Exercise 3
08:23 - Exercise 3 Full Mix
09:10 - Tips for downpicking

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We hope these downpicking exercises help you.

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