as far as exercises for alternate picing try just picking alternatley on one string very very slowly, wait about ten seconds and speed it up slightly. wait another 10 seconds and spped up your alternate picking on that one string even more and continue speeding up in small incriments until you reach as fast as you can go. when you think you cant go any faster go to another string and start over. this makes sure you are used to strings of different thicknesses. i did this for about 2 hours straight a few days and i can pick really fast now though not necesarily acuratley but its great for thrash metal where you are playing maybe only one note and alternatley picking really fast, maybe sliding up the fretboard while alternatley picking also sounds good.


as far as soloing goes i suppose ill just practous scales. i dont mind things that are tedious if it helps me acheive a goal. when im improving i guess ill just have to decide when to hammer on, pull off on my own. ill be practicing the 5 major scales though. thanks a bunch, any other recomendations would be great.