Level One of “Play Fast Guitar” takes you from playing eighth notes at 60 beats per minute (bpm) to 152 beats per minute in 60 lessons.
Some of you may not know just how fast you already play, so I’ve developed this “speed checker”. With it you can determine about how fast you can play. Who knows, you may not even need this course.
If you find yourself struggling to play the exercises at the prescribed speeds, then this is the course you need in order to become a faster player!
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A Note About The Technique Involved
You should perform these exercises with alternate picking. Alternate picking is a technique in which you pick in a down, up, down, up pattern. It allows you to play a series of picked notes fluently and cleanly. It helps develop a good sense of rhythm because the regular picking motion helps acquire an evenness of timing that is absolutely essential. When picking single notes in a series you should always use alternate picking. Once it is mastered it will allow you to achieve great speed. Look and listen to the example below and ask yourself if you think it would be possible to pick at this speed with just down-strokes of the pick.
So, the main point to keep in mind is to play the 1st note with a down-stroke, the 2nd with an upstroke, third with a down-stroke, and so on. Pretty simple concept.
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