Alternative exercise

What is alternative? Picking strictly down and up the string. Pick up your pick with your first finger (index) and thumb, and picking down and up with slow movement. You can try to give a little angle to your pick for smoothier playing.

The first three examples are some classic exercises. Always play slowly enough to be sure of the accuracy of alternative picking!

metronome for beginners: 60-150

metronome for others: up to 180

If you're new to this kind of exercises, that will take a few days to adjust, you can start playing two notes per beat. Such lick is very common in rock and metal.

metronome for beginners: 60-100

metronome for others: up to 140

Just be careful in the last beat and accurate. You will learn to change tempo as you play.
metronome for beginners: 60-100
metronome for others: up to 160