3 Alternate Picking Metal Riff Exercises and Tips for Speed and Accuracy

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From metal riff masters like Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica, Sabaton, Primal Fear, Sonata Arctica, Death Angel, Testement (and I could keep naming cool metal bands for days), alternate picking is what you're hearing in those fast, killer metal riffs.

In this video, I'm going to share 3 exercises that will help you build speed and accuracy with your alternate picking. This is specific to metal riffs and rhythm guitar playing.

***Get the tabs and audio for these alternate picking exercises here:


Alternate Picking Exercises Timestamps below:

Exercise 1 -- 03:58
Exercise 2 -- 05:47
Exercise 3 -- 08:02

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***If you're just starting out with metal guitar, this is for you:


We hope this alternate picking lesson and exercises help you play tighter, faster metal guitar riffs. Leave us a comment with any questions. And please give this video a thumbs up if it helped you and be sure to subscribe for more resources and tips for metal musicians.

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