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Exercise Title	Lesson Title	Date	Hits	Rating
Major 7th Arpeggio	7th Arpeggios	15-Apr-2003	30067
Description:	In this exercise, you will play a Major 7th arpeggio across all 6 strings.
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Exercise Title	Lesson Title	Date	Hits	Rating
Alternate Picking Ex. 1	Alternate Picking Fundamentals	14-Apr-2003	22832
Description:	This is the first of the alternate picking exercises and should get you well on your way to high picking speeds!
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Exercise Title	Lesson Title	Date	Hits	Rating
Major scale - 3 octaves	3 Octave Scales	14-Apr-2003	17444
Description:	This exercise shows how to play throughout the fretboard by playing a Major scale in 3 octaves.
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Exercise Title	Lesson Title	Date	Hits	Rating
Melodic Concept 1	Technique and Solos	16-Apr-2003	11038
Description:	This exercise demonstrates the use of scalar playing in solos
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Exercise Title	Lesson Title	Date	Hits	Rating
High Altitude	Exercises of the Month	07-Sep-2003	11010
Description:	This exercise serves as a tribute to one of the most talented guitarists to ever walk the earth - Jason Becker. We go over a famous lick from his song Altitudes to continue our studies into creative use of arpeggios and intervals.
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Exercise Title	Lesson Title	Date	Hits	Rating
Tapping Ex. 1	Tapping - getting the right fingers on the fretboard!	15-Apr-2003	8501
Description:	This is the most basic imaginable tapping exercise, but it is a great exercise to get started on developing your tapping technique.
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Exercise Title	Lesson Title	Date	Hits	Rating
Legato Ex. 1	Legato Technique (hammer-ons and pull-offs)	14-Apr-2003	6272
Description:	This first exercise shows a fairly common hammer-on and pull-off riff. If you are not familiar with legato technique, this exercise is a great start.
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Exercise Title	Lesson Title	Date	Hits	Rating
Dominating the Fretboard	Exercises of the Month	31-Aug-2003	5491
Description:	This week's Exercise of the Week shows creative use of arpeggios and wide intervals.
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Exercise Title	Lesson Title	Date	Hits	Rating
Triad Arpeggio Triplets	Arpeggio Sequences	15-Apr-2003	5330
Description:	In this exercise, we take a Major triad and play it as triplets.
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