How to Build Shredding Speed By Steve Stine Shredding is fairly easy to learn but hard to master. Learn how to truly master it with these exercises.
“Mirroring” Fretboard Shapes 12 Frets Higher with Taps By Joel Hoekstra Learn how to take a fretboard shape for a given note sequence and “octave mirror” it by “previewing” each note an octave higher.
Marty Friedman Lesson: How to Develop Melodic Ideas with Interesting Twists By Marty Friedman Learn how to take a basic melodic idea and morph it into something more nuanced and complex.
How to Play "Aristocratic Arpeggios" By Baron Taurean Helleshaar Expand your sweep picking skills with this lesson.
Using Tapping for Scale Runs By Ben Higgins Tap through three-note-per-string scalar runs by using the tapped note to replace the third or fourth finger.
Sweeping Arpeggio Workout: Navigating Chord Changes By Adrian Galysh This practice routine'll help you get from one chord to the next with ease.
Paul Gilbert-Style, Sequenced String-Skipping Arpeggios By Scott Marano Learn Paul Gilbert's efficient string-skipping arpeggios technique.
Secrets of Shred: How to Add Sweep Picking to Pentatonic Scales By Sammy Boller Learn this very effective and fun way to sweep pick without playing arpeggios.
Applying Sweep Picking to Unorthodox Passages By Baron Taurean Helleshaar Learn how to apply sweep picking to playing situations that aren’t arpeggios or triadic in nature.
