Stratovarius - Destiny

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So here is our first pattern. As you can see, it's a 4 notes pattern that will only make use of your forefinger and your ringfinger. The difficulty is in the fact that not all the notes are on the same string.
This pattern has to be played with an alternate picking method. Start by playing it slowly and increase the speed as you feel more comfortable.
The secret to play those multiple strings patterns properly is in minimizing the movement of you right hand as much as possible. Remember: "Guitar solos are for lazy people: The less you move your hands, the cleaner it sounds" --Me

This pattern is used in the intro of solo of the song Destiny from the metal band Stratovarius.

Hello world

Here it is, my first post on my guitar blog.
I've had this idea for a while, creating a blog where I could share my guitar tips. But I wasn't sure about what to talk about and I finally came up with an idea:
When playing guitar solos from my various influences, I realized that it's always the same patterns on the left hands that are used and reused. That makes sense. If we consider 4 notes patterns, we have 4 fingers (you know what I mean) so we can only play a limited number of 4 notes patterns.
So in this blog, I will talk about left hand patterns that are used by different guitar heros. I will try to keep the patterns really small so that they are easy to work on.
Enjoy