It is difficult to play fast, and getting use to the fact that speed depends on small hand movement is even more difficult. Developing exercises to overcome this challenges is the secret of every Lead Guitar player.
There are several picking patterns that can be use to play guitar. The most recognized employs Down Up.
It is during this Down Up that the extra amount of movement must be reduce to gain speed. Switching from the Down to the Up waste time.
The question is: How can you eliminate extra movements?
By developing exercises and making use of a metronome. I am going to share with you several exercises to help you reduce speed. When doing these exercises you first need to play at a slow speed, then increase gradually until reaching a breaking point where your hands wont be able to keep up with speed no more.
Once you reach this point, you need to change the speed of the metronome 20 beats lower, and start the exercise from these point forward increasing 2 beats, slow 1, increase 2, slow 1 and so on, until reaching the breaking point once again. Then repeat the same sequence again and again.
After doing these exercises you will immediately notice improvements. Click here
to see one of the lessons that I have posted.
