This exercise helps your picking from string to string and works your fingers, mort importanly, your pinky. I usually do this about 3-4 times a day. E--12-9---------------8-11-8--------------7-10-7-------------------- B--------11-8----8-11--------10-7---7-10---------9-6----6-9--------- G--------------9-------------------8-------------------7------------ D------------------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------- E--6-9-6------------5-8-5-----------4-7-4------------3-6-3---------- B---------8-5---5-8-------7-4---4-7-------6-3---3-6--------5-2------ G-------------6----------------5---------------4-----------------3-- D------------------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------- Thats all you have to do. All it really is is just another scale.