Downward scales workouts

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There's a plethora of ways to practice scales. Every one of them helps building a sound right hand technique. All following examples are in G:

Straight downward scale

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Broken downward scale

by groups of three notes

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by groups of four notes

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with thirds skips

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Broken downward scale on the two high strings by groups of six notes

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You can apply this workouts to diagrams seen in The Typical Scales