One day remains picking

[JonnyP71]

Have been searching the forum for signs of others attempting the alter bridge song one day remains. It’s got a killer riff in it, at a pretty quick pace - for me anyhow… Does anyone have any approaches for this song particularly? I think the whole thing is alternate picked, but wondered if anyone does this with economy picking, for example.

Also can really feel my arm tensing up after a few rounds of the main riff. So any thoughts on maintaining rapid picking would be welcome.

Here’s a clip of a lesson

And then Tremonti playing it ridiculously fast live

And then Preformatted text

[tommo]

Hey @JonnyP71, sorry for not noticing this earlier!

@JonnyP71

It’s got a killer riff in it, at a pretty quick pace - for me anyhow… Does anyone have any approaches for this song particularly?

Are you talking about the riff that Andy James demonstrates at around 2:20? To me it seems that the right hand pattern is the same as Paul Gilbert’s “Technical Difficulties” intro riff. We have a couple of threads on this that I hope will be helpful:

Technical difficulties with Paul Gilbert licks

The Paul Gilbert tune - has anyone mastered it? I simply cannot figure out how the hell to play the main riff - I can’t get the same sound - that wickely awesome “gunning engine” sound he gets. I can play all the fast bits, the legato stuff, the 6’s e.t.c. - just can’t play the main riff without bluffing the single string notes. I play it starting with a up stroke, the fast 6 runs I inside pick - then back to a upstroke for the main riff. For some reason I usually mess up and double hit the si…

Help with Technical Difficulties

So, have no problem with the main riff. The problem is that I just can’t get that speedy scale run in the end fast enough The part I’m struggling the most with is when I’m reached to lowest string and changes direction. Am I doing some obvious wrongs?

And of course feel free to post a video of you playing this riff in the technique critique section, to get advice from the community! Filming instructions attached

Filming Your Playing