Below are some timing exercises to work on your picking hand.

   d   d   d   d     d   d   d   d
E-----------------|-----------------
B-----------------|-----------------
G-----------------|-----------------
D-----------------|-----------------
A--2---2---2---2--|--2---2---2---2--
E-----------------|-----------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

d d d d d u d u d u d
E-----------------|-----------------
B-----------------|-----------------
G-----------------|-----------------
D-----------------|-----------------
A--2---2---2---2--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
E-----------------|-----------------
1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4

d d u d d d u d d u d
E-----------------|-----------------
B-----------------|-----------------
G-----------------|-----------------
D-----------------|-----------------
A--2---2---2---2--|--2-2-2---2-2-2--
E-----------------|-----------------
1 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 3 & 4

d d d d d u d u d u d u
E-----------------|-------------------
B-----------------|-------------------
G-----------------|-------------------
D-----------------|-------------------
A--2---2---2---2--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
E-----------------|-------------------
1 2 3 4 1 e & a 2 e & a

d d u d u d u d d d u d u d u d u
E---------------------|---------------------------
B---------------------|---------------------------
G---------------------|---------------------------
D---------------------|---------------------------
A--2---2-2-2-2-2---2--|--2---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
E---------------------|---------------------------
1 2 e & a 3 4 1 2 3 e & a 4 e & a

d d d d d d u d d u
E-----------------|-------------------
B-----------------|-------------------
G-----------------|-------------------
D-----------------|-------------------
A--2---2---2---2--|--2---2-2-2---2-2--
E-----------------|-------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 & 3 4 &

d d d d d u d d d u d d
E-----------------|---------------------
B-----------------|---------------------
G-----------------|---------------------
D-----------------|---------------------
A--2---2---2---2--|--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--
E-----------------|---------------------
1 2 3 4 1 & a 2 3 & a 4

d u d u d u d d d u d u d u d u d u
E---------------------|-------------------------
B---------------------|-------------------------
G---------------------|-------------------------
D---------------------|-------------------------
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2--|--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--
E---------------------|-------------------------
1 & a 2 & a 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & a 4 & a

d d u d u d u d d u d u d u d u d
E---------------------|---------------------
B---------------------|---------------------
G---------------------|---------------------
D---------------------|---------------------
A--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
E---------------------|---------------------
1 2 & a 3 & a 4 1 & 2 & 3 & a 4 &

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