I’m going to be updating weekly with my current guitar practice routines, just in case anyone is interested in trying these out.  Right now, I have just finished tabbing out my daily exercise.  This includes some scales that I play every day, plus a little bit of extra stuff that I’m working on currently.  This routine changes all the time, and I’ll repost it occasionally when it has been updated.

The practice routine currently includes a four-fret exercise for finger dexterity, the blues minor scale, the harmonic minor scale, and a set of triplet arpeggios in a I III V vii ii III progression.  This workout is meant to be played several times in a practice session, starting at a low BPM (such as 40 or 60), and then bringing the BPM up 5 to 10 each time it is played.  Once you have reached the maximum speed at which you can play the workout, try to edge the metronome up 1 or 2 BPM at a time until you cannot play the part anymore.  This will allow you to push just a little further, and that’s where the speed increase comes from!

You can find a PDF of the lesson here.

Have fun, and good shredding!