Funky sixteenth-note riff in E

Syncopated single notes where the rests matter as much as the notes. Trains your sense of the sixteenth-note grid.

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70 BPM
Start at 70 · goal 110 BPM
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Position on the neck
0 frets
Frets 0–3 · key: E minor pentatonicSee the scale →
1EADGBe1234003020203

Where to play it

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How to practise it

  1. Keep your picking hand moving down-up in sixteenths the whole time — just miss the strings on the rests.
  2. Mute with your fretting hand so the rests are truly silent.
  3. Count "1 e & a, 2 e & a" out loud until it sits.
  4. Start at 70 BPM. Only speed up when you can play it cleanly three times in a row — the goal is 110 BPM.