Welcome to the second installment of the my Guitar Shredding column. Here, I continue to place patience at the top of the list. Don't rush to play fast! And of course, practice, practice, practice. But, you have to practice in the right way. This means you go for quality first and speed second. Otherwise you'll be like people who talk so fast their words become gibberish - each note in a stream of notes, like each word in a sentence, must have meaning. The first pattern is an E pentatonic scale with the tapping finger on the high E string on the 15th fret. This is one way to actually sweep pick the scale smoothly without too much alternate picking action... Continue reading "E Pentatonic Practice"