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Chromatic exercises for left hand dexterity and left/right hand coordination.
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e||----------------------1-2----------------------||
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b||------------------1-2-----1-2------------------||
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g||o-------------1-2-------------1-2-------------o||
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d||o---------1-2---------------------1-2---------o||
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A||------1-2-----------------------------1-2------||
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E||--1-2-------------------------------------1-2--||
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  1: u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d
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  2: d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
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e||--1-2-------------------------------------1-2----||
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b||------1-2-----------------------------1-2--------||
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g||o---------1-2---------------------1-2-----------o||
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d||o-------------1-2-------------1-2---------------o||
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A||------------------1-2-----1-2--------------------||
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E||----------------------1-2------------------------||
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  1: u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d
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  2: d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
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e||----------------------2-1----------------------||
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b||------------------2-1-----2-1------------------||
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g||o-------------2-1-------------2-1-------------o||
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d||o---------2-1---------------------2-1---------o||
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A||------2-1-----------------------------2-1------||
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E||--2-1-------------------------------------2-1--||
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  1: u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d
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  2: d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
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e||--2-1-------------------------------------2-1----||
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b||------2-1-----------------------------2-1--------||
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g||o---------2-1---------------------2-1-----------o||
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d||o-------------2-1-------------2-1---------------o||
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A||------------------2-1-----2-1--------------------||
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E||----------------------2-1------------------------||
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  1: u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d
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  2: d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
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e||--------------------------------1-2-3--------------------------------||
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b||--------------------------1-2-3-------1-2-3--------------------------||
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g||o-------------------1-2-3-------------------1-2-3-------------------o||
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d||o-------------1-2-3-------------------------------1-2-3-------------o||
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A||--------1-2-3-------------------------------------------1-2-3--------||
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E||--1-2-3-------------------------------------------------------1-2-3--||
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  1: u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
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  2: d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d
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e||--1-2-3-------------------------------------------------------1-2-3--||
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b||--------1-2-3-------------------------------------------1-2-3--------||
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g||o-------------1-2-3-------------------------------1-2-3-------------o||
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d||o-------------------1-2-3-------------------1-2-3-------------------o||
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A||--------------------------1-2-3-------1-2-3--------------------------||
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E||--------------------------------1-2-3--------------------------------||
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  1: u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
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  2: d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d
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e||--------------------------------3-2-1--------------------------------||
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b||--------------------------3-2-1-------3-2-1--------------------------||
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g||o-------------------3-2-1-------------------3-2-1-------------------o||
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d||o-------------3-2-1-------------------------------3-2-1-------------o||
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A||--------3-2-1-------------------------------------------3-2-1--------||
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E||--3-2-1-------------------------------------------------------3-2-1--||
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  1: u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
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  2: d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d
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e||--3-2-1-------------------------------------------------------3-2-1--||
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b||--------3-2-1-------------------------------------------3-2-1--------||
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g||o-------------3-2-1-------------------------------3-2-1-------------o||
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d||o-------------------3-2-1-------------------3-2-1-------------------o||
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A||--------------------------3-2-1-------3-2-1--------------------------||
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E||--------------------------------3-2-1--------------------------------||
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  1: u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
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  2: d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d
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(repeat up and down with 1-2-3-4 and 4-3-2-1)
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(again with alternate picking starting on upstroke once, and downstroke once)
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     ^       ^       ^       ^       ^       ^       ^       ^       ^       ^
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e||--------------------------------------4-3-1-2--------------------------------------||
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b||------------------------------4-3-1-2---------4-3-1-2------------------------------||
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g||o---------------------4-3-1-2-------------------------4-3-1-2---------------------o||
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d||o-------------4-3-1-2-----------------------------------------4-3-1-2-------------o||
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A||------4-3-1-2---------------------------------------------------------4-3-1-2------||
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E||--1-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------4-3--||
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Invent similar chromatic exercises by mixing up the order of the fingers and adding string switches. Play them up and down the neck. You can also invent odd-numbered things like:
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e||----------------------------------------------4-2----||
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b||------------------------------------4-2---2-1-----3--||
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g||o-------------------------4-2---2-1-----3-----------o||
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d||o---------------4-2---2-1-----3---------------------o||
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A||------4-2---2-1-----3--------------------------------||
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E||--2-1-----3------------------------------------------||
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and vary the rhythm (quintuplets, so every note is the same length; first three notes faster as 16th triplets and the other two as regular sixteenths; etc etc).
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You can also add position shifts on string changes if you want, either up or down. E.g. the previous exercise could become something like:
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e||---------------------------------------------1210----||
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b||-----------------------------------10-8--10-9----11--||
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g||o-------------------------8-6---8-7-----9-----------o||
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d||o---------------6-4---6-5-----7---------------------o||
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A||------4-2---4-3-----5--------------------------------||
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E||--2-1-----3------------------------------------------||
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String skipping can be worked into these as well.