Pebber's not kidding.

I would back up a step, and ask you, what are your goals?

Before answering whether your routine is good for you, we need to know where you want to end up.

That said, Pebber's program will deliver you to whatever goals you have, so I'm inclined to point you in that direction. :D

That's because each image as you go left to right is only a portion of the total picture.

It's telling you:

fret the 5th string 2nd fret with your middle finger, 3rd string 2nd fret with your ring finger
pick down on the 6th string, up on the 5th string
pick down on the 4th string, up on the 3rd string
pick down on the 2nd string, up on the 1st string

Those are marking "string sets" or string pairs.

So at the top you have 6,5 then 4,3, then 2,1 and you see the "down" "up" pick markings at the bottom.

So you pick down on 6, up on 5, down on 4, up on 3, down on 2, up on 1.

Here's a good example of my "before" picking, from December, 2014.

I'd say it's your call, but you can definitely learn scalpel or sarod.

I never learned anything but self-taught picking methods for 30 years, and started working on scalpel and sarod 2 years ago and saw a nearly immediate improvement in my accuracy, speed, tone, and clarity. 2 years later I am a much cleaner player from having learned that. It gives me much tighter control over my movements.

If you're curious to see what it's like, just take 15 minutes a day for a week or 2 doing scalpel only. It'll be weird at first but you get accustomed to it pretty quickly.

If I want to work on scalpel or sarod I still have to focus on it. When I play I use all sorts of different angles, of course. But there is definitely more flexibility in my thumb joint than before; I can see it in videos if I show my right hand. So even though I go back to my earlier picking styles, scalpel picking has become a part of that and it's made me a lot better.

But like I said above, it's your time, so spend it however you want on what you think will give you the best results.

Here's a little update.

First, we have Attack of the 5.21:

Hi Janine,

You'll need to fix that video embed. It should look like this:

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Make sure there's no 's' after the http, and place a [/Video] at the end.

I've done them casually in the past. This is the first time I'm dedicating most of my energy toward them.

Funnily, at lunchtime I went back to them and did some persistent practice until I got fatigued. Then I decided to do some chromatic scales and then G major scale practice, Scaletone 1 Form 2. It was a nice change from the spiders.

Then I put it down for about 4 hours and came back to it to do it again.

I'll do some moving around the neck on the spiders. That's a good idea.