Downstrokes etude

Hi fellows )

I decided to write short thing for practicing downstrokes. This time a part to practice is a rhythm guitar section, not soloing one (unusual for this forum, right? :slight_smile:)
Common way to practice fast stuff is using bursts. So, in this song you have galop (which is short burst technically) and some bursts on one string and on different strings. The whole rhythm guitar section is played with downstrokes… well, you can play last part with alternate picking if you wish (that part where you have steady 16th rhythm on two strings)

In case you find it boring to play without solo you can create one, or you can use my solo… if you don’t find it cringy )

Guitar Pro:
Downstroke_ex.gpx (32.9 KB)

Aha… forum doesn’t let me to upload mp3. Ok, I’ll post external links then.

MP3s are in 110bpm. If you need another tempo - let me know

Full version with my cringy solo:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=03707841872206483990
Full version without solo:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=29339611885688359318
Backing track with solo:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=81622453656660929751
Backing track without solo:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=15303874708818715611

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Thank you for sharing all these etudes - I’m still practicing USX through your “ahoy” song :slight_smile:

By the way the forum does allow mp3s, not sure what happened there! Here is a test with the first file you shared:

It just stops uploading at some point. I had such a problem when I had slow internet, but now I have fast internet so I don’t know what is the reason of that.