rubber bands.... wont that restrict blood flow

err depends on your string gauge

great song to practice fast downstroking is like light to the flies by trivium. its a good warm up song too

i used to hang my guitar too low till the point where it became uncomfortable to play, so now i hang medium-low so that i can access higher frets on the lower strings

different people have different ways of using the metronome.. for me i split up the notes to the beats, and find "reference notes" basically where the note hits the metronome click. thats how i tell if im playing on time or not. hope you understand what i'm saying haha

try this.. break the solo into many many parts, like individual sections and practice them seperately. then when you nail all of them down, start joining them up 1 by 1, like lick 1 + lick 2. practice that then join lick 2 + lick 3, then lick 1+2+3 and so on.. that's my way of remember, hope it helps you too


well you can do that but i prefer not to, cuz i'm quite particular about my playing and i feel that playing all downstrokes make it feel more "chug" and even.

for that particular song i find it great for warmup.. verse riffs warms up my downstroke and lower fret riffing while the solo warms up my alternate picking and arpeggios