Alternate Picking Exercises

Alternate picking — strict down-up-down-up motion — is the foundation of fast, clean single-note lead playing. These exercises drill picking-hand and fretting-hand synchronisation across two-string boxes, position shifts, and Hanon-style runs. The goal is effortless economy of motion at speed: start clean and slow, keep every note even, and climb the metronome a few BPM at a time.