Super Shred Guitar Exercise! Hybrid Picking And Hammer Ons (Patreon)
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1. Technique
First up, hybrid picking is using the fingers and pick in combination. This allows you to play lines that would be impossible with just the pick. Helps to achieve a wide intervallic sound as well. I'm using my middle finger to pluck, while keeping my pick in regular position.
Second, we'll be using hammer ons from nowhere...which is a difficult technique involving hammering on to new strings without pick strokes. The possibilities with this technique are mind boggling. You're gonna have to take you're fretting hand to the next level to dominate this approach.
2. Theory
This shred guitar exercise is in the key of G major, which contains 1 sharp, F#. The progression uses power chord shapes, implying an Am-Bm-C progression. The open A and E strings serve as a pedal tone backdrop, providing context for the fretted notes.