CONTENTS

1. Introduction

2. Ultimate Warm-Up

3. "Rainforest"

* Harmonic Minor/Phrygian-Dominant in Odd Meter

* More on Odd Meter

* Incorporating Sweeps into Melodic Ideas

4. "Prog"

* Part 1: Soloing in F# Phrygian

* Part 2: More Soloing in F# Phrygian

5. Scalar Riffs

* Dividing Scalar Runs into Three-Note Groups

6. Sweep Picking

* Using Sweeps in Conjunction with Arpeggiated Melodic Ideas

* “The Finish Line”

7. Using Wide Stretches with Unusual Scales and String Skipping

* The Whole-Tone Scale

* Diminished Arpeggios

8. Tapped Riffs Incorporating String Skipping

9. Tapped Riffs Executed as Sweeps

* Alternating Minor and Major Sweep Arpeggios

* The Randy Rhoads Influence

10. How to Break out of a Rut

11. Symmetrical Riffs with Wide Stretches

12. How to Create Harmonized Lines

* Stacking “Thirds”

* “Hands Without Shadows”