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Speed Building Workout 4
I’m not going to lie. The exercises on this routine are pretty tough. Talk about an arm cramp… To top it off, you should perform them using alternate picking (down, up, down, up). This is particularly hard because we’ll constantly be switching strings, but it has to be done in order to build speed on down…
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Speed Building Workout 3
Here’s another helping of good ole speed and technique-building exercises. We’ll speed things up a little in this session at 63 beats per minute. Enjoy!
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Speed Building Workout 2
We’ll build speed step by step. In this session we have speed building exercises at 60 beats per minute.
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Speed Building Workout 1
Welcome to the first lesson. Remember: you must put the practice time in to get faster! Fig. 1: Simple Alternate Picking Exercise Fig. 2: Alternate Picking Variation Fig. 3: One, Two, Four Fig. 4: Pentatonic Scale Fig. 5: Up The Strings Fig. 6: Down The Strings
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Pentatonic Lead Pattern (69 bpm)
Pentatonic Lead Pattern
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Session Two
Today’s set of lessons are quite similar to yesterday’s lessons except for one key difference. Instead of alternate picking each note we’ll apply hammer-ons and pull-offs. Some people find this more difficult because additional finger strength is required to sound the notes that we hammer-on and pull-off to. Play along with a metronome and pay…
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Speed Building Workout 29
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Technique Exercises #13
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!
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Technique Exercises #12
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…
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Technique Exercises #11
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.