Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm doing my own 8-Week Alternate Picking Intensive, all 56 days of it, and streaming the actual practice sessions. This is Day 27.
This is not a lesson. It's the real daily work: 12 exercises, 5 minutes each. Four pentatonic, four modal, four exotic (melodic minor, harmonic minor and friends). Everything is eighth notes at 80 BPM over a drone so you can hear the tonality of every note. The tempo never goes up. The goal is perfect accuracy, and speed grows out of that.
Every week there are 12 new exercises witihin the same categories.
Want to do the intensive yourself? It's one of four 8-week intensives inside Practice Room Pro, with the full week-by-week plan, printable tabs and Guitar Pro files, a practice log built specifically for this intensive, and my feedback on your playing as you go:
jonbjorkmusic.com/pro
The metronome and drone you see on screen is my own app, JB Timing Trainer:
apps.apple.com/app/jb-timing-trainer/id6444255923
While the stream is on: play along with the tab on screen, or do your own practice with me as company. Either way, we both practiced today. Questions welcome in chat, I answer between exercises.
▶ WATCH THE REST OF THE INTENSIVE
The first 4 weeks of this intensive are public here on YouTube. From week 5, the replays live inside my free community, where members follow along with daily check-in threads. Join free: skool.com/the-practice-room-pro/about
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm doing my own 8-Week Alternate Picking Intensive, all 56 days of it, and streaming the actual practice sessions. This is Day 27.
This is not a lesson. It's the real daily work: 12 exercises, 5 minutes each. Four pentatonic, four modal, four exotic (melodic minor, harmonic minor and friends). Everything is eighth notes at 80 BPM over a drone so you can hear the tonality of every note. The tempo never goes up. The goal is perfect accuracy, and speed grows out of that.
Every week there are 12 new exercises witihin the same categories.
Want to do the intensive yourself? It's one of four 8-week intensives inside Practice Room Pro, with the full week-by-week plan, printable tabs and Guitar Pro files, a practice log built specifically for this intensive, and my feedback on your playing as you go:
jonbjorkmusic.com/pro
The metronome and drone you see on screen is my own app, JB Timing Trainer:
apps.apple.com/app/jb-timing-trainer/id6444255923
While the stream is on: play along with the tab on screen, or do your own practice with me as company. Either way, we both practiced today. Questions welcome in chat, I answer between exercises.









![Alternate Picked Pentatonic Sixes: Day 5 - Round 1/4
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Got 14 minutes and a guitar? Then this counts. Round 1 is a complete session on its own — or just keep playing and the next round starts automatically.
Today in the Practice Room:Alternate Picking Pentatonic Sixes Day 5 · E minor
Todays session:
▸ Round 1 — [8th notes, 80 bpm, downstroke start] (this video)
▸ Round 2 — [8th notes, 80 bpm, upstroke start]
▸ Round 3 — [triplets, 60 bpm, downstroke start]
▸ Round 4 — [triplets, 60 bpm, upstroke start]
Do rounds 1 and 2 and youve completed the day. If you have the time and the inclination, I highly suggest doing the full workout every day.
One rule: if you feel any tingling or pain, stop immediately. Your hands are your responsibility.
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New workout every day. Every week covers a different exercise. Today is a great day to start!
0:00 Intro
1:36 8ths Down · Shape 2
4:10 8ths Down · Shape 3
6:39 8ths Down · Shape 4
9:20 8ths Down · Shape 5
11:50 8ths Down · Shape 1
14:17 8ths Down · Shape 2
16:52 8ths Down · Shape 3 Alternate Picked Pentatonic Sixes: Day 5 - Round 1/4](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BHOFPYqjak0/mqdefault.jpg)
