Anyway, the method is simple.

Step 1: Run through the pattern a few times taking care to alternate pick for every single note. In
other words, you pick down on the first note, up on the second note, down on the third note, then
you change strings but you pick up on the first note of the next string (the fourth note of the
pattern). So it is: down up down up, even though you changed strings - if that makes sense.

Step 2: Determine the speed that you are perfectly comfortable playing this pattern without any
strain and without any mistakes. Go to your metronome and find the exact BPM of it. Turn the
metronome down about 10 BPM.

Step 3: With the metronome, attempt to play the pattern 5 times in a row with an emphasis on
fluidity and clarity of each note. If you make a single mistake of any kind, start the 5 over again.
Repeat this until you have played 5 instances of the pattern absolutely perfectly in a row. Since you
started at a tempo that is slower than your comfort BPM, you should have no difficulty at first -
which I believe is essential to progressing here.

Step 4: After getting 5 perfectly in a row, turn the metronome up two BPM. If you started at 100
BPM, then you would now turn the metronome up to 102 BPM.

Step 5: Repeat steps 3 and 4 over and over until you are at your desired speed. This takes a great deal
of patience, but if you can keep your goal in mind the entire time, it is really pretty exciting and this
can become addictive.

I would recommend setting a speed goal each day that is a little higher than the last (i.e. 10 BPM to
your max every day - first day is 110, second 120, third 130 etc.) The beauty of this method, and the
reason why I believe it works so well (as I have seen over and over again with my many private
students over the last 11 years) is because your progress is measurable. You know exactly how fast
you are playing, and you know exactly how much you must improve each day.