: Excerpts naturally sound like melodic "licks" rather than exercises. How to Build Your Workbook 1. The "Three-String" Rule
Draw two scale excerpts that are next to each other on the fretboard.
Dedicate a page to a single excerpt (e.g., a Minor Pentatonic box shape on the 5th fret). Practice moving that exact shape up and down the neck.
: Play this excerpt as triplets, then as sixteenth notes.
: Map out the G, B, and E strings first. These are your "soloist strings."
Practice sliding from the end of the first excerpt into the beginning of the second.