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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!Read More »Speed Building Workout 13

Speed Building Workout 35

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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… Read More »Session Two

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!

Exercise Routine #14 @ 80 bpm

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… Read More »Exercise Routine #14 @ 80 bpm

Exercise Routine @ 116 bpm #1

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Blues Box Practice Sessions

Working on this page! Beginner Box Practice Session 1

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 the line. Just think of your picking hand swinging like a sideways pendulum.Read More »Speed Building Workout 4

Exercise Routine @ 116 bpm #2

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