Diatonic modes in G major

This is a short exercise I came up that I practice on a regular basis. The idea is to play the G major scale starting with every consecutive note in the scale. Thus you end up playing the 7 diatonic modes. But instead of starting on the root note of the mode, we play the descending pattern first, switching over to the ascending pattern upon reaching the root note. This exercise covers only the 1st 4 strings and at fast speeds it doesn't sound too exercise-y.

Instead of starting with G major, it starts with A dorian and ends with G major. That way it covers the lower and higher frets more evenly.

I've found it to be helpful in more than one ways:

1. Gets you familiar with the shape of all modes on the higher strings.
2. You get a feel of the key (in this case G major). Throughout the exercise, we're playing only the notes of the G major scale - G B C D E F# but in different positions across the fretboard. This helps immensely with "key center soloing".
3. Can be used as an exercise to practice alternate picking. The picking pattern is consistent - 3 notes each on the 1st and 2nd string, 2 notes on the 3rd string and 1 note on the 4th string

You may use it as a warm up exercise too to get your fingers moving across the neck. \n\nIn this video, I am playing it at the speed of 140 bpm (8th notes in 4/4) for the purpose of demonstration. But you can aim for a higher speed such as 240 bpm and try to play it using both, inside and outside alternate picking.