These exercises are at 84 beats per minute. This group of exercises we’ll start off with a piece of the G major scale, play a couple single string licks that deal heavily with open strings and finish up with a weird chromatic run.

Here we are at 80 beats per minute for this session of exercises. We’ll work with our finger isolation exercises in the routine. We’ll only use 2 fingers per string, but each finger will get a good workout once you’re done with all the exercises.

How fast can you go? Let’s kick up the metronome up a notch. We’ll be at 80 beats per minute. If you find yourself struggling, try the same exercises at a little slower tempo and then work your way up. The most important thing is to keep trying!

We’re at 76 beats per minute once again. We have a couple of exercises on the easy side and a few that are downright on the difficult side. Don’t get discouraged! Keep on plugging away…

In this session we’ll be moving up to 76 beats per minute. For many, things will start to get tough and you might feel yourself lagging behind. Keep in mind that building speed takes time, so try not to get frustrated and just keep working at it.

Here we have more sets of exercises at 72 beats per minute.

Let’s keep plugging away with a fresh batch of exercises.

Here are some exercises based on the pentatonic and major scale.

In this routine I’ve got a couple of single string exercises, a couple of finger confusion exercises, and we’ll finish up with a fun exercise that can double as a flashy lick for you next killer solo.

Here’s another healthy dose of technique-building exercises. We’ll ramp up the speed a bit and clock in at 66 beats per minute.