Speed Building Workout 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…Read More »Speed Building Workout 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…Read More »Speed Building Workout 12
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… Read More »Speed Building Workout 76 bpm
Here we have more sets of exercises at 72 beats per minute. Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4
Let’s keep plugging away with a fresh batch of exercises.
Read More »Speed Building Workout 8
Here are some exercises based on the pentatonic and major scale. Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5
Here are some exercises based on the pentatonic and major scale. Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5
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.
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
We’ll build speed step by step. In this session we have speed building exercises at 60 beats per minute.Read More »Speed Building Workout 2
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… Read More »Speed Building Workout 60 bpm