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^ practice with a Stylus pick. From my experience, dipping in the string as you cross is the biggest limiting factor when trying to play across strings. Especially even groupings and single note patterns.

Yeah... really low standard of entries so far. I am pretty sure some monster players will enter at the last second and blow them away.

^ Yep. Winning a guitar I will never receive is enough to put me off entering.

Good answer, best of luck. Feel free to send stuff my way if you want some feedback.

Very odd bunch of exercises in that PDF... How often are you going to need a 15/8 finger picking pattern with such a bizarre rhythm? Surely if you want to get good at finger style patterns you can just get a book that already covers it? There are dozens of great books that cover this already...

^ yep sounds like tension to me. Try using a pick with good grip and apply as little pressure as you can on the pick. Also make sure you aren't digging into the strings too much as this will force you to grip the pick even harder.

I would say fast would be 180 16ths for 3 minutes straight.

The Sol stuff is the hardest death metal riffage I have come across so far

Thats why I said it works on 2 strings

2 notes per string with economy picking across 2 strings is very easy. I would say you should focus on alternate to begin with as it has more applications than economy. When you are comfortable with alternate, add some economy exercises in too.

Dipping into the strings. This dipping motion will slow you down and waste energy.

I can help you out on Skype if you want. Been teaching for 12 years and may be able to help you refine your technique and make a practice plan. 225bpm is possible, but it is likely to take a long time to develop this speed with a relaxed technique (depending on the level you are currently at and...

The endurance routines from my books has worked for lots of people. A short version of it would be to focus on picking a single note for 3 sets of 3 minutes. Go up 1bpm a day. Picking for long periods of time ensures that you are totally relaxed. You can also use this time to focus on small...

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Are you spending any time actually working on your picking technique? Relaxed grip, not dipping, small movements, wrist isolation etc

Good plan. Summer is great for this kind of stuff. I'm interested to see your progress.

It is a lifetimes work, you can always know your scales better. The only way to get good at different keys is to actually do it. If you forget the first one, spend a little bit of time each day playing your major scales through the circle of fifths.

If playing in different keys is the main problem at the moment, why don't you literally spend 1 week playing in an unfamiliar key?

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yeah, when learning solos there is no point going up 1bpm a time. If your technique is holding you back, return to the woodshed.