These exercises and riffs all involve the use of slides into notes to change neck positions. The slided notes become "pivot axises" of a sort. These exercises tend to encourage a horizontal rather than vertical view of the neck.

Example A - Ascending E Major Pentatonic Run (Covering Three Octaves) - Upon first approaching them, slide to the 6 on D string, the 9 on B string and the 12 on high E string:

|-----------------------------------------------------7-----9----7-9-12--
|-----------------------------------------------5-7-9---9-7--7-9---------
|-------------------------------4-----6-----4-6--------------------------
|-----------2-----4------2-4-6---6-4---4-6-------------------------------
|-------2-4---4-2---2-4--------------------------------------------------
|-0-2-4------------------------------------------------------------------

Example B - Descending Pattern in E (For Every Three Notes: Upstroke, Upstroke, Downward Slide):

|-19--- ---17- -- ---14- -- --12- ----10-----7------5-------------
|- --17-15- --15-12- --12-10- --10-7- --7-5---5-3---3-2---------
|- ----- --- -- -- --- -- -- --- -- ----- ------------------4--------
|- ----- --- -- -- --- -- -- --- -- ----- --------------------4-2----
|- ----- --- -- -- --- -- -- --- -- ----- ---------------------------
|- ----- --- -- -- --- -- -- --- -- ----- ------------------------0--

Example C - Ascending Riff - 5 Note groups with 5th note in each group as upward slide:

|-----2-3-5-----3-5-7-----5-7-9---7-9-10--- --9-10-12--------10-12-14--
|-2-3-------3-5-------5-7-------7-8---- --8-10-- --- ---10-12-----------
|--------------------------------------- --------- --- --- ----------------
|--------------------------------------- --------- --- --------------------
|--------------------------------------- --------- --- --------------------
|--------------------------------------- --------- --- --------------------

Example D - Descending Riff - 7 Note groups with 7th note in each group as downward slide, final note as pulloff (warning: some wide pinky stretches):

|-17-12-------15-------15-10-------12------12-7------10-----10-5-----
|-------15-12----12-10-------12-10----10-7------10-7----7-5------7-5-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Continued)
|-7-----7-3-----5-----5-2-----2--------
|---5-3-----5-3---3-2-----3-2---2-0---
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------

Example E - Ascending Triplets - Slide upwards to the 3rd note of each 3-note grouping:

|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-2-----4-----5-----7-------9-------11-------12------14-------16---
|---4-5---5-7---7-9---9-10---10-12----12-14---14-16---16-17------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------