Two-Finger Drills 60 bpm
We’ll build speed step by step. In this session, we have speed-building exercises at 60 beats per minute. Fig. 1: First & Second Finger Fig.… Read More »Two-Finger Drills 60 bpm
We’ll build speed step by step. In this session, we have speed-building exercises at 60 beats per minute. Fig. 1: First & Second Finger Fig.… Read More »Two-Finger Drills 60 bpm
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!
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.
If I could teach you one thing it would be how to read music and tab. Once you can do this you can go out and learn pretty much anything.
In this session, I’m going to show you some of the absolute basics in reading music and tab. Critical info!Read More »Absolute Basics Of Reading Music & Tab Notation
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 »Technique Exercises #4
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 »Technique Exercises #13
We’re going to work our ears a little bit in this practice session. We’ll learn the C major scale a take notes from this scale… Read More »Creating Melodies (Practice Club)
In this video, I’m going to show you some more cool things about tab.
Let’s keep plugging away with a fresh batch of exercises.
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In this lesson, we’ll learn about quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, and eighth notes. We’ll learn how to read them in notation and practice… Read More »Basic Rhythmic Notation