Sixpounder solo 2

This is the 2nd solo from the song "Sixpounder" by Children of Bodom.

I came across a cover of this piece recently and noticed that it makes an excellent alternate picking exercise, so I decided to add it to the Captrice library.

It's (mostly) 16th notes played at 142 bpm (as far as I can tell) which is pretty fast! There are some parts that require wider finger stretches, and the legato and string skipping sections take it up a notch. It's perfect to escape from the usual boring and mechanical alternate picking exercises!

Exercise #1 is the complete solo. Exercises #2 and #3 are the sections that I find useful for speed building in isolation. Read their descriptions for more details.

In case it feels a bit too challenging at the moment, you might want to work on your alternate picking and legato techniques first. Here are some exercises from the library:

Paul Gilbert's alternate picking exercises

Guthrie Govan's alternate picking exercises

Legato triplets by Signals music studio